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India are on the verge of winning their first of three T20 World Cup finals against New Zealand, with the hopes of 1.4 billion fans behind them.listen to this article | 2 minutesinformationPublished March 7, 2026March 7, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareplus 2 googleAdd Al Jazeera to GoogleinformationThe best way to deal with pressure is to embrace it, India captain Suryakumar Yadav has reminded his teammates ahead of Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium.India will be aiming to become the first team to retain the T20 World Cup title, winning it on home…

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Smoke and flames rise from the site of an airstrike at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Photo credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)Atta Kenare | AFP | Getty ImagesIran announced it attacked a U.S. air base in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, shortly after Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said it would stop attacking neighboring countries.Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that a naval drone unit from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps attacked Al Dhafra Air Base south of the capital Abu Dhabi.The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately confirm the attack when contacted by…

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A few years ago, Grace Guo began yearning for a place to hang out with friends in New York City that didn’t require alcohol.Guo, who had recently gotten sober, said he was surrounded by friends who also chose not to drink and wanted an alternative to the typical social scene. After doing some research, she landed on Bathhouse and Othership. Bathhouse and Othership is a social wellness club dedicated to creating a community centered around health promotion.”To be honest, it feels like going to the spa together and spending the afternoon together. For me, I think it feels much better…

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Reuters — Hungary said on Friday it had detained seven Ukrainians carrying about $82 million in cash and gold on suspicion of money laundering, as Kiev accused Budapest of holding bank workers hostage amid a dispute over oil shipments. The Hungarian tax authorities’ decision to have anti-terrorism forces raid two Ukrainian armored vehicles transporting cash into Ukraine marks a dramatic escalation in tensions that have already resulted in Budapest blocking tens of billions of euros in European Union aid to Kiev. “The National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) is proceeding with criminal proceedings on suspicion of money laundering,” the agency…

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MUMBAI, India – For millions of Indians, the memory of losing the Cricket World Cup at home to Australia is still fresh, two years after the final in Ahmedabad.The wound continues to sting in this cricket-mad nation of at least 1.4 billion people, tens of thousands of whom packed into the world’s largest cricket stadium on November 19, 2023, and millions more to watch the match elsewhere.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut just as the heartbreak of the ‘cursed day’ brought them together two years ago, local fans will be hoping this Sunday will be a reason to…

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U.S. President Donald Trump points while speaking about the U.S. economy and affordability as he arrives at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S., Dec. 9, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersNovember’s midterm elections were always supposed to be about affordability. Then bombs started being dropped on Iran. The escalation of U.S. wars in the Middle East threatens to disrupt the cost-of-living narrative that has so far defined the race for control in Congress. The election is less than eight months away and will determine whether President Donald Trump maintains an iron grip on Washington or spends the…

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China’s space program has recently reached a number of milestones. In 2025, China conducted more than 90 orbital launches, setting a new record for orbital launches in a single year. In the past five years, China has returned the first samples from the far side of the moon, completed its own low-Earth orbit space station, and landed a rover on the surface of Mars. “We’ve seen multiple statements about President Xi Jinping and what he calls the Chinese space dream,” said Dave Cavossa, president of the Commercial Space Federation, a trade group representing the commercial space industry. “They see space…

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A customer uses a computer at an internet cafe in Tehran, Iran.Raheb Homavandi | ReutersData monitoring site Netblocks said on Saturday that Iran remains under a near-total internet blackout.”It has been a full week since Iran was plunged into digital darkness due to the nationwide internet blackout imposed by the Iranian government,” NetBlocks said in a social media post.”These measures remain in place as of 168:00, and while authorities and state media maintain access, the public remains isolated without vital updates and warnings,” NetBlocks said.The graph in the post shows internet traffic at about 1% of normal levels.Iranian internet traffic…

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Sign up for CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter, Unlocking the World. Get destination news, plus the latest information on aviation, food and drink, and accommodation. In this week’s travel news roundup, we explain why social bathhouses are the new wellness trend, how Chinese tourists travel thousands of miles to visit chicken shops in Portugal, and how travel in the Middle East is being disrupted. Scandinavian sauna purists, look away. Social bathhouses are taking North America by storm, but they’re a little different from how they’re done in Europe. What we’re talking about is a wellness experience that happens with DJs, dancing,…

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“We don’t mind a few scratches,” captain Mitchell Santner said on Saturday, as New Zealand faces defending champions and hosts India in the T20 World Cup final.Santner’s side face India in Ahmedabad on Sunday, with more than 100,000 home fans expected to fill the Narendra Modi Stadium.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listNew Zealand have never won a white-ball World Cup, although they reached the 2021 final and lost to Australia.”I don’t care about winning trophies,” Santner said.He added: “It’s obviously going to be a challenge as we all know we’re probably not the favorites to win.”But yeah, I’m…

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