On a day Major League Baseball announced the reserves for the All-Star game, it was Albert Pujols — a 41-year-old future Hall of Famer signed two months ago as a platoon player six years removed from his 10th and likely final All-Star appearance — delivering the hit the Dodgers needed the most in their 5-1 … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Central banks are starting to tip-toe away from the emergency stimulus they deployed to fight the pandemic-driven global recession. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and colleagues have begun debating when and how to slow their asset-purchase program, … Read more
At least two people were killed in a series of slashings and shootings across the five boroughs Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to police and sources. A 22-year-old man from the Bronx was fatally gunned down in the borough just after 4 a.m., while a 45-year-old man died after getting stabbed in the chest … Read more
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta’s upcoming untitled thriller, which recently went on floors, will introduce Zahaan Prithviraj Kapoor, grandson of late actor Shashi Kapoor. Zahaan is the son of Kunal Kapoor and Sheena. The film also features Aditya Rawal, who has earlier worked in an OTT project, and is co-produced by Anubhav Sinha. On selecting the cast, … Read more
Deep Dasgupta disagreed with Arjuna Ranatunga’s assessment of the Indian squad in Sri Lanka. The cricketer-turned-commentator feels Ranatunga’s comments were unfair, pointing out that a number of capped players are present in the travelling squad. Arjuna Ranatunga stirred up controversy after claiming that India’s squad for the Sri Lanka series is a second-string side, suggesting … Read more