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India's Smriti Mandhana surpassed Mithali Raj to become women's international cricket's leading run-scorer in a Women's Asia Cup clash with Hong Kong China. The blistering 124-run knock from 64 balls also marked the Women's T20 Asia Cup's highest individual score, while Mandhana earlier matched Raj's tally of 93 fifty-plus scores.President Donald Trump's White House unveiled a website on Thursday featuring classic arcade games with immigration-themed gameplay, including one where players chase migrants and another where they build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticized the release, which coincides with the administration's escalation of mass arrests and deportations of undocumented migrants.An explosion struck a wedding in southern Iran on Tuesday, likely from a direct US munition hit, weapons experts concluded from verified images and video. US Vice President JD Vance said the United States was investigating. Iranian state television reported a 22-year-old woman died in hospital, bringing the death toll to five.A fire erupted Thursday evening as workers demolished a damaged chimney at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in Kumamoto, Japan. The chimney had been damaged in a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on July 28 that killed nine factory employees when an 80-meter-high chimney collapsed. The fire was extinguished after about 6.5 hours, with no injuries reported from the blaze itself.Tally Gotliv, a Likud member of parliament, will run with Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party in the coming election. Netanyahu's candidate appointments to reserved Likud slots demoted Gotliv from 12th place, which she had won in the party primaries, to 20th.Ten research teams received Ig Nobel prizes at a ceremony in Zurich on Thursday, the first time the event was held outside the US after 35 years in America due to travel concerns. Among the winners were scientists whose work examined cockroach milk and evaluated soil quality through buried underwear.Vice President JD Vance said the duration of the conflict with Iran rests with Iran itself. He stated there are currently no active exchanges of fire and that passage through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly returned to normal.Pacific islands leaders could not agree on a final statement condemning China's ballistic missile launch in regional waters, instead expressing only collective concern about the escalation. Nauru blocked the statement, while Kiribati's leader did not attend the closed-door meetings at the regional summit in Palau.Four U.S. companies committed a combined $2 billion to South Korean semiconductors, advanced materials and energy. Air Products will expand semiconductor gas facilities in Pyeongtaek, Axcelis will expand ion implantation system production, and Corning will invest in advanced materials for displays and semiconductors.Three major artificial intelligence assistants experienced simultaneous service failures on Thursday afternoon, affecting both web and mobile access worldwide. Down Detector reported widespread problems beginning around 15:00 Spain peninsular time, with the services' status pages indicating frequent request errors and ongoing investigations.India's Smriti Mandhana surpassed Mithali Raj to become women's international cricket's leading run-scorer in a Women's Asia Cup clash with Hong Kong China. The blistering 124-run knock from 64 balls also marked the Women's T20 Asia Cup's highest individual score, while Mandhana earlier matched Raj's tally of 93 fifty-plus scores.President Donald Trump's White House unveiled a website on Thursday featuring classic arcade games with immigration-themed gameplay, including one where players chase migrants and another where they build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticized the release, which coincides with the administration's escalation of mass arrests and deportations of undocumented migrants.An explosion struck a wedding in southern Iran on Tuesday, likely from a direct US munition hit, weapons experts concluded from verified images and video. US Vice President JD Vance said the United States was investigating. Iranian state television reported a 22-year-old woman died in hospital, bringing the death toll to five.A fire erupted Thursday evening as workers demolished a damaged chimney at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in Kumamoto, Japan. The chimney had been damaged in a magnitude 7.1 earthquake on July 28 that killed nine factory employees when an 80-meter-high chimney collapsed. The fire was extinguished after about 6.5 hours, with no injuries reported from the blaze itself.Tally Gotliv, a Likud member of parliament, will run with Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party in the coming election. Netanyahu's candidate appointments to reserved Likud slots demoted Gotliv from 12th place, which she had won in the party primaries, to 20th.Ten research teams received Ig Nobel prizes at a ceremony in Zurich on Thursday, the first time the event was held outside the US after 35 years in America due to travel concerns. Among the winners were scientists whose work examined cockroach milk and evaluated soil quality through buried underwear.Vice President JD Vance said the duration of the conflict with Iran rests with Iran itself. He stated there are currently no active exchanges of fire and that passage through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly returned to normal.Pacific islands leaders could not agree on a final statement condemning China's ballistic missile launch in regional waters, instead expressing only collective concern about the escalation. Nauru blocked the statement, while Kiribati's leader did not attend the closed-door meetings at the regional summit in Palau.Four U.S. companies committed a combined $2 billion to South Korean semiconductors, advanced materials and energy. Air Products will expand semiconductor gas facilities in Pyeongtaek, Axcelis will expand ion implantation system production, and Corning will invest in advanced materials for displays and semiconductors.Three major artificial intelligence assistants experienced simultaneous service failures on Thursday afternoon, affecting both web and mobile access worldwide. Down Detector reported widespread problems beginning around 15:00 Spain peninsular time, with the services' status pages indicating frequent request errors and ongoing investigations.
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