Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow lead England to a seven-wicket victory and a series sweep.

Astonishing final-morning acceleration seals contest in barely an hour's play

England 360 (Bairstow 162, Overton 97, Boult 4-104) and 296 for 3 (Root 86*, Pope 82, Bairstow 71*) beat New Zealand 329 (Mitchell 109, Blundell 55, Leach 5-100) and 326 (Blundell 88, Latham 76, Mitchell 65, Leach 5-66) by seven wickets

 Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root sprinted to a 3-0 series victory on the last afternoon at Headingley in just 15.2 overs, leaving the changing room with the impatience of someone who has survived a 2.5-hour rain delay.

For the third time in as many games, a seemingly impossible target was pursued with absurd haste. This time, the target was 296 rather than the 277 at Lord's and 299 at Trent Bridge. After scoring back-to-back hundreds in his previous two innings, Bairstow sped to a 29-ball fifty, the second-fastest in Test history, and by the time he reached the end of his innings at 71 not out from 44 balls, he had squandered Root's chances of matching Daryl Mitchell's feat of scoring hundreds in each of the three Tests.

Even when it contains another variant of Root's ramp stroke, this time a deflection for four through fine leg, a score of 86 not out from 125 balls is no longer adequate to dominate a difficult run-chase, which says something about England's current state of mind. Naturally, Root isn't going to give a damn about that, and when he and Bairstow sped to a seven-wicket victory with a 111-run stand from just 87 balls, he was able to confirm his own majestic vein of form with a final series total of 396 runs at an average of 99.

Despite a very slow start, Bairstow came close to surpassing Root's total. He had scores of 1, 16, and 8 in his first three innings of the series, but in his last three trips to the crease, he has gone into world-beating overdrive, scoring 369 runs off 293 balls, including 46 fours and ten sixes. As the unquestioned No. 1 batter in the world, Root, though, was later voted England's Player of the Series, reflecting the immense grandeur he gives to this team.

After an early lunch and a cloudy morning of rain in Leeds, the contest quickly picked back up. With his fifth delivery of the morning, Tim Southee eliminated Ollie Pope. The dangerously accurate seamer zipped back off the ground to remove his off stump and prevent the batter from reaching his second series hundred. Pope lost after adding one run to his overnight total of 81.

However, Root and Bairstow chose to treat such perfection with scorn instead of the respect that England might have shown it. Trent Boult has been the best seam bowler for either team in this series, but his first over of the morning was slashed for 17 thanks to back-to-back cuts from Root and a succession of deflections from Jonny Bairstow off the pads and through third man, displaying his white-ball acumen.

Sincerely, that marked the conclusion of the competition for the day. England's drive to keep accelerating through the threat was outstanding, even though Southee in particular continued to challenge the edge with his usual skill in seaming conditions. By the time Bairstow extended his arms through a Southee length ball to launch Boult back over his head for six, he had blasted to 21 from his first 12 deliveries. Boult was then belted for a further four through point.

With 66 runs left to defend, Kane Williamson turned back to his spinner, Michael Bracewell, who'd been ransacked for 70 runs in 11 overs on day four, and Bairstow greeted him with a sweep for four through square leg. One over later, he drilled a straight six so fast and flat that it ended up wedged between two seats in the Football Stand.

When New Zealand burned their final review on a catch that was shown to have looped off his forearm, Bairstow barely paused for thought. He had been biffed along to his fifty with another dismissive drive through mid-on off Southee. With back-to-back boundaries off Bracewell, a chop off the back foot for four, then a powerful mash high over wide long-on for the series-tying six, Bairstow ensured a fitting conclusion.

After England's first 3-0 series whitewash since their tour of Sri Lanka in 2018–19 and their most dominant home series scoreline since defeating India 4-0 in 2011, it was left to Stokes, who was no longer needed in the chase, to raise the series trophy.

