Blair Tickner will not bowl or field at all, and is unlikely to bat for the remainder of the ongoing second Test between New Zealand and West Indies in Wellington, after dislocating his left shoulder while diving to stop a boundary on the first day of the game on Wednesday. Tickner, who was taken to…
Shares of cloud computing giant Oracle plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company’s revenues fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $16.06bn (£11.99bn) for the three months that ended in November, compared with the $16.21bn projected by analysts. Revenue growth was up 14%, with a 68%…
The painting that introduced “Star Wars” to the world nearly 50 years ago — and was reproduced in an iconic movie poster — sold at auction on Wednesday for $3.875 million. The acrylic and airbrush painting by the artist and movie poster designer Tom Jung first appeared in newspaper advertisements on May 13, 1977, a…
Pam Bondi posts footage of oil tanker seizure Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, has released footage of the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, on X.com: Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a…
Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson has declared an emergency because of record-breaking flooding. By the end of Thursday, there will be at least 300 members of the National Guard here to help with rescues and recovery. You can watch the governor’s declaration here. At 4:30 p.m., Ferguson wrote on X.com that 100,000 Washingtonians could be…
BYT Capital, an India-focused deep-tech venture capital firm founded by Amit Chand, Dinesh Kumar and partners with experience across research-led innovation and early-stage investing, has announced the launch of its maiden ₹180 crore Category II alternative investment fund (AIF). The fund will back founders building at the frontier of scientific and engineering innovation. …
In a period film like ‘Jodha Akbar’, the costumes often capture attention, reflecting the characters’ personalities even before the film’s release. In an action-drama like ‘Dhurandhar’, however, the costumes usually paint a tale of power, where fall and neutral shades with rugged action stitches bind the characters together. But this was not the case with…
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation for what they say is the company’s role in making the storm more severe. Around 400 people were killed and millions of homes hit when…
Shibuya crossing in known to be the world’s busiest pedestrian crossing © Marco Bottigelli | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed higher on Thursday, following the Federal Reserve’s third rate cut of the year. The U.S central bank cut the Federal Funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.5%-3.75%, and signalled that it was…
After spending two weeks running around Japan, I realized there are a few VERY avoidable mistakes people make on their first trip here. Some of these I learned the hard way, some came from watching other tourists spiral in real time, and a few came from friends who visited in other seasons and warned me…