Who are the top 10 players to watch at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024? | Cricket News

Who are the top 10 players to watch at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024? | Cricket News

From Smriti Mandhana to Abtaha Maqsood, Al Jazeera picks the 10 players who could light up the tournament in the UAE. Some of cricket’s finest talent will be on display at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, which gets under way with a match between Bangladesh and Scotland in…

Nepal closes schools as heavy rains bring country to standstill | Floods News

Nepal closes schools as heavy rains bring country to standstill | Floods News

Some 150 people killed and dozens missing after bad weather triggers floods and landslides. Officials in Nepal said schools in flood-hit areas will be shut in the coming days as landslides and flash flooding triggered by heavy rains have killed some 150 people. The order on Sunday came as authorities…

Coastal communities face ‘catastrophic flooding’ from rising sea levels | Climate News

Coastal communities face ‘catastrophic flooding’ from rising sea levels | Climate News

Surging sea levels are creating “a rising tide of misery” that threaten the future of nearly a billion people that live in low-lying coastal areas, the UN chief has warned, as they become increasingly vulnerable to storm surges, coastal erosion and flooding. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the…

Why medical support for safe abortion is growing in a post-Roe world | Women’s Rights

Why medical support for safe abortion is growing in a post-Roe world | Women’s Rights

In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned its own decision from 1973 in the landmark Roe v Wade case, which until then protected the right of American women to legal abortion. This resulted in a wave of state-level initiatives to ban abortion. Today, 21 US states partially or…

At least 32 people killed, 12 missing in Nepal floods and landslides | Climate Crisis News

At least 32 people killed, 12 missing in Nepal floods and landslides | Climate Crisis News

Government deploys more than 3,000 security personnel to assist rescue efforts with helicopters and motorboats. At least 32 people have been killed and 12 others reported missing, according to officials, as incessant rains in Nepal have unleashed floods and landslides during the last 24 hours. More than 3,000 security personnel…

Sombre mood after a Kolkata rape and murder dampens Durga Puja celebrations | Crime

Sombre mood after a Kolkata rape and murder dampens Durga Puja celebrations | Crime

Kolkata, India: Tapas Pal has been making clay idols of various gods and goddesses for the past two decades at Kumartuli, a traditional potters’ hub in Kolkata in eastern India’s state of West Bengal. The 42-year-old, who makes six-metre (20ft) high idols from unfired clay, told Al Jazeera that he…

Records tumble for Sri Lanka’s Kamindu in second Test against New Zealand | Cricket News

Records tumble for Sri Lanka’s Kamindu in second Test against New Zealand | Cricket News

Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis enters the record books with a century in the second Test against New Zealand in Galle. Sri Lankan middle-order batsman Kamindu Mendis stormed into the record books in Galle on Friday when he became just the fourth cricketer to make 1,000 runs inside 13 Test innings….

Who’s in the running to be Japan’s next prime minister? | Elections News

Who’s in the running to be Japan’s next prime minister? | Elections News

Japan’s governing party will choose a new leader on Friday to replace Fumio Kishida who announced his resignation in August. The winner of the contest for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the largest in parliament, will become the country’s next prime minister. Most analysts expect the new leader…

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan to quit international cricket in March 2025 | Cricket News

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan to quit international cricket in March 2025 | Cricket News

The troubled ex-captain, facing murder charges in Bangladesh, wants to hang up his boots after the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan. Bangladesh’s former captain Shakib Al Hasan, facing prosecution at home, has announced plans to retire from international cricket in March 2025 after representing his country for 18 years….

IMF approves bn funding agreement for Pakistan | Business and Economy News

IMF approves $7bn funding agreement for Pakistan | Business and Economy News

Approval comes more than two months after international lender and Islamabad said they had agreed on programme. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new $7bn loan for cash-strapped Pakistan, authorities said, more than two months after the two sides said they had reached an agreement. Prime Minister Shehbaz…