Stokes stated, "When I took over this job, it was more than results for me. "It was about changing the way the players thought about Test cricket, about enjoying yourself and the fact that you're out there representing your nation, and the results will take care of themselves," Stokes said.

"But to say that we've done it so quickly is just unbelievable," he added. "To walk away with a 3-0 series win over the best team in the world is a pretty special start. I've got to show a huge amount of testament to the team over these three games. They've been absolutely phenomenal."

Sri Lanka, which is suffering from a crisis, asks people to work from home to save gasoline.

 COLOMBO: In Sri Lanka, which is experiencing its worst economic crisis in seven decades, troops gave tokens to people in lines waiting to buy gasoline on Monday. Colombo schools were closed, and government workers were asked to work from home.

The island, which has a population of 22 million, is having trouble paying for imports of food, medicine, and most crucially, fuel because its foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time low.

Autorickshaw driver W.D. Shelton, 67, one of those who received a token intended to hold his place in line for when fuel becomes available, said, "I have been in line for four days, I haven't slept or eaten properly during this time."

Shelton, who was 24th in line at a gas station in the middle of Colombo, continued, "We can't earn, we can't feed our families." He planned to stay there because he didn't have enough gas to travel the 5 kilometres (3 miles) to his home.

How much fuel the government could use up was not immediately known.

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera stated on Sunday that the inventories now include roughly 9,000 tonnes of fuel and 6,000 tonnes of gasoline, but no more shipments are scheduled.

Schools in the commercial metropolis of Colombo and the surrounding areas have been closed for a week, and the government has ordered all employees to work from home until further notice.

Since last week, lines at the gas station have gotten much longer.

We don't know how tragic this situation will turn out to be, Shelton added.

Priority in gasoline distribution will be given to public transportation, power generating, and medical needs, with some petroleum being rationed to ports and airports.

Talks for a $3 billion bailout plan are being held in Sri Lanka by a team from the International Monetary Fund.

The Indian Ocean nation hopes to secure a staff-level agreement before the visit concludes on Thursday, but it is unlikely that will result in the release of any funds right now.

Miftah Ismail admits that SBP receives $2.3 billion from Chinese banks.

 A Chinese consortium loan of RMB 15 billion, or around $2.3 billion, has been credited to the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) account, enhancing Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves, according to Finance Minister Miftah Ismail's announcement on Friday.

In order to help with the depletion of its foreign exchange reserves and the depreciation of its local currency, Pakistan had earlier negotiated a loan facility arrangement with a group of Chinese banks.

After the contract was signed, the finance minister tweeted, "We applaud the Chinese government for facilitating this transaction."

The arrangement with Chinese banks is anticipated to increase the nation's foreign exchange reserves, enable it to pay for imports, and provide some support for the rupee, which has fallen almost 34 percent since the beginning of the current fiscal year 2021–2022.

Economic officials were greatly relieved by the development after the SBP's foreign exchange holdings dipped below $9 billion as of June 10 and remained at a level below six weeks' worth of import coverage.

Pakistan's foreign reserve balance continues to drop.

Pakistan's total liquid foreign exchange reserves were $14,210.4 million on Thursday, down from $14,943 million the previous week, according to figures from the central bank.

Since January 18, 2019, the overall liquid foreign exchange reserves have decreased.

The breakdown revealed that the SBP now holds $8,237.7 million in foreign reserves. The SBP had said that external loan repayments were to blame for the fall of $748 million in its foreign reserves over the previous week.

Pakistan has a 1.21-month import cover due to the SBP reserves, which are at their lowest level since October 25, 2019.

In the meantime, commercial banks retained $5,972.7 million in net foreign reserves.

Seismic waves from earthquakes reveal changes in the Earth's outer core

 The South Pacific Ocean's Kermadec Islands region experienced a strong earthquake in May 1997. A second large earthquake struck the same site in September 2018, just over 20 years later, with its seismic energy coming from the same area.

