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Turkey’s Prez Erdogan says Hagia Sophia becomes mosque after court ruling

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Erdogan made his announcement, just an hour after the court ruling was revealed, despite international warnings not to change the status of the nearly 1,500-year-old monument, revered by Christians and Muslims alike. “The decision was taken to hand over the management of the Ayasofya Mosque…to the Religious Affairs Directorate and open it for worship,” the…

Shortage of green cards is latest US immigrant barrier

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Indians holding or applying for green cards face a new anti-immigrant obstacle from the United States government. The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has scaled back the printing of the physical green cards which identify the holder as a legal permanent US resident. By law, US permanent residents are legally required to carry the credit card-sized identity cards “at all times” and must show them when applying for jobs and when travelling. Indians received 10% of all green cards issued in 2019 and are the second-largest…

Intense outbreaks of new coronavirus can still be brought under control: WHO chief

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Intense outbreaks of the new coronavirus can still be brought under control, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday, lamenting that global case numbers had more than doubled in the past six weeks. “There are many, many examples from around the world,” said Tedros, that even if the Covid-19 outbreak is “very intense, it can still be brought back under control”.

Amazon bans TikTok on employees’ phones, cites ‘security risks’

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> has requested employees remove the TikTok video sharing app from their mobile devices by July 10 over “security risks,” according to a memo to employees seen by Reuters. “Due to security risk, the TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email. If you have TikTok on your device, you must remove it by 10-Jul to retain mobile access to Amazon email. At this time, using TikTok from your Amazon laptop browser is allowed,” according to the email. Amazon.com representatives…

Minor League a US Open template

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BOCA RATON/FL – USA: The upcoming USA Cricket Minor league is a template of the very popular US Open T20 tournament that is held every year in the United States. USA Cricket has sent out all the particulars of the inaugural Minor League cricket series, which they plan to take into the Major League in the future. A glance at the idea and ideals of the tournament takes you right back to the visionary Mahammad Qureshi who was way ahead in planning when he brought this to the table in…

Windies skipper Holder says he has more to do after six-wicket England haul

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“Leading from the front – West Indies captain Jason Holder took a Test-best 6-42 against England at Southampton on Thursday. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – West Indies captain Jason Holder said “my Test is far from over” after he rocked England with a career-best six-wicket haul on the second day of the series opener at Southampton on Thursday. Holder, the world’s top-ranked all-rounder, took 6-42 as England were dismissed for 204 to surpass his previous Test-best of 6-59 against Bangladesh at Kingston two years ago. It was the…

Broad reveals ‘anger’ at England Test axe

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“Angry – Stuart Broad said he was hurt at being dropped by England for the first Test against the West Indies. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) England paceman Stuart Broad said he felt frustrated and angry at having “my shirt” taken away after he was dropped for the first Test against the West Indies at Southampton. Broad was in England’s 13-man squad for the series opener, the first major international cricket since the coronavirus lockdown. The paceman is second only to long-standing new-ball colleague James Anderson in England’s all-time list…

Scaled-down Toronto Film Festival plans virtual red carpets and drive-in screenings

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the leading launching pads for fall movies and Oscar contenders, on Wednesday announced plans for a smaller 2020 edition with virtual red carpet premieres and drive-in screenings. The Toronto festival, held annually in early September, is typically a sprawling city-wide affair that hosts between 250-400 feature-length films and the debuts of many of the fall movie season’s top releases. Due to the pandemic, organizers said that this year’s festival will be contingent on the go-ahead from Ontario health officials. But for now,…

Proteas’ Ngidi in Black Lives Matter controversy

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“Lungi Ngidi made his ODI debut in 2018. ©AFP” /> Johannesburg (AFP) – A remark about Black Lives Matter in a Zoom press conference has made South Africa discuss once we are together in person,” said Ngidi. “We have spoken about it and everyone is well aware of what’s going on.It’s a difficult one because we are not together, so it’s hard to discuss.But once we get back to playing that is definitely something we have to address as a team.” Ngidi pointed to South Africa’s history of racial discrimination which…

Moeen, Bairstow in England training squad for Ireland ODIs

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“Moeen Ali (left) and Jonny Bairstow have been included in England’s training squad for the one-day internationals against Ireland. ©AFP” /> Southampton (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow were included in a 24-man England training squad named on Thursday for the three-match one-day international series at home to Ireland. Wicketkeeper-batsman Bairstow and off-spinning all-rounder Mooen were left out of the squad for the first Test against the West Indies, taking place in Southampton this week. But with England still planning to complete a full programme in a…