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Month: October 2023

India routs Pakistan by 7 wickets to extend winning streak over rival at Cricket World Cup

By CHETAN NARULA Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav triggered a stunning Pakistan collapse and shared four wickets in India’s dominant victory over its archrival at the Cricket World Cup. The seven-wicket win in front of more than 100,000 fans at Narendra Modi Stadium was India’s eighth consecutive victory over

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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French government started deploying 7,000 troops to increase security around the country after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected Islamic extremist. The evacuations

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Far from Israel, Jews grieve and pray for peace in Shabbat services held as Israel-Hamas war rages

By The Associated Press Jews in communities far from Israel gathered at synagogues this weekend for Shabbat services held amid the ongoing war ignited by Hamas militants’ attack on Israel a week earlier. Rabbis led prayers of peace and shared grief with their congregations. At many synagogues security was tight. PITTSBURGH RABBI SAYS HAMAS ATTACK

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