January2017
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Scorchers sign England’s Bresnan for Big Bash League
Jan 2, 2017News Hour: Australia’s Perth Scorchers have signed English bowling all-rounder Tim Bresnan as their international Big Bash League Twenty20 replacement player for David Willey, the club said on Monday. Bresnan will be available to play for... -
Cartwright, O’Keefe in Australia third Test team
Jan 2, 2017News Hour: All-rounder Hilton Cartwright will make his Test debut among two changes in the Australia team for this week’s final Test against Pakistan in Sydney, captain Steve Smith said Monday. Zimbabwe-born Cartwright and left-arm spinner... -
Former captain Ponting joins Australia’s interim coaching team
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Former captain Ricky Ponting has become the third ex-international to take on an interim coaching role with the Australian Twenty20 team next month. Ponting will join fellow assistant Jason Gillespie and Justin Langer (head... -
Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock Holmes is match made in history
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Why does actor Benedict Cumberbatch cut such a dash as British literary detective Sherlock Holmes? That’s elementary, according to genealogy website Ancestry.com. Cumberbatch is distantly related to author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created... -
Confronting food insecurity on many fronts
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: When a group of medical students, faculty and staff opened the area’s first hospital-based food pantry at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital in 2010, they followed a simple principle: feed first, ask... -
Gunman killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in Campinas, Brazil
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: A gunman stormed a house party and killed at least 11 people and himself during New Year celebrations in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday. Police in the state of São... -
7 policemen killed while IS attacked an Iraqi police near Najaf
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made more gains against the militants in Mosul, their last... -
New poster release for xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: The makers of xXx: Return of Xander Cage have released a new poster featuring Deepika Padukone & Vin Diesel. The movie is slated to release on 14th January in India, before anywhere else in... -
At least 23 killed after a fire ripped through a tourist boat in Indonesia
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Twenty three people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city’s search and rescue... -
New Year’s resolution of a poet
Jan 1, 2017News Hour: Someone from home asked me to suggest a few good books for her little sister to read during the winter break. It was a sudden request, I was not that prepared, but got overwhelmed...
