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England’s Test team have returned home from Pakistan, licking their wounds after slumping to a 2-1 defeat. So, is the second loss in Asia this year a serious setback for Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum as they look to develop momentum ahead of next year’s Ashes Down Under? And whose place is under pressure? Mail Sport columnist Nasser Hussain answers your questions… England’s Test team have returned home from Pakistan, licking their wounds after slumping to a 2-1 defeat So is the second loss in Asia this year a serious setback for Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum?Q: England appear to bat the same way…

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared emergency martial law, saying the measure was necessary to protect the country from ‘communist forces’ in North Korea and ‘anti-state’ actors in his own nation.’I declare martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the despicable pro-North Korean anti-state forces that are plundering the freedom and happiness of our people, and to protect the free constitutional order,’ Yoon said in a televised address today.The leader of the ‘People’s Power Party’ (PPP) went on to accuse his country’s opposition of controlling the…

Love him, or hate him: There is only one Mike AshleyMike Ashley, founder of Frasers Group – the Sports Direct business – sharply divides opinion.Some dismiss the billionaire entrepreneur as a Machiavellian predator who is too fond of a fight.He is currently engaged in a battle to become chief executive of fast fashion firm Boohoo, which yesterday appointed somebody else for the job.But as an investor, maybe you should think differently.Ashley, 60, is regarded as one of the trio of retail ‘consolidators’ – the shopkeeper tycoons who can enrich your portfolio.In France, Bernard Arnault, ‘the wolf in cashmere’ and king…

Ariana Grande looked notably thin during a promotional photo shoot for Wicked, following growing concerns about her appearance at the film’s recent LA premiere.The pop icon’s slim figure was front and center in the shoot, just ahead of the highly anticipated musical’s debut at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional on Monday.Wearing a strapless gown with a plunging neckline, her sternum was visible as her décolletage remained bare.At the event, she posed alongside co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey, who wrapped their arms around her petite frame.The photo call follows concern over her red carpet appearance at the Los Angeles screening, where she showcased…

Lana Del Rey, Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo brought a dose of pop star magnetism to the Variety Hitmaker’s Brunch when it was thrown in Los Angeles this Saturday.An impressive cavalcade of boldface names flocked to nya West, an event venue in the heart of the city located smack dab between Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard.But the showstopper among them was Charli, 32, who kept her ‘Brat Summer’ going into the Christmas season with a sizzling outfit certain to turn up the heat at the fete.She freed the nipple by going bra-less under a head-turning see-through dress that featured Grecian…

Kim Kardashian seemed to be feeling a little melancholy about the joy and pain of motherhood in a short post on social media on Saturday. The influencer, 44, who is reportedly a fan of  Emily Austen’s book, Smarter: 10 Lessons for a More Productive and Less-stressed Life, left an emotional quote in her Instagram Stories. The mother-of-four shared the sweet sentiment which read, ‘The sad part about motherhood is that you’re raising the one person you can’t live without… to be able to live without you. Kardashian did not attribute the quote to anyone.The Skims founder is a single mom to North, 11, Saint,…

By OLIVER SALT Published: 10:12 EST, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 10:56 EST, 21 November 2024 NBA star Isaiah Thomas is mourning the loss of his older sister after announcing her tragic death in a heartbreaking post on social media.Thomas, 35, wrote alongside a photo of late sister LaQuisha Baldtrip on Instagram: ‘Ima miss you big sis!!!! Damn how you leave me too? 2 sisters gone!!! This can’t be real. I love and miss you Queen.’He also shared a number of heartbroken emojis on X and concluded the emotional post with: ‘F***!!!!!!!!!!!’ The cause of LaQuisha’s death is currently unknown. Thomas,…

First it was London. Then it was Paris. Next it appears to be Munich in terms of European cities hosting a NBA regular-season Global Game.It was only three weeks ago that the NBA took over Paris, to great success, as they made history by hosting two regular-season matches in quick succession in the French capital as the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers faced each other on January 23 and 25.Those matches were the 13th and 14th games of their kind to be played in Europe and it seems likely that any future iterations could take place in a new…

A ‘once in a decade’ bomb cyclone has unleashed itself on several West Coast states, leaving hundreds of thousands of Americans without power and one dead. This powerful storm rapidly intensified Tuesday as it moved toward Washington, Oregon and northern California, simultaneously fueling a Category 5 atmospheric river and directing it towards land.A live tracker revealed the bomb cyclone’s deadly location sat just 300 miles off the coast of Washington at 9am ET and was slowly inching closer toward the shoreline.While Meteorologists are expecting the eye of the storm to remain over the ocean, major hurricane-force conditions, including wind gusts between 72 and…

By BRIAN MARKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:28 EST, 10 December 2024 | Updated: 22:28 EST, 10 December 2024 Timothée Chalamet was the spitting image of a rock star as he arrived at the premiere of his hotly anticipated Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, on Tuesday night.He was joined at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood by his costar and on-screen love interest Elle Fanning, who contrasted his edgy black leather jacket with a glamorous white satin gown.The film, which stars Timothée Chalamet as the iconic singer–songwriter, traces Dylan’s rapid ascent as he goes from his overnight success as a folk…