Pakistan picks Dubai as ICC Champions Trophy neutral venue for India games | Cricket News

The venue change follows weeks of wrangling after India refused to visit ICC tournament hosts Pakistan for their matches. India will play their Champions Trophy matches in the United Arab Emirates next year after hosts Pakistan selected the Gulf country as a neutral venue for their rivals, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said. Due … Read more

Taiwan leads Asian stocks in 2024 — Trump tariffs, China economy cloud outlook

A Nvidia chip during the Taipei Computex expo in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 29, 2023.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific stocks had a good run in 2024, with most major markets ending the year in positive territory, as the region’s central banks eased monetary policy while an AI boom lifted tech stocks. Taiwan’s … Read more

How a viral TikTok video led to a year-long global shortage of Swedish candy

A global shortage of Swedish-made candy, all thanks to a viral TikTok video? Stranger things have happened. But that’s exactly what went down earlier this year, when TikTok influencer Marygrace Graves showed followers the sweets she’d scooped up from a weekly visit to BonBon, a Swedish candy shop in New York. “This is a strawberry … Read more

Israel bombs al-Mawasi camps, school amid wave of attacks across Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN’s Lazzarini says world must not become ‘numb’ after Israeli strikes kill about 50 Palestinians within 24 hours. Israel pounded Gaza overnight with deadly attacks targeting displaced people in two camps and a school, as it ordered the forced evacuation of one of the last hospitals barely operating in the enclave’s besieged north. The military … Read more