Ying Zhou, a geoscientist with the Department of Geosciences in the Virginia Tech College of Science, explained that even though the earthquakes occurred two decades apart, they would be expected to send seismic waves through the Earth's layers at the same speed because they occurred in the same region.

However, Zhou discovered an abnormality between the twin occurrences in data collected at four of the more than 150 Global Seismographic Network stations that capture seismic vibrations in real time: SKS waves, which were produced after the 2018 earthquake, moved around one second more quickly than their counterparts from 1997.

The one-second difference in SKS wave travel time, according to Zhou, who just published his findings in Communications Earth & Environment, gives us a vital and unheard-of sight of what's going further inside the Earth, in its outer core.

What's inside counts:

The inner core, the planet's deepest interior layer, and the mantle, the thick layer of rock beneath the surface of the Earth, are sandwiched between the outer core. It is mostly made of liquid iron that flows or convects as the Earth cools. The resultant spinning of the liquid metal creates electrical currents that create the Earth's magnetic field, shielding the planet and all life within it from dangerous solar winds and radiation.

The Earth couldn't support life without its magnetic field, and the magnetic field wouldn't function without the flowing liquid metal in the outer core. Simulations, however, are the foundation of science's knowledge of this dynamic, according to assistant professor Zhou. We only understand in principle that if there is convection.

Scientists also have only been able to speculate about the source of gradual changes in strength and direction of the magnetic field that have been observed, which likely involves changing flows in the outer core.

The north geomagnetic pole, according to Zhou, is currently travelling at a speed of around 50 kilometres (31 miles) per year. "It is heading toward Siberia and away from Canada. Every day the magnetic field is different. It is altering. We also hypothesise that convection in the outer core is altering over time because it is changing, although there is no concrete evidence for this. Never have we seen it."

Zhou set out to locate that proof. She claimed that while the changes occurring in the outer core are not dramatic, they are nonetheless important to confirm and fully comprehend. Zhou recognised a method for "direct sampling" of the outer core in seismic waves and changes in speed on a ten-year time frame. the SKS waves she investigated pass as a result.

What's next:

Zhou's next endeavour is that. Her team intends to examine continuous seismic recordings from two seismic stations, one of which will act as a "virtual" earthquake source, using a wave measurement technique called interferometry, she said.

We can use earthquakes, but using earthquake data has its drawbacks because we can't truly control where the earthquakes happen, according to Zhou. "But we have some control over where seismic stations are placed. The stations can be placed wherever we want them to be, with the outer core serving as the wave channel between them. Core-penetrating seismic waves between the two sites can be observed over time if we keep an eye on that. 

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Are Expected To Face Off In The Wimbledon Championship Match

 The top two seeds at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, may face off on July 10 at the All-England Club in what would be yet another historic Grand Slam final.

But both men still have a long way to go before that.

The No. 1 seed, defending champion, and favourite is Djokovic, 35. After winning Wimbledon last year, the 20-time major champion is vying for his first major triumph.

In the U.S. Open final against Daniil Medvedev, he fell one match short of completing the calendar Grand Slam. The Wimbledon tournament has barred Russian and Belarusian players in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite the fact that the Russian is currently rated No. 1 in the world.

Djokovic fell to Nadal in four sets in the quarterfinals of the French Open after being denied entry to the Australian Open due to his lack of a Covid-19 vaccination. He had already been denied entry to Indian Wells and Miami for the similar reasons.

Soonwoo Kwon, ranked 75th, is Djokovic's first opponent. He could then play the powerful-serving American Reilly Opelka in the fourth round.

Although Djokovic's draw appears to be favourable, a potential quarterfinal matchup with the young Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz may make things intriguing. The Serb might then play Casper Ruud, who finished second at the French Open, in the semifinals before facing Nadal or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the championship match.

After Djokovic fell short last year by one match, Nadal, 36, is now in position to become the first man to win the calendar Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969. Nadal has never previously won the Australian Open and the French Open to start a season. With 22 Grand Slam singles titles overall—two more than Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer combined—he holds the male record.

