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Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has been appointed as England Test coach, with Joe Root returning as captain. Fleming, 53, has never previously worked as head coach of a national team but he led Chennai Super Kings to a record five Indian Premier League titles during his 17-year tenure as head coach. Previous Test coach Brendon McCullum was fired earlier this month following a string of poor results and several off-field incidents, but remains in charge of England’s white-ball sides.Root, 35, whose first spell as Test captain was between 2017 and 2022, captained England to a record 27 Test…
A small dog resembling a Chihuahua has become the newest — and perhaps unlikeliest — face of Mexico’s National Guard, after troopers in the northern border state of Chihuahua adopted him from an elderly couple who could no longer care for him. The mixed-breed dog, named Comando, has spent the past four months living at the National Guard’s state coordination headquarters in Chihuahua, where he now follows officers’ routines and responds to their orders. 🇲🇽🐕 ¡Mordidas por la patria!: un perro adoptado luce el uniforme de la Guardia Nacional de México 🪖 Su nombre es “Comando”, un cachorro de raza…
Australia’s Wildlands Festival will travel coast-to-coast at year’s end with a bill headlined by John Summit and Skepta. They’re joined on the lineup by the likes of WORSHIP, in their Australian debut; DJ KI/KI; Disco Lines and many more. The single-day electronic and dance-leaning show will get underway at Brisbane Showgrounds with a New Year’s Eve party on Thursday, Dec. 31, then crosses the country to Perth — a distance of about 2,700 miles – for a full show Saturday Jan. 2 at Arena Joondalup. “Both Wildlands events will feature reimagined stage designs and updated site layout,” reads a statement from…
Corgi Funds may be a new name to many Alphaville readers, but the San Francisco-based company seems intent on turning the ETF industry into the financial equivalent of a puppy mill.Corgi may have only unleashed its first ETFs in December, but it is now the proud dogparent of 188 ETFs. Yes, one hundred and eighty-eight. And it’s just getting started.If all the ETFs it has filed for with the Securities and Exchange Commission see the light of day, in the next few months it will have 550 — usurping BlackRock, the world’s largest investment group, which manages 488 US ETFs,…
The White House has gone on the offensive after Noah Kahan criticized president Donald Trump for using his music in social media propaganda. The brewing beef stems from the administration’s videos and photos posted to TikTok and Instagram cued to Kahan’s song “American Cars” from his fourth studio album, the Billboard 200 No. 1 LP The Great Divide, all part of an exercise to celebrate Trump’s visit to a Michigan auto plant this week where the POTUS touted cars made in America. The 29-year-old Vermont-bred singer and songwriter wasn’t thrilled by the situation. “Would never approve of my music being used…
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World Bank Group President Ajay Banga is in Mexico this week with plans to move forward a new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) to support future investment in Mexico. On his organization’s first official visit in over five years, Banga is meeting with senior government officials and private-sector leaders to advance the CPF 2026-2030, which will be developed in line with the Sheinbaum administration’s s overarching Plan México economic development strategy. World Bank President Ajay Banga: I come from Punjab which was India’s agricultural centre. Today you’ll find young kids there who have just sold their farms. They are rich for…
President Trump on Wednesday claimed the Supreme Court striking down his emergency tariffs and executive order restricting birthright citizenship cost the country “trillions and trillions” of dollars. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings…
A decline in public consumption of alcoholic drinks has been a major factor in declining revenue in the beer, wine, and spirits sectors, leading certain companies to file for bankruptcy protection. 128-year-old beer, wine, and spirits distributor, Republic National Distributing Company, was a major company affected as it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, seeking going-concern sales of its remaining assets, a wind down of operations, completion of transition services agreements, and approval of its equity holder settlement. National Distributing Company Inc. is not a part of the Chapter 11 filing, the company said in a statement on its website.…
The unexplained deaths over the past month have raised fears of poisoning.