Controversial stump-out in Ashes series, Ben Stokes's sharp response to Australian newspaper's satirical headline

Controversial stump-out in Ashes series, Ben Stokes’s sharp response to Australian newspaper’s satirical headline

Photo courtesy of Twitter The second Test match of the Ashes series is still in the headlines. The media in England and Australia have come face-to-face after Jonny Bairstow’s controversial run-out and then the Lord’s Long Room incident. The Australian newspaper put a picture of England captain Ben Stokes with a pacifier and nappies in…

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The Ashes series also brought together the Prime Ministers of Australia and England

The Ashes series also brought together the Prime Ministers of Australia and England

File photo The series of Ashes Test matches between England and Australia also brought the Prime Ministers of both countries to the field. British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak verbally blamed the Australian cricketers for the controversial dismissal of England’s Jonny Bairstow in the Ashes Test at Lord’s ground, but he avoided taking up the matter…

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INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’

INTERVIEW: Building bridges between Afghanistan and the world because ‘isolation is not an option’

Since then, as international funding has stalled amid skepticism about the Taliban’s return, the UN has been acting as the world’s “eyes and ears” in Afghanistan. After shifting mainly to humanitarian work, UN agencies and partners are finding ways to help the long-suffering population meet basic needs and preserve hard-won development gains.  UN News was recently…

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