Here are some important first-round matchups to watch for:

• Novak Djokovic vs Soonwoo Kwon

• Jannik Sinner vs Stan Wawrinka

• Andy Murray vs James Duckworth

• Carlos Alcaraz vs Jan-Lennard Struff

• Cameron Norrie vs Pablo Andujar

• Paul Jubb vs Nick Kyrgios

• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Alexander Ritschard

• Dan Evans vs Jason Kubler

• Rafael Nadal vs Francisco Cerundolo

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 950: official

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 that rocked Afghanistan has killed at least 950 people in the country's east, an official of the country's disaster management authority said on Wednesday, adding that hundreds of people were injured and the toll was likely to rise as information trickled in from remote mountain villages.

According to Salahuddin Ayubi, an official with the interior ministry, the most of the fatalities were reported in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, where 950 people had died and more than 610 had been injured.

He reported that 25 fatalities and 90 hospitalizations had occurred in the province of Khost. "Since some of the communities are in isolated mountainous areas and it will take some time to gather details, the death toll is sure to grow."

Helicopters were being deployed by the authorities to reach the injured and provide food and medical supplies, Ayubi added.

In the meantime, images posted on Afghan media showed houses in ruins and bodies on the ground covered in blankets.

The US Geological Survey reports that the earthquake struck at 1:54am (PST), at a depth of 51 km, roughly 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. About 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India felt the earthquake at a distance of about 500 miles.

Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Kohat, Mohmand, Swat, Buner, and other areas of Punjab and KP in Pakistan all experienced earthquakes.

Panicked people fled their homes in search of safer locations. One Peshawar resident remarked, "It was strong."

A guy from Lakki Marwat was reportedly killed in the earthquake as the ceiling of his chamber collapsed, according to a report by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disaster Management Authority.

Any assistance from international organisations would be welcome, according to a spokesman for the Afghan foreign ministry.

A tectonic plate known as the Indian plate is pushing against the Eurasian plate from the north, which is causing seismic activity across significant portions of south Asia.

In 2015, an earthquake in the far-flung northeast of Afghanistan killed hundreds of people there as well as in neighbouring northern Pakistan.

Pakistan expresses its sympathies

Immediately after the earthquake was reported, the government of Pakistan extended condolences and sympathies over the loss of lives and damage to property in the neighbouring country.

Veganism: is it healthful or just fashionable?

 Veganism is all the rage these days. Its popularity has risen since it is thought to be environmentally friendly, cruelty-free, and heart-healthy.

Veganism is good for your heart because it encourages you to eat less processed, factory-raised meats, which can cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease.

Processed meats have a higher salt and chemical content. It is critical to ensure the quality of meat when it is consumed. Choosing desi (organic) chicken versus broiler chicken is one way to ensure this.

Choose grass-fed red meat over grain-fed red meat and desi, pasture-raised eggs over conventional eggs. A higher omega-3/omega-6 ratio can be obtained by eating animal products that have been grown in their natural state. Omega-6-rich diets have been related to a number of potential ailments.

Let's delve a little more into the drawbacks of turning vegan.

Vegans avoid all animal-based items such as dairy, seafood, poultry, red meat, and so on.

You run the danger of becoming deficient in vital vitamins, such as vitamin B12, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, zinc, and iron, if you go vegan.

If you go vegan, supplementing your diet with clean vitamin B12 and attempting to obtain daily sun exposure to raise your vitamin D levels is strongly suggested.

Vitamin B12 is required for the formation of DNA blood cells, and those who do not get enough of it may experience fatigue. A vitamin D shortage can cause serious bone problems as well as a weakened immune system.

Additionally, tukh malanga (basil seeds), chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, walnuts, and other plant-based sources of omega-3 fatty acids should be consumed.

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential in the fight against inflammation.

Anemia is frequently caused by a lack of iron. Anemia is a condition in which your haemoglobin levels are low, which can be harmful since you don't have enough red blood cells to provide enough oxygen to your body's tissues.

