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The Rugby World Cup is being hosted in France for the second time in its history and the matches will be played across nine venues in the country with Paris hosting the final at the Stade de France.The first game from the storied tournament will see hosts France take on the most successful nation in the tournament, New Zealand in a highly anticipated game.The Rugby World Cup sees participation from the top rugby union national teams in the world. Held every four years, the 2023 edition of the Rugby World Cup is the tenth edition of the tournament and will…

“In an intelligence-led operation against trans-border narcotic smuggling networks, SSOC Fazilka has recovered 15 kg heroin after arresting one drug trafficker,” said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav.He said the recovery was made during the search of a tractor-trolley loaded with straw.In the last 45 days, the Special Services Operation Cell (SSOC) of the Counter-Intelligence wing of Fazilka has recovered 147 kg heroin, he added.A case under the NDPS Act is registered at the police station Sadar in Fazilka and Investigation ongoing to disrupt the drug supply chain.–IANSvg/ksk

Stating that he has not done any mistake, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president said the CID officials arrested him without showing anyprima facie evidence.“For the past 45 years, I have selflessly served Telugu people. I am prepared to sacrifice my life to safeguard the interests of Telugu people. No force on earth can stop me from serving people, my Andhra Pradesh and my motherland,” reads a post from Naidu’s handle on X (formerly Twitter).Earlier, he told media persons after his arrest in Nandyal that he had not made any mistake. He said the police came last night and…

The law, called AB 587, requires social media companies to publicly detail moderation practices around hate speech, racism, extremism, disinformation, harassment and foreign political interference, reports TechCrunch.In the lawsuit, X said through AB 587, “the State is compelling social media companies to take public positions on controversial and politically-charged issues”.“Because X Corp. must take such positions on these topics as they are formulated by the State, X Corp. is being forced to adopt the State’s politically-charged terms, which is a form of compelled speech in and of itself,” the lawsuit alleged.“AB 587 thus mandates X Corp. to speak about sensitive,…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Daniil Medvedev beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, 7-6(3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, to advance to his third US Open final, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.“I said I needed to play 11 out of 10. I played 12 out of 10, except the third set,” Medvedev was quested as saying by ‘usopen’.”That’s the only way (to beat Alcaraz). He’s so young, already two Grand Slams, world No. 1 for many weeks, it’s honestly just pretty unbelievable and I think nobody has done it before him, so to beat him you need to be…

Port Vila, Vanuatu, Sep 9 (IANS) Throwing out the form guide in the lead-up to Women’s T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, Vanuatu have claimed the region’s solitary spot at the Global Qualifier, brushing aside more fancied rivals over a dramatic week, here.Despite a late challenge by Papua New Guinea in the concurrent match against Indonesia, who hoped for a Vanuatu slip-up next door, the hosts held their nerve with a 21-run win over Japan to finish unbeaten at the tournament, reports ICC.Selina Solman’s side closed out tournament victory thanks largely with the ball, defending 107 and ending two points…

Geneva, Sep 9 (IANS) A series of all-time heights were reached in 2023 as the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) published its International Transfer Snapshot.A total of 7.36 billion US dollars was spent on transfer fees in the 2023 mid-year window from June 1 to September 1, which is a record-breaking figure and also 26.8 per cent increase compared to the previous record in 2019, reports Xinhua.England led the list of spending with 1.98 billion US dollars, and Saudi Arabia was second with 875.4 million, ahead of France (859.7 million), Germany (762.4 million), Italy (711.0 million) and Spain (405.6…

Madrid, Sep 9 (IANS) Jumbo Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard won the 13th stage of La Vuelta (Tour of Spain) cycle race on another magnificent day for his team in which they swept the podium and moved into the top-three in the overall classification.Tour de France winner Vingegaard launched a powerful attack with eight kilometers left on the leg-breaking 134-kilometer stage, which contained the special category Col de Aubisque and ended at the top of the legendary Col de Tourmalet, reports Xinhua.Meanwhile, Sepp Kuss finished second on the stage, 30 seconds behind Vingegaard, with Roglic a further three seconds behind.The result means…

Montevideo, Sep 9 (IANS) Nicolas de la Cruz scored twice as Uruguay began their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 3-1 home victory over Chile.De la Cruz put the hosts ahead when he side-footed home from the edge of the six-yard box after Chile’s defense was split open by Darwin Nunez’s one-touch pass, reports Xinhua.Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde doubled the advantage on the stroke of halftime by rifling a low shot from outside the penalty area into the bottom-left corner.The Celeste continued to dominate after the interval and De La Cruz made it 3-0 when he was again…

San Francisco, Sep 9 (IANS) China-backed hackers stole a digital consumer key from Microsoft to gain unfettered access to US government emails and the tech giant has detailed how the cyber criminals pulled off one of the biggest heists in the corporate and government circles.China-based threat actor, Storm-0558, used an acquired Microsoft account (MSA) consumer key to forge tokens to access OWA (Outlook Web App) and Outlook.com.“Our investigation found that a consumer signing system crash in April of 2021 resulted in a snapshot of the crashed process (crash dump). The crash dumps, which redact sensitive information, should not include the…