If you want a little more than average features and beefed-up power, the Acer Swift 3 (SF314-511-70TU), at $999, wants to be the laptop for you. Is this Swift 3 model worth its price, and do you need the extra bells and whistles over other cheaper Acer laptop models? TL;DR Pros Long battery lifePortable size and lightweightThunderbolt 4 port Cons Touchpad is less than reliableFan noise can be loud...
The potential for a chain reaction is why Argentina matters. It could trigger the next global financial crisis. Since late 1998 it has endured a stubborn recession. Unemployment is up from 13 to 15 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The government of President Fernando de la Rua is wildly unpopular. Economist Charles Calomiris of Columbia University predicts the government will inevitably default on its debt of about $140 billion, much of it owed to foreigners in dollars....
Electing to bat on a good batting surface, David Warner took the side off to a slow start, managing just 39 runs in the powerplay. He ended up occupying the crease for too long, scoring 57 off 55 balls. The rest of the team scored 106 runs off the remaining 65 balls. In contrast, CSK went past the 50-mark in the powerplay. In the post-match press conference, Bayliss said:...
The two teams have had contrasting fortunes so far and lie at opposite ends of the IPL points table. RCB have won five of their opening seven games and are placed third in the points table, with CSK ahead of them on net run-rate. RCB were last seen in action in a 34-run defeat to the Punjab Kings, who have become their bogey team in recent times. Virat Kohli’s side are one of the teams that has lost lots of players due to the postponement of the league....
According to the IPL schedule 2022, The Kolkata captain will be under the scanner when his side take on the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 14th match of IPL 2022 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Wednesday. Previewing the game on his YouTube channel, Chopra conceded that Shreyas will have to come up with a better plan against leg-spinners, instead of trying to hit them out of the attack....
Avesh, 25, returned with superb figures of four for 24 in the match against SRH at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday. He dismissed both Hyderabad openers, Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma, and returned at the death to claim the scalps of Nicholas Pooran and Abdul Samad off consecutive deliveries. Courtesy of the LSG pacer’s brilliant spell, SRH failed to chase down 170, losing the contest by 12 runs....
Initially there was silence among the BCCI officials regarding the future of BCCI president N Srinivasan, but now many of them, along with Sundar Raman, have joined hands, and are demanding the ouster of Srinivasan. BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke is even considering resignation if the betting scandal is not handled properly by the BCCI. Shirke earlier said, “I am not a very senior member of the board to know the previous crisis....
As always, SRH entered the tournament as firm favourites, and the biggest reason behind this was their potent bowling attack. The Orange Army had a wealth of pace options at their disposal - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi and Sandeep Sharma. All 5 bowlers had significant exposure at the IPL level, and were set to play important roles for SRH. However, David Warner and the team management sprung a surprise by fielding T Natarajan, who had played a grand total of 6 IPL games three seasons ago, in the playing XI....
Meerut-born leg-spinner Sharma, with a base price of Rs.30 lakh, ended up with a purse of Rs.3.75 crore as his 2013 team Sunrisers outbid Kings XI Punjab. However, Punjab bagged all-rounder Dhawan (base price Rs.20 lakh), hailing from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, for Rs.3 crore after a battle with Sunrisers. Incidentally, both Sharma, who represents Railways, and Himachal Pradesh’s Dhawan, have played just 33 first class games. Good performances in the just-concluded Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup matches were also rewarded....
The Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta, who is Chawla’s husband. The team is owned by the Knight Riders Sports Pvt. Ltd which was set up by Shah Rukh, Juhi and Jay Mehta. Shah Rukh’s production house Red Chilies Entertainment also has a certain amount of stake which belongs to SRK, on the team. Also read: IPL Team Owners list: All you need to know about them...
