Tamim Iqbal scored a half-century as Bangladesh made a solid start today against England in the first Test here before skipper Mushfiqur Rahim was bowled just before the close.
     England paceman Ben Stokes dismissed Rahim three overs before the stumps after the Bangladesh captain looked to have taken his side to a comfortable position with a solid innings of 48 runs.
     Bangladesh survived some anxious moments after Rahim's dismissal to finish the second day with 221-5, trailing England's first innings total of 293 runs by 72 with five wickets in hand.
     Shakib Al Hasan, who shared 58 runs with Rahim for the fifth wicket, remained unbeaten on 31 overnight along with nightwatchman Shafiul Islam, who was yet to open his account.
     Tamim earlier top-scored with 78 for the home side, his 19th half-century and fifth against England, before he got a top edge when he attempted a cut off off-spinner Gareth Batty.
     Tamim, who hit seven fours, added 90 runs with Mahmudullah (38) .

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Scoreboard at stumps on the
second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.
     England 1st innings (overnight 258 for 7)
     A Cook b Shakib                     4
     B Duckett b Mehedi                 14
     J Root c Sabbir b Mehedi           40
     G Ballance lbw b Mehedi             1
     M Ali c Rahim b Mehedi             68
     B Stokes b Shakib                  18
     J Bairstow b Mehedi                52
     C Woakes c Mominul b Taijul        36
     A Rashid c Sabbir b Taijul         26
     S Broad c Rahim be Mehedi          13
     G Batty not out                     1
     Extras: (B-14, LB-4, W-2)m         20
     Total: (all out, 105.5 overs)     293
     Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-18, 3-21, 4-83, 5-106, 6-194, 7-237, 8-258, 9-289.
     Bowling: Shafiul 9-1-33-0, Mehedi 39.5-7-80-6, Kamrul 8-0-41-0, Shakib 19-6-46-2, Taijul 24-11-47-2, Sabbir 3-0-11-0, Mahmudullah 2-0-17-0, Mominul 1-1-0-0.
     Bangladesh ...

Chittagong, Oct 21 (AFP) Scoreboard at stumps on the

Veteran batsman Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq hit half-centuries to guide Pakistan to 205-3 at tea on the opening day of the second Test here today.
     Younis was unbeaten on 84 with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq 35 not out after Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat on a batting-friendly pitch at Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
     Younis was lucky not to be dismissed in the last over before tea as part-timer spinner Kraigg Brathwaite dropped a straightforward catch off his own bowling when the batsman was on 83.
     Younis, who missed the first Test as he recovered from dengue fever, has so far hit seven boundaries and one six after reaching his 31st half-century shortly after lunch.
     Misbah equalled Imran Khan's record of most Test matches as Pakistan captain with 48 with his appearance in Abu Dhabi.
     Younis had added 87 for the third wicket with Shafiq (68) after Pakistan lost openers Azhar Ali (nought) and Sami Aslam (six) in the first hour.
     Shafiq batted well in the extended ...

Younis stands firm as Pakistan build total

Scoreboard at tea on the opening day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.
     Pakistan 1st innings:
     Sami Aslam b Bishoo                   6
     Azhar Ali b Gabriel                   0
     Asad Shaif b Gabriel                 68
     Younis Khan not out                  84
     Misbah-ul-Haq not out                35
     Extras: (LB-6, NB-6)                 12
     Total: (for 3 wkts; 61 overs)       205
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-129.
     Bowling: Gabriel 10-1-28-2, Cummins 11-1-30-0, Holder 13-4-29-0, Bishoo 16-0-67-1, Chase 9-0-37-0, Brathwaite 2-0-8-0.

Abu Dhabi, Oct 21 (AFP) Scoreboard at tea on the opening day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.

Canada's Bombardier today said it was cutting around 7,500 jobs by the end of 2018 as the aircraft and train manufacturer tries to cut costs and boost productivity as part of a turnaround plan.
	"The actions announced today will ensure we have the right cost structure, workforce and organization to compete and win in the future," chief executive Alain Bellemare said in a statement about the measures that aim to produce USD 300 million in recurring savings.
	The cuts, to hit mostly administrative posts, follow the announcement in February of 7,000 cuts to manufacturing jobs.
	Together, they represent about 20 per cent of Montreal-based Bombardier's workforce.
	The government of Quebec came to the rescue of Bombardier last year, giving it USD 2.5 billion for a 49.5-per cent stake in its C Series plane programme and 30 per cent of its rail unit.
	Delays in the C Series, the first completely new aircraft in the 100- to 150-seat category in more than 25 years that could put Bombardier in a 

Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier to cut 7,500 jobs

Ousted Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra today said she would fight a junta order demanding she personally pay nearly USD 1 billion in compensation for a rice policy critics say was riddled with graft.
	Yingluck, Thailand's first female premier, was removed from office by a court days before the army seized power in a 2014 coup.
	She has since been tangled in a web of legal cases that she says are politically motivated, including a criminal negligence trial over the rice policy that could see her jailed for up to 10 years.
	Outside a Bangkok court today, she told reporters she received a new order signed two days ago demanding more than USD 1 billion in civil damages for losses incurred by the rice scheme.
	"Such an order has violated my rights and is not fair," she said as supporters swarmed her outside the courthouse.
	"I affirm that I will exercise all my rights to deny this allegation and the civil charges".
	The ex-premier said she would not comment further during this sensitive ..

Ousted Thai PM Yingluck to fight order to pay USD 1 bn

South Africa announced today that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a troubled institution set up to try the world's worst crimes.
	South Africa's decision followed a dispute last year when Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir visited the country for an African Union summit despite facing an ICC arrest warrant over alleged war crimes.
	Justice Minister Michael Masutha told reporters in Pretoria that the court was "inhibiting South Africa's ability to honour its obligations relating to the granting of diplomatic immunity".
	The ICC, set up in 2002, is often accused of targeting African leaders and has also struggled with a lack of cooperation, including from the US which has signed the court's treaty but never ratified it.
	South Africa would be the first country to leave the court.
	The withdrawal "shows startling disregard for justice from a country long seen as a global leader on accountability for victims of the gravest crimes," Human ...

S Africa's withdrawal rocks International Criminal Court

Jihadist gunmen, some of them wearing suicide vests, attacked the Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 22 people, in an apparent effort to divert the thousands of troops and militiamen closing in on their Mosul stronghold.
	The assault, together with another further north, left at least 22 people dead and came as pro-government forces were making major gains on the fifth day of their advance on the last major urban centre held by the Islamic State group in Iraq.
	Kirkuk, an ethnically and religiously divided city currently under Kurdish control, woke up to find IS fighters spreading across several neighbourhoods.
	A correspondent saw a group of men carrying rifles and grenades and wearing "Afghan-style clothes" walk down one street in Kirkuk.
	At least five suicide bombers struck government targets in the city, including the main police headquarters, in a coordinated attack that began in the middle of the night.
	IS claimed the raid, according to the IS-affiliated Amaq news ...

IS jihadists attack Iraq's Kirkuk in Mosul diversion

His golden hair twists into smelly, fly-infested excrement. In other cartoons, his trademark locks are shaped into a tongue or a wall. His silhouette also serves as Adolf Hitler's mustache.
	Donald Trump has been such a well of inspiration for cartoonists that a gallery is dedicated to the Republican presidential candidate at Mexico City's Caricature Museum.
	The exhibit's title takes aim at Trump's threat to make Mexico pay for a giant barrier across the border: "Trump: A Wall of Cartoons."
	By calling Mexican migrants criminals and rapists, and vowing to deport millions back to their homeland, he has inspired a plethora of cartoonists from Mexico and other nations who contributed to the exhibit.
	Other Mexicans have vented their anger by bashing pinatas of his likeness or burning his effigy.
	Among the cartoonists, there are some recurring themes: the bouffant hair, brick walls, fresh feces and Nazi symbols.
	One by the Mexican artist Antonio Rodriguez Garcia shows the Republican ...

Feces, swastikas for Trump at Mexico Caricature Museum

The usually frenetic streets of Hong Kong were deserted Friday as the city was battered by Typhoon Haima after the storm left a trail of deaths and damage in the Philippines.
	More than 700 flights in and out of Hong Kong were cancelled or delayed, roads were clear of cars and pavements empty, with schools and offices shut as the storm passed east of the city and hit southern mainland China.
	Trading on the city's stock exchange was also cancelled for the day.
	As Haima swept past Hong Kong in the early afternoon, trees were felled by winds, and waves crashed over coastal roads.
	At 2:00 pm (0600 GMT) Haima's centre was 110 kilometres (75 miles) to the northeast of Hong Kong as the storm made landfall near Shanwei in China's southern Guangdong province, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
	The observatory issued a Number 8 storm signal Friday -- the third-highest warning level.
	"As the western part of Haima's eye wall is rather close to Hong Kong, gales will affect the territory .