Tiredness, weakness, and fainting are some of the negative symptoms. Pumpkin seeds, raisins, figs, dried apricots, kale, and other plant-based iron sources are used.

Hair loss, loss of appetite, poor immunity, and growth retardation have all been linked to zinc deficiency. Cashews, oats, sesame seeds, and other plant-based zinc sources include these.

Another major disadvantage of the vegan diet is that it is deficient in protein, a vital macronutrient.

Protein is necessary for bone health and weight management. Our bones and muscles are repaired and built by protein. Protein is also essential for the production of hormones and enzymes.

One can get their daily required protein intake from the following plant-based sources: quinoa, tofu, daals (lentils), lobia (beans), etc.

However, an issue with getting your protein requirement from legumes is that they are not complete proteins. This means they do not contain all of the nine essential amino acids that are important to promote muscle protein synthesis post-workout.

Muscle protein synthesis is the metabolic process of converting amino acids into bound skeletal muscle proteins, which is required for increasing lean muscle mass and lowering body fat.

One approach to deal with this is to eat daal-chawaal, a well-known and delicious desi cuisine. You may get all of the required amino acids in your diet by mixing lentils or beans with rice.

Vegans may also have a damaged gut and poor sleep quality due to a lack of glycine in their diet.

Glycine is a fantastic amino acid that helps to seal the gut lining while also improving sleep quality. Bloating, constipation, gas, and even diarrhoea can occur if the gut is not operating properly.

Glycine is a neurotransmitter that has a relaxing impact on the body, resulting in better sleep quality and a shorter time to fall asleep.

Plant-based sources of glycine include spinach and cabbage, which are acceptable supplies despite not being as high in glycine as animal-based diets.

Veganism has a lot of advantages, but it also has a lot of drawbacks if you don't supplement your nutrition appropriately.

If you do decide to go vegan, make sure to eat the plant-based meals listed above to avoid any nutrient deficiencies that could harm your health.

As a reminder, no one diet fits all. One might do extremely well on a vegan diet and another may not.

Several risks apply therefore one should approach it with caution.

BOE has restarted manufacture of iPhone 13 OLED panels in preparation for the iPhone 14.

 BOE has restarted manufacture of iPhone 13 OLED panels in preparation for the iPhone 14.

In preparation for the iPhone 14, BOE has resumed manufacture of iPhone 13 OLED panels.

This week will be crucial for BOE, a Chinese display manufacturer, as Apple is expected to examine its OLED panels for the next iPhone 14 series. If all goes well, mass production might begin soon.

According to The Elec, BOE is in a different position than it was a few weeks ago, when Apple halted production of the iPhone 13's OLED panel with the Chinese business due to a change in the thin film transistors on the OLED panels' circuit width.

Now, the Chinese display panel manufacturer is trying to get approval from Apple to begin mass manufacturing of panels for the base variant of the iPhone 14 series, which is one of four models available. If all goes according to plan, BOE will begin mass production in July or August.

According to the Elec, BOE is a few weeks behind its South Korean counterparts, Samsung Display and LG Display, who are slated to begin mass production in the next weeks.

"Executives of the Chinese company went Cupertino to explain the issue to Apple and gain approval for OLED panels aimed at iPhone 14," according to the report. Given its previous catastrophe with the iPhone 13 panels, press sources estimate that BOE will only be able to produce roughly 5 million devices.

Apple is likely to release four new iPhone models with the iPhone 14 release. The tiny version will be replaced with a Plus/Max version, according to the business. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will have a new cutout with a hole-punch + pill design, while the ordinary versions will keep their current design.

Furthermore, the A16 chip will be found only in the Pro versions, while the A15 chip will be found in the standard models. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that upcoming iPhone will include the most significant enhancement to the front-facing camera in years.

Expect to hear more about the iPhone 14 as September approaches, as we'll bring you all we know.