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Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle. Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s no shame in needing a little help from time to time. If you’re stuck and need to know the answers to today’s Strands puzzle, check out the solved puzzle below. How to play Strands You start every Strands puzzle with the goal of finding the “theme words” hidden in the grid of letters.…
Israel and Hamas on Monday both angrily rejected moves to arrest their leaders for war crimes made before an international court as heavy fighting raged on in the Gaza Strip. The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants against top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the bloody conflict. Israel slammed as a “historical disgrace” the demand targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, while the Palestinian militant group Hamas said it “strongly condemns” the move. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Khan said in…
Pakistan’s newly appointed head coach, Gary Kirsten joined the ‘Men in Green’ in Leeds ahead of their upcoming four-match T20I series against England. Team manager Wahab Riaz, captain Babar Azam and assistant coach Azhar Mahmood welcomed the new head coach. Kirsten was also presented with a team jersey after he linked up with the team. Kirsten joined the team after his stint with the Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Gujarat Titans ended. GT ended the campaign in the eighth spot with 12 points and a net run rate of -1.063. The former South Africa cricketer was announced as Pakistan’s limited-over…
Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just like Wordle, you can keep track of your winning streak and compare your scores with friends. Some days are trickier than others. If you’re having a little trouble solving today’s Connections puzzle, check out our tips and hints below. And if you still can’t get…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was aboard a Bell 212 helicopter when it crashed on Sunday in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border. The charred wreckage of the helicopter was found early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions. Bell 212 helicopters, which are the civilian version of the ubiquitous Vietnam War-era UH-1N “Twin Huey,” are in wide use globally by both governments and private operators: What are the helicopter’s origins? Bell Helicopter (now Bell Textron, a division of Textron Inc ) developed the aircraft for the Canadian military in the late 1960s as an upgrade of the original…
The dream of one more match between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic was left hanging by a thread Monday with Murray on the brink of elimination from the Geneva Open. Wild card Murray was 7-5, 4-1 down to Yannick Hanfmann when a thunderstorm lashed the Parc des Eaux-Vives grounds and the match was called off for the night. Ever since Friday’s draw, tennis fans had been relishing what could be the final match between members of the Big Four who have dominated men’s tennis this century: Djokovic, Murray, Rafael Nadal and the now-retired Roger Federer. Murray, 37 and playing with…
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The record-breaking weather disruption last month has also resulted in a record-setting number of car insurance claims. The total number of claims for damages that could have happened in 12 years were registered only in a couple of days following the thunderstorms that hit the UAE on April 16, according to Dubai-based insurance brokers. Authorities, particularly the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), which supervises and regulates the insurance sector, have not given exact figures as to how many cars were affected by the floods but insurance providers and brokers said they “have not seen so much claims caused by…
US President Joe Biden on Monday denounced an “outrageous” application by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israeli leaders on suspicion of war crimes. “The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous. And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas,” Biden said in a statement. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Stay up to…
The gap between asking and bid rates for rentals has been widening in Dubai as growing demand and tight supply are encouraging landlords to demand higher rates. Real estate industry executives say that the gap between sale prices of rented and empty units are reaching up to 50 per cent in some areas of the emirate. Property prices and rents have been consistently rising in most of the prominent areas of Dubai due to local population growth outpacing the supply of residential units, surpassing their previous peaks witnessed in 2014. Some residents believe that landlords are exorbitantly charging rents for…