Also read: IPL Results 2016: Scores, Updated Points Table and Fixture Schedule on April 18 Visitors lost their opening batsman Rahane in 3rd over. After that early shock, Pune managed to score 50 runs for second wicket partnership. After losing 2 wickets quickly, Pune was struggling at 75 for 3 wickets. Smith played a crucial knock of 38 runs off 26 balls. Visitors managed to score 152 runs. Punjab’s opening batsman played brilliantly and scored 97 runs for opening partnership....
The likes of Pat Cummins, Alex Hales, and Sam Billings announced their decision to skip the tournament. The franchise has released a slew of players ranging from overseas players to local prospects. Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were brought in through the trade window, a mere couple of days before the deadline for the submission of the retention list was to be submitted. Observing that there is currently a massive shortage of batters in the KKR outfit following the release of the majority of the players, Chopra said on his YouTube channel:...
The Freedom House non-profit released a report into what it called “transnational repression” on Wednesday, naming several authoritarian nations that have used a variety of tactics in recent years to intimidate and kill critics living beyond their borders. The report is based on 608 cases of direct, physical transnational repression since 2014 by at least 31 origin states. The cases took place in 79 countries, including the U.S. and other liberal democracies....
Iranian deputy judiciary chief Ali Baqeri told Iranian media Monday that the judiciary will set up a new branch to prosecute supporters of U.S sanctions, the Fars News Agency reported. Baqeri’s proposal was welcomed by judiciary chief Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi, who said the U.S. decision to impose further sanctions “makes us more determined to remain committed to our positions and measures against the hegemonic system.” Baqeri described the latest round of sanctions as a crime against humanity and said the U....
The Islamic Consultative Assembly’s Commission of National Security and Foreign Policy released a seven-point statement Tuesday expressing confidence in Iran’s ability to win the diplomatic dispute over whether the U.S. had the right to dismantle the 2015 nuclear agreement it abandoned in 2018. At the same time, the legislators laid out other measures to prepare for “the illegal activation of the trigger mechanism” that would revive pre-deal sanctions. The statement called on the Iran Atomic Energy Organization to “immediately return all nuclear activity” to levels attained before the accord, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action....
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called out the departing administration on Wednesday shortly after Biden took the oath of office. The Iranian top diplomat chastised Trump and leading officials like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for pursuing their “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran. “Trump, Pompeo & Co. are relegated to the dustbin of history in disgrace,” Zarif tweeted. He took the opportunity to remember the U.S. killing of Revolutionary Guard Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani last year, along with those affected by sanctions instituted under Trump, and suggested the Biden administration might shift the strategy....
“This is an historic choice, with ramifications for Americans not even born yet,” McCain recently told students at Virginia Military Institute who were about to graduate from gray cadet uniforms to desert camouflage. A premature U.S. withdrawal would create “a Wild West for terrorists” who believe “we Americans are their ultimate target.” For the Iraqis, warned McCain, a U.S. pullout would lead to “genocide” in which “we would be complicit....
The final round of talks were built around changing the current combat mission—which aimed to target extremists in the Islamic State militant group (ISIS)—into an advisory role. According to Iraqi national security adviser Qassim al-Araji, they will assist with advice and training for Iraqi Security Force members. “Many brave men and women gave their lives to ensure Daesh [ISIS’ Arabic acronym] never returns, and as we complete our combat role, we will remain here to advise, assist and enable,” coalition commander Major General John Brennan said....
The Iraqi military’s official Security Media Cell reported Tuesday that a “Turkish aggression” launched by a drone “targeted the vehicle of the border guards in the Sidekan area and caused the martyrdom of the commander of the Second Brigade of the First District Border Guards, the commander of the Third Regiment/Second Brigade and the driver of the vehicle.” The Iraqi military said it would soon provide more details on the incident....
This chart shows that weekly attacks are in a low, nearly four-month plateau with fewer than 600 attacks of all kinds across the country per week. Attacks haven’t been down at those levels for a sustained period since about spring 2005 (and they surpassed 1,500 attacks a week back in June of last year), according to the military’s information. This chart shows violent civilian deaths down in January to just above 500 a month, the lowest figure in about two years:...
