The logo of car manufacturer Ford is pictured in Inwood, New York, on February 5, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — Ford was warned Wednesday that more than 3,000 white-collar workers across the U.K. could launch industrial action after union members rejected a pay offer from the U.S. automotive giant. Unite,…
Australia batting great David Warner on Monday said he expected a hostile reception when the world champions begin a T20 series in New Zealand this week. New Zealand host Australia in Wellington on Wednesday in the first of three T20 matches before a two-Test series. Warner eight years ago accused New Zealand fans…
Indigenous actors are having a moment on some of the world’s most popular streaming services — even if they never expected it. Katarina Ziervogel from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba never pictured herself landing the role of Taloa in the Disney+ series Echo, partly because she never saw a deaf Indigenous actor on TV when she was growing up. Now,…
Eye contact and body language are critical in social interaction, but exactly how the brain uses this information in order to inform behavior in real time is not well understood. By combining behavioral and wireless eye tracking and neural monitoring, a team of Rice University scientists and collaborators studied how pairs of freely moving macaques…
Dushmantha Chameera represented Lucknow Super Giants in the 2022 season.© X (Twitter) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday named Sri Lankan Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for England pacer Gus Atkinson for the 2024 Indian Premier League. Chameera will join KKR at a reserve price of Rs 50 lakh, the IPL organisers said…
An investigation into possible foreign exchange violations at Paytm Payments bank by India’s financial crime fighting agency has not yet found any breaches, a government source directly aware of the matter said on Monday. Last week, India’s Enforcement Directorate announced the investigation into overseas transactions by Paytm Payments Bank, a unit of One 97 Communications,…
Delhi Farmers Protest: Farmers have been protesting the MSP issue since the 2020/21 agitation (File). New Delhi: Amid a tense stand-off between the government and farmers, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha – an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests – has rejected a five-year contract to buy…
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: AP Reversing its earlier decision, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on February 19 said that the party-backed independent candidates, who won the February 8 elections, will join the rightwing Sunni Ittehad Council. The party had earlier decided that its members elected to…
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and X, speaks at the Atreju political convention organized by Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), in Rome, Dec. 15, 2023. Antonio Masiello | Getty Images Two weeks after a Delaware court ruled that Tesla must rescind Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, the company’s board remains mum on what the…
Star India batter and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Smriti Mandhana said that ahead of the new season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL), the balance of the team has improved and the team hopes to live up to its potential. The second season of WPL will start from February 23 and will…