Typhoon Haima batters Hong Kong as city in lockdown

England Leg-spinner Adil Rashid struck on the stroke of the tea break as Bangladesh reached 119-3 on the second day of the first Test here today.
     Rashid removed Mahmudullah for 38 to end his 90-run partnership with Tamim Iqbal as the duo carried the hosts throughout the second session after two quick strikes by Moeen Ali in the morning.
     Tamim remained unbeaten on 55 with six fours, but only after being reprieved through a television review after being given out just before the end of a session that Bangladesh had largely dominated.
     The hosts had been 29-2 at lunch after Moeen bowled opener Imrul Kayes for 21 off his very first ball and then Mominul Haque caught Ben Stokes at slip for a duck.
     Earlier, 18-year-old debutant off-spinner Mehedi Hasan claimed the final wicket of Stuart Broad to finish with 6-80 as England added just 35 runs to their overnight 258-7 before they were all out for 293 runs.
     Left-arm Taijul Islam took the other two wickets that fell in ..

Rashid strikes after Tamim hits fifty

Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.
     England 1st innings (overnight 258 for 7)
     A Cook b Shakib                  4
     B Duckett b Mehedi              14
     J Root c Sabbir b Mehedi        40
     G Ballance lbw b Mehedi          1
     M Ali c Rahim b Mehedi          68
     B Stokes b Shakib               18
     J Bairstow b Mehedi             52
     C Woakes c Mominul b Taijul     36
     A Rashid c Sabbir b Taijul      26
     S Broad c Rahim be Mehedi       13
     G Batty not out                  1
     Extras: (B-14, LB-4, W-2)       20
     Total: (all out, 105.5 overs)  293
     Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-18, 3-21, 4-83, 5-106, 6-194, 7-237, 8-258, 9-289.
     Bowling: Shafiul 9-1-33-0, Mehedi 39.5-7-80-6, Kamrul 8-0-41-0, Shakib 19-6-46-2, Taijul 24-11-47-2, Sabbir 3-0-11-0, Mahmudullah 2-0-17-0, Mominul 1-1-0-0.
     Bangladesh 1st innings:
     Tamim Iqbal not out        

Chittagong, Oct 21 (AFP) Scoreboard at tea on the second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.

Scoreboard at lunch on the
second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.
     England 1st innings (overnight 258 for 7)
     A Cook b Shakib                  4
     B Duckett b Mehedi              14
     J Root c Sabbir b Mehedi        40
     G Ballance lbw b Mehedi          1
     M Ali c Rahim b Mehedi          68
     B Stokes b Shakib               18
     J Bairstow b Mehedi             52
     C Woakes c Mominul b Taijul     36
     A Rashid c Sabbir b Taijul      26
     S Broad c Rahim be Mehedi       13
     G Batty not out                  1
     Extras: (B-14, LB-4, W-2)       20
     Total: (all out, 105.5 overs)  293
     Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-18, 3-21, 4-83, 5-106, 6-194, 7-237, 8-258, 9-289.
     Bowling: Shafiul 9-1-33-0, Mehedi 39.5-7-80-6, Kamrul 8-0-41-0, Shakib 19-6-46-2, Taijul 24-11-47-2, Sabbir 3-0-11-0, Mahmudullah 2-0-17-0, Mominul 1-1-0-0.
     Bangladesh 1st innings:
     Tamim Iqbal not out      

Chittagong, Oct 21 (AFP) Scoreboard at lunch on the

Scoreboard at lunch on the
opening day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium today.
     Pakistan Ist innings:
     Sami Aslam b Bishoo                   6
     Azhar Ali b Gabriel                   0
     Asad Shaif not out                   54
     Younis Khan not out                  29
     Extras: (LB-1, NB-5)                  6
     Total: (For two wkts; 31 overs)      95
     Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42.
     Bowling: Gabriel 7-0-19-1, Cummins 7-1-21-0, Holder 7-1-19-0, Bishoo 8-0-27-1, Chase 2-0-8-0.

Abu Dhabi, Oct 21 (AFP) Scoreboard at lunch on the

Asad Shafiq led Pakistan's recovery after the early departure of the openers on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies here today.
     Shafiq drove paceman Shannon Gabriel to cover boundary for his sixth boundary to complete his 16th half-century to lift Pakistan after Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss and opted to bat on a flat Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch.
     After an extended two-and-a-half hour extended session due to Friday prayers, Pakistan were 95-2 with Shafiq on 54 and with him Younis Khan on 29 not out.
     The normal red ball and daylight cricket returned in Abu Dhabi after the first Test was a day-night affair with the pink ball in Dubai, as Pakistan were off to an unimpressive start.
     Azhar Ali, who scored a career best 302 not out in Dubai, played on to Gabriel in the fifth over and was bowled without scoring.
     Sami Aslam also did not last long as he missed an ambitious drive off leg-spinner Devendar Bishoo and was bowled for six.
     Shafiq was at ...

