The upcoming Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season has taken an intriguing turn as the Melbourne Stars Women prepare for the Spring Challenge with a fresh addition that has surprised many cricket fans. Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, known for his explosive batting and dynamic fielding, will not be taking the field this time but will instead offer his expertise from …

OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video model, Sora. The company says it’s adding this safeguard at the request of Dr. King’s estate after some Sora users generated “disrespectful depictions” of his image. “While there are strong free speech interests in …

Sri Lanka Women will take on South Africa Women in the 18th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The hosts will look to revive their campaign after a lose run while South Africa aim to strengthen their semifinal chances with another clinical performance. The contest promises to be a test of adaptability …

The leaders of the US and Russia discussed tensions in Europe in their first conversation since the Alaska summit in August Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday amid renewed tensions over potential deliveries of American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine and stalled peace talks. Trump described the conversation as “very productive” …

The mother of the late Yap Shing Xuen has appealed to the public to stop spreading rumours and incorrect information about her daughter and her family. During a press conference at Yap’s wake on Thursday, Wong Lee Ping said her daughter sustained more than 200 stab wounds after being attacked in a school toilet at SMK Bandar Utama in Malaysia’s …

Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company. There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch effort by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a company set up by investors from Europe and North America, to acquire the operating assets of the startup’s two …

An Austrian brain surgeon has denied allowing her 12 year old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during emergency surgery. The incident is alleged to have taken place in January 2024, when a mother purportedly permitted her young daughter to assist with brain surgery in Styria, a state in southeastern Austria, on a farm worker who had …

A new book has suggested that the world could soon be dominated by a Trillionaires’ Club of ‘wealth elite’, each boasting fortunes with ’12 zeros’. Kamal Ahmed, an investigator and former editorial director at BBC News, predicts that Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX, Tesla, X and xAI, will become the world’s first trillionaire in 2027. Ahmed anticipates that there …

The FBI accuses the former official of transmitting classified information using personal online accounts Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton has been indicted on charges of mishandling classified information. A federal grand jury in Maryland indicted Bolton on Thursday on eight counts of transmitting and ten counts of unlawfully retaining national defense information. “The FBI’s investigation revealed that John …

Four people were killed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse huge crowds at a stadium where the body of deceased opposition leader Raila Odinga was lying in state, local media reported. Odinga, a major figure for decades in Kenyan politics who was once a political prisoner and ran unsuccessfully for president …

McBee Dynasty Star Steven McBee Sr. Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Case!  McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys patriarch Steve McBee Sr. has officially traded his cowboy hat for a prison uniform. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Bough handed down the sentence on Thursday, Oct. 16, in Kansas City, Missouri. The 52-year-old reality star will …

WASHINGTON, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Oct, 2025) US President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a new warning to Hamas amid accusations from Israel that the organization has already reneged on its ceasefire obligations. In a message posted to Truth Social on Thursday, Trump wrote that if Hamas “continues to kill people in Gaza, which was …

Ron Conway, the founder of venture firm SV Angel, known for its early investments into Google, Airbnb, and Meta, has resigned from Salesforce Foundation, the New York Times reported. The resignation following Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff saying last week he “fully supported” President Trump and thought National Guard troops should patrol San Francisco streets. Conway has been on the board …

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Oct, 2025) A meeting of National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights was held on Thursday, MNA Sehar Kamran raised several important matters of national and international concern. Nevertheless, she recorded deep concerns over the large-scale civilian casualties and destruction of hospitals, schools, and shelters. She called for inclusive and transparent reconstruction …

UNITED NATIONS, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Oct, 2025) Bangladesh has begun legal proceedings against security officials accused of sanctioning enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government – a move UN human rights chief Volker Turk called “an important step towards accountability.” Last week, according to reports, the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) submitted formal …