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Kohli sweeps aside strike-rate concerns to keep Bengaluru alive

Kohli sweeps aside strike-rate concerns to keep Bengaluru alive

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[ad_1] NEW DELHI : Run machine Virat Kohli produced a match-winning knock in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday that will ease concerns about his strike rate ahead of the T20 World Cup next month. Kohli has been remarkably consistent in the 10-team league and is comfortably the competition’s leading scorer with 634 runs from 12 matches this season. Many, however, felt he was not scoring those runs quick enough for a top-order batter, pointing to his strike rate of 153.51. As if to silence his critics, Kohli smashed 92 off 47 balls against Punjab Kings on Thursday night to keep Bengaluru alive in the playoff race. “It was important to keep up my strike rate through the innings, so I was just focused on taking the momentum forward for the team,” Kohli said after the Bengaluru innings. The former India captain was dropped twice and he capitalised on that, hitting six sixes and seven fours in his breezy knock. Particularly remarkable was how Kohli used the sweep shot to counter spin in the …

The 14 best music festivals in Europe, from Nos Alive to Montreux Jazz Festival

The 14 best music festivals in Europe, from Nos Alive to Montreux Jazz Festival

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[ad_1] Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free As we inch ever closer to summer (even if the weather isn’t playing ball), there’s still plenty of time to book an exciting getaway. For music fans, that could mean skipping over to Spain for some fun in the sun, whether at Mad Cool or Bilbao BBK, or perhaps you’d prefer the dramatic industrial backdrop of Germany’s Melt Festival or Flow in Finland. And it doesn’t matter if you’re looking for an event with all the trimmings or one that’s simply all about the music. There’s something for everyone, from the rock’n’roll of Rock Werchter to the cultural and historical surroundings of Nos Alive, Lisbon. Grab your passport, let’s go! Roskilde The Orange Stage at Roskilde (Flemming BoJensen) Where: Roskilde, Denmark When: 29 June – 6 July Consistently booking one of the most formidable yet eclectic lineups of the year is Roskilde, named after its host city …

Keeping the Olympic flame alive aboard the ‘Belem’

Keeping the Olympic flame alive aboard the ‘Belem’

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[ad_1] François Blaizot-Bonnemains (center) and Kévin Gendarme (right), two of the three guardians of the Olympic flame, aboard the “Belem,” April 28, 2024. VINCENT CURUTCHET / CAISSE D’éPARGNE Sheltered by its lantern, protected by a transparent Plexiglas carrying case with no back plate so that it can breathe, the Olympic flame presides in the forecastle, at the lookout station. First placed in its cradle on the counter in the large deckhouse between two Phrygians (the Paris 2024 mascots), it then found itself at the lunch table in the mess hall among crew members enjoying a tasty hamburger and fries. And tomorrow, or one of the following days, it might be spotted somewhere in the masts. On the Belem, the flame is indeed the 65th crew member, as the captain, Aymeric Gibet, respectfully calls it. It seems to be everywhere, the center of attention, never alone. Watched over like milk heating over a fire, or rather a fire over water, 24 hours a day, by three guards recognizable by their beige canvas pants, their navy blue …

‘We are disappearing’: chef Fadi Kattan aims to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food | Palestinian territories

‘We are disappearing’: chef Fadi Kattan aims to keep Palestinian heritage alive through food | Palestinian territories

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[ad_1] Fadi Kattan looked forlornly at the stalls inside the Bethlehem vegetable market bearing small quantities of oranges, watermelons and cauliflowers. “This stall should be heaped with products, he said. “And over there should be piles of aubergines and courgettes.” The watermelons from Jenin looked too small for the season, while he wasn’t sure where the boxes of oranges were from. They would normally be from Gaza. At Um Nabil’s stall in the West Bank market where Kattan is a regular customer, she told him she could no longer afford to bring in the best small local cucumbers or piles of green cherries from her village of Artas. Kattan, a chef with restaurants in Bethlehem and in London, opens his forthcoming book, named after the city where he grew up, by saying cooking is “how I tell Bethlehem’s story”. It was after the book had gone to print, when on 7 October Hamas attacked towns and kibbutzim in southern Israel, followed by an intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza, that daily life changed dramatically. The destruction …

Column: From a Tommy’s security job to a ride home on Metro, her last hours alive

Column: From a Tommy’s security job to a ride home on Metro, her last hours alive

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[ad_1] The train pulled into the North Hollywood station Monday at 4:45 a.m., and I boarded with a handful of other riders headed south. This was the same line a security guard had taken on April 22 after getting off work at a Tommy’s burger joint. It was the last trip of her life, before she became the victim of an unprovoked stabbing on this train. Her slaying, so senseless, random and unsettling, wrecked her family and shook the city. I can’t explain exactly why I felt the need to retrace her steps. Maybe it was simply an attempt to know her a little better. The doors whooshed closed. The train left the station. Next stop: Universal/Studio City. :: California is about to be hit by an aging population wave, and Steve Lopez is riding it. His column focuses on the blessings and burdens of advancing age — and how some folks are challenging the stigma associated with older adults. Mirna Soza Arauz was her name. Age — 67. Mother of three with seven grandchildren. …