Shafiq leads Pakistan recovery in second Test

Off-spinner Moeen Ali struck twice in his first over after Bangladesh dismissed England for 293 runs in their first innings of the first Test in Chittagong on Friday.
	   Bangladesh reached 29-2 at lunch on the second day as Moeen bowled opener Imrul Kayes for 21 off his very first ball and then had Mominul Haque caught Ben Stokes at slip for a duck.
	   Earlier, 18-year-old debutant off-spinner Mehedi Hasan claimed the final wicket of Stuart Broad to finish with 6-80 as England could add just 35 runs to their overnight 258-7 before they were all out.
	   Left-arm Tajiul Islam took the other two wickets that fell in the morning in England's innings to return figures of 2-47.
	   Taijul dismissed overnight batsman Chris Woakes (36) off the first ball of the day as Mominul took the catch at forward short leg.
	   Adil Rashid was given out leg-before off Mehedi in the next over but the decision was overturned after review as replays indicated the ball had been missing leg stump.
	   ...

Moeen strikes back after England out for 293

President Rodrigo Duterte's shock "separation" from the United States has thrown Philippine foreign policy into confusion, with the Americans saying they are baffled and some of his top aides contradicting him.
	The firebrand leader rarely lets a day pass without taunting or abusing the United States but his latest comments, made during a state visit to Beijing, were the strongest signal he wants to torpedo a 70-year alliance in favour of China and Russia.
	"I announce my separation from the United States," Duterte said yesterday as he paused to soak up the applause from hundreds of Chinese businessmen in the audience.
	"I've realigned myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to (President Vladimir) Putin and tell him that there are three of us against the world: China, Philippines and Russia. It's the only way."
	Until Duterte took office on June 30, the Philippines had been one of the United States' most important and loyal allies in Asia, and a key 

Duterte causes Philippine foreign policy confusion

The Apple iPhone 7 went on sale in South Korea today, seeking to fill a void left by arch-rival Samsung on its home turf following a damaging recall fiasco over the Note 7 smartphone.
	The South Korean electronics giant discontinued the Note 7 -- one of its key iPhone challengers -- on October 11 following reports that replacements for combustible models were also catching fire.
	The decision is set to cost Samsung billions in lost profits, and there are already signs that Apple is reaping some of the benefits.
	An official at mobile carrier Korea Telecom (KT) said the first batch of 50,000 iPhone 7s they put up for pre-order a week ago sold out in 15 minutes.
	"I would attribute part of that to the Note 7 effect," said the official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorised to talk to the media.
	Customer defection is one of Samsung's biggest concerns, especially as the Note 7 was specifically aimed at taking on the iPhone in the premium handset market.
	In the hope 

iPhone7 hits Korean stores in Note 7's absence

South Korean activists floated hundreds of thousands of leaflets across the border into North Korea today, protesting Pyongyang's recent missile testing efforts in defiance of UN sanctions.
	"We launched the leaflets to protest against these provocative acts," North Korean defector-turned-activist Park Sang-Hak told AFP.
	A total of 300,000 leaflets - along with 2,000 one-dollar bills designed to encourage people to pick them up - were floated over the heavily militarised border in packages attached to large helium balloons.
	The balloon launch came a day after the North conducted what appeared to be its second failed test in a week of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be operationally deployed as early as next year.
	The missile - believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan - exploded shortly after lift-off early yesterday, according to South Korean and US monitors.
	Today's balloon launch was the first this month by Park's group which has carried out nearly 20 

S Korea activists leaflet North after missile tests

Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north today as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.
	There was no immediate claim for the attacks but nearly all such raids have been carried out by the Islamic State group, which is attempting to defend its last major Iraqi tronghold against a massive military offensive.
	In one attack, three bombers infiltrated a power plant being built by an Iranian company near Dibis, a town about 40 kilometres northwest of Kirkuk, the mayor said.
	"Three suicide bombers attacked the power plant at around 6:00 am (0830 IST), killing 12 Iraqi administrators and engineers and four Iranian technicians," Dibis mayor Abdullah Nureddin al-Salehi told AFP.
	A police lieutenant colonel confirmed the casualty toll.
	The mayor said the attack led to clashes with security forces, who managed to kill one of the bombers before he detonated his vest. ..

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