Warner 166 steers Australian win

ICC Men’s World Cup Cricket at Trent Bridge, Nottigham  Australia Vs Bangladesh  Australia 381-5 (50 ov) Warner 166 off 147, 14 fours, 5 sixes, Finch 53 off 51, 5 fours. 2 sixes, Khawaja 39 off 73, 10 fours, Soumya 3-58, Mustafizur 1-69.  Bangladesh 333-8- (45 ov) Tamim 62 off 74, 6 fours, Mushfique 102 off…

Prinyanka’s wax statue revealed

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jona’s wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds in London on Tuesday titling “ Welcome to London, Priyanka Chopra” according to a Twitter post. Prinyanka has four wax separate statues at Madame Tussauds wax museums across the world. “Fans have been waiting to see the hotly-anticipated London arrival since the…

US Billionaire donates Oxford University £150m

Stephen Schwarzman, a confidant of President Trump and a private equity Billionaire makes the largest ever donation to Oxford University for a new institute that will study the ethics of artificial intelligence. The UK government said it was a “globally significant” investment in Britain. Mr Schwarzman, the CEO of the private equity firm Blackstone, is…

BA owner IAG signs deal to buy 200 Boeing planes

  Boeing has received a boots for its grounded 737 Max Jet after AIG, the airline group which owns British Airways  signed a letter of intent to order 200 of the planes. The airline group said it was confident that the Boeing planes would return to service in the coming months. Boeing is currently trying…

Facebook to launch “Libra” digital coin for 2.4billion online users

Facebook to launch digital coin for 2.4billion online users Facebook said it would launch its own digital coin next year, allowing it 2.4 billion users to make payments over the network. Facebook will allow users to change dollars, pounds and other international currencies into crytocurrency called Libra. Facebook says the coins can then be used…

BBC’s international audience has surpassed 426 million a week

The BBC’s international audience has reached a record high of 426 million a week, according to latest figures  released by the corporation. It attracted extra 50 million viewers and listeners over the past year with over 47 million accessing its news service. The Global Audience Measure found the news service reached 50 million in India…

Eoin Morgan hits record 17 sixes in World Cup

  ICC men’s World Cup Cricket at Old Trafford, Manchester England Vs Afghanistan  England 397-6 (50 ov) Morgan 148 off 71, 4 fours, 17 sixes, Bairstow 90 off 99, 8 fours and 3 sixes, Root 88 off 82, 5 fours, 1 six, Gulbadin 3-68, D Zadran 3-85. Afghanistan 247-8 (50 ov) Hashmatullah 76 off 100,…

Gloria Vanderbilt the “Jeans Queen” dies at 95 

US fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt has died aged 95. Vanderbilt, known as the “poor little rich girl”, was the great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a 19th Century tycoon. The socialite, was married several times, made her name in the 1970s and ‘80s as a designer jeans pioneer. Gloria who loved life, and lived it on her…

Bangladesh chases 322 to beat West Indies

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Taunton, Somerset. West Indies 321-8 (50 ov), Hope 96 off 121, 4 fours, 2 sixes, Lewis 70 off 67, 6 fours, 2 sixes, Hetmyer 50 odd 26, 4 fours, 3 sixes, Saifuddin 3-72, Mustafizur 3-59, Shakib 2-54. Bangladesh 322-3 (41.3 ov) Shakib 124* off 99, 16 fours, Das 94* off…