Shark species thought extinct for over 200 years discovered alive off the coast of Chile

Shark species thought extinct for over 200 years discovered alive off the coast of Chile

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[ad_1] The Chilean angel shark, scientifically known as Squantina armata or Angelote in Spanish, measures a little over three feet in length. (CREDIT: Creative Commons) Fisherman along the Chilean coast cast their gillnets into the ocean, hoping to snare bony fish. However, what they reeled in wasn’t just another routine catch—it was a discovery of significant scientific importance. In 1887, a researcher published a description of the Chilean angel shark, a small shark resembling a ray found in shallow coastal waters. However, this description was incomplete and lacked precision, according to a recent study published in the European Journal of Taxonomy. The original study from 1887 provided scant body measurements, making it difficult to distinguish the Chilean angel shark from closely related species. Moreover, the holotype, the specimen collected for scientific study, was lost, leaving a gap in the scientific knowledge about these sharks. Squatina Armata (Philippi, 1887), neotype, (1004 mm total length; MNHNCL ICT 7625), fresh specimen. a. Dorsal view. b. Ventral view. (CREDIT: European Journal of Taxonomy) Although the Chilean angel shark occasionally …

Horses Show off in Versailles, Keeping Alive Royal Tradition on Soon-To-Be Olympic Equestrian Venue

Horses Show off in Versailles, Keeping Alive Royal Tradition on Soon-To-Be Olympic Equestrian Venue

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[ad_1] VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics equestrian sports. Meanwhile, the select number of riders of the National Equestrian Academy handling the palace’s famed royal stables continue to care for their beloved horses: Almost every day at dawn, they enjoy the quietness and splendor of grass lawns and woods of the park of the Versailles Palace, before thousands of visitors from across the world spread in. The elite academy — founded by French horse trainer and impresario Bartabas who decided to revive the splendid building in 2003 — has only 12 riders. After years of hard work, they take part in a prestigious show at the Great Stables of Versailles every weekend to the delight of spectators. While the Academy is open to both genders, women form the majority of applicants. “We are only women here now,” said one of those experienced riders, Fanny Lorré, gleefully smiling as she noted how big of a change it was from the once male-dominated world of equestrianism. Lorré, 28, …

Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin shown alive in new Hamas video

Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin shown alive in new Hamas video

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[ad_1] Hamas on Wednesday released a video appearing to show Israeli American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, offering the first potential sign that he may still be alive, after his violent abduction by Palestinian militants in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The Washington Post was unable to verify the video or when it was filmed. But Goldberg-Polin’s family, who have advocated tirelessly for his release, approved its use, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer advocacy group. In the footage, which is nearly three minutes long, Goldberg-Polin mentions the Jewish holiday of Passover, which began this week. He also refers to spending “almost 200 days” in captivity, which Israelis marked Tuesday. Goldberg-Polin, 23, was one of 253 people kidnapped by Hamas-led fighters in their brazen attack in October. In a grisly video of the kidnapping, militants are shown forcing Goldberg-Polin into the back of a vehicle at the Nova music festival, his left hand blown off by what appeared to be a grenade. At 8:11 a.m. on Oct. 7, he had sent two messages …

Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass

Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass

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[ad_1]   Mountain men of the frontier days truly captured the early American spirit. Brave, taming the wilderness, and ready for anything, many took a unique approach to Manifest Destiny, forging special relationships with nature and the Indigenous people of America. Hugh Glass was one of these men of legend, with a youth filled with sailing, living among Native Americans, and trapping. However, his name is most synonymous with one particular saga that almost took his life. Epitomizing true grit, Glass overcame incredible odds to survive the merciless American plains.   Hugh Glass: Separating Fact From Legend Illustration of Hugh Glass and the Grizzly Bear, by Severino Baraldi/Look and Learn. Source: Cowboys & Indians Magazine   Like many others from the early American West, Hugh Glass’s story has been embellished and inflated with various retellings. It has been told and retold many times over in history, in oral, written, and visual form, with additions and subtractions along the way. Most Americans familiar with the name Hugh Glass probably saw his story come to life on …

Trapped and Starving, 2 Families in Gaza Try to Keep Their Children Alive

Trapped and Starving, 2 Families in Gaza Try to Keep Their Children Alive

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[ad_1] “Everyone is risking their lives for the sake of a little bag of flour,” he recalled. In those moments, he said, he felt as if he was doomed either to be crushed under the trucks’ wheels or killed by Israeli forces. At one point over the winter, Mr. Barda said he succeeded in grabbing two bags of flour from a convoy. Then someone threatened him, saying that unless he gave one up, the stranger would take both by force. In February, Mr. Barda was lunging for a bag of flour from a U.N. truck when he collided with another man who was cutting the ropes holding down the aid. In the chaos, the blade sliced Mr. Barda’s finger, spattering his prize with blood. But it was a good day. His family managed to make the 25-kilogram bag last two months. Before the war, Mr. Barda worked as a baker at a pastry chain, but even if he still had wages, the informal street markets that have sprung up around Gaza City are wildly expensive. …