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2nd over: India 6-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 5) Josh Hazlewood takes the new ball and immediately goes to work on his familiar line and length. But when the Australia quick overpitches, Gill opens up and times a straight drive to the rope. A first boundary for India.

1st over: India 2-0 (Rohit 1, Gill 1) Mitchell Starc is right on the money from the get-go but is unable to find an opening-over breakthrough. A fitter-looking Rohit nudges a quick single from the first ball and Gill adds another to mid-off. Rohit ends the over with a rush of blood and the former skipper’s swing and a miss is one to forget.

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Not knowing whether art originated in someone’s heart or a data centre is a major enjoyment-killer

Governing party faces potential loss of Senedd control amid Reform and Plaid Cymru surge in Welsh heartlands

Political turmoil and tax threats have accelerated investment flows to safe havens, asset managers say

Smaller groups seek alternative funding with traditional banks held back by ESG lending rules

Acknowledging the strange nature of work, and injecting some humour, can make us feel better

Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked

When researchers asked people around the world to list every taboo word they could think of, the differences that emerged were revealing. The length of each list, for example, varied widely.

While native English speakers in the UK and Spanish speakers in Spain rattled off an average of 16 words, Germans more than tripled this with an average of 53 words ranging from intelligenzallergiker, a person allergic to intelligence, to hodenkobold, or “testicle goblin”, someone who is being annoying.

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The idea of ditching friends if they err has become more and more popular in the last few years. But it’s important to recognise our own failings ...

There aren’t many experiences in life that feel the same at six as they do at 60. Where, even if you’ve advanced in wisdom as well as age and can intellectualise the circumstances and better disguise your pain, the raw emotion is identical. However, being left out by your friends hurts just as much when you’re an adult as it did when you were a kid in the playground.

An old lady – her words – Mumsnet message board contributor posted an impassioned plea for advice this week, after her girl squad – not her words – began chatting about the theatre season tickets they had bought. This was the first she’d heard of it.

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Mason Shipley kicked a 45-yard field goal in OT and Texas beat Kentucky 16-13, despite a sub-par outing from Arch Manning and the Longhorns defense.

Aaron Glenn has preached patience recently when it comes to a Jets' turnaround. How does message that message play to a veteran like Quinnen Williams?

Harris said she believed the snub — which was widely seen as a political favor to organized labor — was mishandled and had lasting repercussions.

Cal Raleigh’s 64th home run of the year wasn’t his longest. Just the most satisfying.

The Scarlet Knights have not beaten a ranked team in 16 years, the longest active streak in college football.

Limp Bizkit rocker Sam Rivers – the nu metal band’s founding bassist – died at the age of 48 on Saturday, the group announced in a somber social media post.

See all the best fashion moments from the fifth annual fundraising gala held in Los Angeles Saturday night.

Air China said in a post on Weibo that "a lithium battery in a passenger's carry-on luggage stored in the overhead compartment spontaneously ignited."

The Packers are finally en route to Phoenix to face the Cardinals.

Gavin Newsom says safety concerns forced state officials to close a portion of the busy Interstate 55 on Saturday

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, has accused Donald Trump of “putting his ego over responsibility” over a military showcase that involved firing live artillery shells over a major highway in the state’s south.

Newsom said safety concerns over the event forced state officials to close a portion of the busy Interstate 5 near the US Marine Camp Pendleton base on Saturday.

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The Rangers recovered from a sluggish opening five minutes to take a 4-3 win over the Canadiens on Saturday night, snapping a three-game losing skid.

Vice President JD Vance rang in the Marine Corps’ 250th at Camp Pendleton, praising fellow Marines after an assault demo and pledging they are ready to fight and win.

Tomlinson and Zayn Malik are reportedly reuniting for an upcoming One Direction documentary.

The former Ranger isn't hanging up the skates just yet.

The plan is for Tyrone Tracy to work his way back and join forces with Cam Skattebo as a 1-2 punch in the running game.

George Santos plans to focus on prison reform after President Trump commuted his sentence, saying he will dedicate his next chapter to "doing good."