May2023
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Fiery Kohli fined again after IPL post-match row
May 2, 2023After a post-match incident with former national teammate Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was fined for the second time in this IPL on Tuesday. According to the Indian Premier League, both were forfeited their... -
Rocket fire from Gaza after Palestinian hunger striker dies
May 2, 2023Following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian hunger striker from the Islamic Jihad faction, Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Tuesday, an AFP journalist witnessed. Following the death of Khader Adnan, a leading... -
Qantas names Vanessa Hudson as next chief executive
May 2, 2023Qantas Group nominated Vanessa Hudson as its next CEO on Tuesday, succeeding cost-cutting Irish-Australian Alan Joyce, who has been in charge for over 15 years. Qantas, which celebrated a “huge turnaround” when it returned to profit... -
UK food inflation hits record high in April
May 2, 2023Food inflation in the United Kingdom (UK) increased to 15.7 percent in the year to April, up from 15.0 percent in March, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported on Tuesday. Fresh food inflation rose to a... -
Pakistan completes evacuations from battle-hit Sudan
May 2, 2023The evacuation of Pakistanis from crisis-hit Sudan concluded on Tuesday, with more than 1,000 people transported to safety since the conflict began, according to the foreign ministry. Sudanese clashes have killed over 500 people, displaced tens... -
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dead at 84
May 2, 2023Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian singer and performer who rose to international acclaim as a folk music icon in the 1960s and 1970s, died on Monday. He was 84. “Gordon Lightfoot passed away this evening in a... -
Bangladesh signs US$2.25bn loan deal with World Bank
May 2, 2023According to BSS, the World Bank (WB) has agreed to lend Bangladesh $2.25 billion USD for five development projects involving regional commerce and connectivity, disaster preparedness, and environmental management. On Monday, the loan arrangement was inked... -
Japan PM Kishida plans South Korea visit
May 2, 2023As the two US allies seek closer ties, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Tuesday that he will visit South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol. It would be the first... -
100,000 Russian dead, wounded in 5 months in Ukraine: W.House
May 2, 2023A White House source said Monday that more than 20,000 Russian troops have perished and another 80,000 have been injured in five months of battle in eastern Ukraine, notably in Bakhmut. “We estimate that Russia has... -
IBM expects to pause hiring for roles as roughly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by AI
May 2, 2023International Business Machines Corp expects to pause hiring for roles as roughly 7,800 jobs could be replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the coming years, CEO Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg News on Monday. Hiring specifically in...
