Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the Galle International Stadium in Galle on August 17, 2026. Photo: AFP GALLE: Sonal Dinusha’s maiden test hundred kept Sri Lanka afloat, but India remained firmly in command after day…
Reddit recently said it would bring most viral stories to life through a new “video Reddit” experience, allowing users to listen to Reddit posts in the background while doing other tasks and activities. On Monday, Reddit will begin testing an initial version of this experience with both video and audio posts across select communities to…
By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2026 2:38 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors signed free agent guard Malachi Smith on Monday. Smith averaged 8.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 23.9 minutes in 15 games (four starts) with the…
Fifa President Gianni Infantino attends the inauguration of Abelardo De La Espriella as Colombia’s president, in Cali, Colombia, August 7, 2026. — Reuters Human rights organisation FairSquare has urged Fifa to rule that Gianni Infantino is ineligible to seek another term as president, arguing he has already served the maximum three terms permitted under the…
import os, sys, io, json, time, math, re, subprocess, warnings from collections import Counter, defaultdict warnings.filterwarnings(“ignore”) os.environ.setdefault(“USE_TORCH”, “1”) def _pip(*pkgs): subprocess.run([sys.executable, “-m”, “pip”, “install”, “-q”, *pkgs], check=False) try: import doctr except ImportError: print(“>> Installing python-doctr (this takes ~1-2 min on Colab)…”) _pip(“python-doctr[viz]”) try: import reportlab except ImportError: _pip(“reportlab”) import numpy as np import torch import…
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as officials race against the clock to secure a new trade deal before new 50 per cent tariffs go into effect Wednesday. That comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday he expects to speak…
Babar Azam reached 50 runs during the first day of the first Test match between Pakistan and England at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England on August 5, 2020: Photo: AFP Pakistan face a late selection decision over Babar Azam ahead of the opening Test against England at Headingley on Wednesday, with the former captain’s…
Amazon is buying tons of rare books, cutting off their spines, and scanning them for AI training, according to 404 Media, which placed a tracking device in a rare book that ultimately arrived at an Amazon facility in Las Vegas. The facility, known as VGT3, identifies itself with a symbol of a dinosaur holding a…
Canmore, Alta., RCMP are investigating a sudden death after the body of a man was found in the Bow River near the town Sunday morning. Source link
Despite the outcome Pakistan still have a chance to progress in the 16-team event Pakistan’s hopes of reaching the second stage of the FIH Hockey World Cup remained alive after they were held to a 3-3 draw by Wales in a dramatic Group D encounter at the Wagener Hockey Stadium on Monday. Pakistan had been…
