Year: 2020

India bans 43 more mobile apps as it takes on China

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ India banned 43 mobile apps on Tuesday, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s e-commerce app Aliexpress, in a new wave of web sanctions targeted at China after the neighbours’ months-long standoff on their rugged Himalayan border. The 43 mostly Chinese-origin applications, which also include a few dating apps, threaten the “sovereignty and integrity of India”, the technology ministry said in a statement. India has previously banned more than 170 apps, saying they collect and share users’ data and could pose a threat to the state. The moves, which India’s technology…

Broward adds a third pitch

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Chairman and CEO of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi at right with ground authorities

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Authorities at the Central Broward Regional Park have added a third pitch to the playing square at the sprawling facility. The ground which is the only International Cricket Council (ICC) approved venue in North America will play host to the 12th Edition of the US Open T20 tournament from December 15 to 20. Chairman and CEO of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi paid a visit to the venue on Monday and saw first hand the work being done. He said: “There is now a third pitch…

US OPEN 2020 Officially Sanctioned

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USA Cricket can today confirm that it has officially sanctioned the 2020 edition of the US Open that will be held December 15-20, 2020 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The event now in its 12th year, which is also officially sanctioned by the ICC, gives American players an opportunity to play against players from around the world. The tournament will feature players from the United States and other international cricketing nations across 8 different teams playing out for the US Open 2020 crown. This…

Elon Musk Passes Bill Gates To Become The Second-Richest Person

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Tesla Co-founder Elon Musk has added more than $100 billion to his net worth this year and has passed Bill Gates as the world’s second-richest person. According to the details, Elon Musk’s year of dizzying ascents and jagged peaks hit a new apex as he over took Bill Gates to grab world’s second-richest ranking. Please join our Whatsapp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/EOZzrH7nrzZ852CKBk83LI 49y-old’s net worth soared $7.2bn on Mon to $127.9bn, driven by another surge in Tesla’s shares. Musk has added $100bn to his worth. His rise on the…

Israel Removes Saudi Arabia From Quarantine List A Day After Netanyahu’s ‘Visit’

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reported visit to Saudi Arabia, the Israeli Ministry of Health added Saudi Arabia to its “green” list of coronavirus. The list includes countries from which returnees do not have to stay in quarantine. According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, the Israeli Ministry of Health confirmed that Saudi Arabia was included in the list of safe countries a day ago, but denied any connection to Netanyahu’s reported visit to the futuristic Red Sea city of Neom on Sunday. For news updates…

New coach appointed at CCUSA Academy

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MARGATE/FL – USA: A new coach has been appointed for the Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Academy at the Maq Stadium in Delray Beach Florida, USA. The highly experienced Shezan Ahmed comes on board at a critical time in the United States cricket. Chairman and CEO of CCUSA Mahammad Qureshi said that the appointment comes at a time when cricketers have been inactive, and they are yearning to get back into the park. “We are happy to announce the arrival of Shezan Ahmed to the setup. He will take over as…

All US Open matches inside Broward Stadium

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Mahammad Qureshi, left and Shah Zafar were able to ink the deal

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MARGATE/FL – USA: All matches at this year’s US Open T20 tournament will be played inside the Central Broward Regional Stadium. This was revealed by the chairman and CEO of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi on Sunday. CCUSA is the parent body for the US Open T20 tournament. Qureshi, as well as tournament director Shah Zafar, was able to ink the deal with Broward County management and the tournament that is carded to get off on December 15 and lasts until December 20 is expected to come off without…

Maq Media News Agency launched

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Mahammad Qureshi

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MARGATE/FL – USA: Maq Media continues to grow and has now launched a news agency that takes media coverage and news dissemination to a new level. CEO of the Maq Group of Companies Mahammad Qureshi said that this news agency was always in the pipeline and he is thrilled that he can afford to put this out there for all to enjoy. “We are happy with the fact that the news can now be sent out via our platform. Ever since from a young boy, I use to make it…

Bahrain, Israel agree to set up embassies in Jerusalem meet

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ JERUSALEM: Bahrain’s foreign minister called for fresh Israeli-Palestinian peace talks during a landmark meeting on Wednesday in Israel with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Pompeo — President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, on a farewell visit to close ally Israel — did not address Israel’s dispute with the Palestinians, who have protested his planned trip on Thursday to a Jewish-owned business in the occupied West Bank. Bahrain’s Abdellatif al-Zayani said the historic US-brokered deals the Gulf kingdom and the United Arab Emirates…

Saudi Arabia, Iraq reopen border after 30 years

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ BAGHDAD: Iraq and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday reopened their land border for the first time in 30 years, with closer trade ties between the two countries irking allies of Riyadh’s rival, Tehran. Top officials including Iraq’s interior minister and the head of its border commission travelled from Baghdad to formally open the Arar crossing. They met a delegation who had joined them from Riyadh, all in masks, and cut a red ribbon at the border crossing as a line of cargo trucks waited behind them. Arar will…