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The ICC Champions Trophy (formerly known as the ICC Knockout Trophy) is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. The first edition of the tournament took place in 1998 in Bangladesh, with matches played in One-Day International (ODI) format.
Magomed Alibulatovich Ankalaev (Russian: ΠΠ°Π³ΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π΄ ΠΠ»ΠΈΠ±ΡΠ»Π°ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ½ΠΊΠ°Π»Π°Π΅Π²; born 2 June 1992) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and the first Russian to win the championship. Ankalaev is the former light heavyweight champion of World Fighting Championship Akhmat.
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 β c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman's acting career spanned over four decades. He received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
Varun Chakravarthy (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian International Cricketer who plays for the national team as a leg spin bowler. He made his T20I international debut in July 2021 and became the second oldest player after Farookh Engineer to debut in ODI in February 2025 for the Indian Cricket Team.
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy was the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. It was hosted by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025 and featured 15 matches played across four venues. Pakistan were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage itself.
Danielle Peskowitz Bregoli (born March 26, 2003), known professionally as Bhad Bhabie (, "bad baby"), is an American rapper and Internet personality. During her appearance on the talk show Dr. Phil in September 2016, she uttered the phrase, "Catch me outside, how 'bout that"? , for which she became best known.
Alex Sandro Silva Pereira (born 7 July 1987) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and former professional kickboxer. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and UFC Middleweight Champion. As of 19 November 2024, he is #3 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
Severance is a North American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson, and executive produced and primarily directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and Sarah Bock.
Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021) and the upcoming Vision Quest (2026), the former of which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Bettany first gained popularity for appearing in the films Gangster No.
Anora is a 2024 American comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Baker. It stars Mikey Madison as Anora Mikheeva, a New York stripper who marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, played by Mark Eydelshteyn. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
Sussex (/ΛsΚsΙͺks/; from the Old English SΕ«ΓΎseaxe; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom and, later, a county. It includes the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. The area borders the English Channel to the south, and the ceremonial counties of Surrey to the north, Kent to the north-east, and Hampshire to the west.
Mikaela Madison Rosberg (born March 25, 1999), known professionally as Mikey Madison, is an American actress. She began her career acting in short films and received recognition for her role as a sullen teenager in the FX comedy series Better Things (2016β2022). Madison then played Susan Atkins in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and Amber Freeman in Scream (2022).
Picadillo (Spanish pronunciation: [pikaΛΓ°iΚo], "mince") is a traditional dish in many Latin American countries including Mexico and Cuba, as well as the Philippines. It is made with ground meat (most commonly beef), tomatoes (tomato sauce may be used as a substitute), and also raisins, olives, and other ingredients that vary by region.
Chhaava (Marathi: [tΙΚ°aΚa] transl. Lion cub) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji Maharaj, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptation of the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant, it is directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films.
Captain America: Brave New World
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Captain America: Brave New World is a 2025 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Sam Wilson / Captain America.
Elon Reeve Musk ( EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and Twitter (which he rebranded as X). Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to United States president Donald Trump and the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
A mukbang (UK: MUK-bang, US: MUK-bahng; Korean: λ¨Ήλ°©; RR: meokbang; pronounced [mΚkΜpΝaΕ] ; lit. 'eating broadcast') is an online audiovisual broadcast in which a host consumes various quantities of food while interacting with the audience. The genre became popular in South Korea in the early 2010s, and has become a global trend since the mid-2010s.
The India men's national cricket team, also known as Men in blue, represents India in international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is a full member nation of the International Cricket Council with Test, ODI and T20I status. India are the current T20 World Champions and Champions Trophy holders.
Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the national team and is a former captain in all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right arm medium pace bowler. He is called the king, the chase master and the run machine for his playing style, records and ability to lead the team to victory.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in T20 format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020. In 2018, the tournament was rebranded from World Twenty20 to Men's T20 World Cup.
Justin Ray Gaethje (; born November 14, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, he is a former UFC Interim Lightweight Champion, and former UFC BMF Champion.
Heretic is a 2024 American horror film, written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. It stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as two Mormon missionaries who attempt to convert a man (Hugh Grant) who is more dangerous than he seems. Heretic premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2024, and was released in the United States by A24 on November 8.
Tech Jacket is an American comic book created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist E. J. Su, first published monthly by Image Comics for six issues from November 2002 to April 2003. Starting in Invincible #71, an 8-part backup series ran, continuing the storyline from the original series. In the main comic, Tech-Jacket joined the Viltrumite war.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Charles Milles Manson (nΓ© Maddox; November 12, 1934 β November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
The third season of The White Lotus, an American satirical comedy-drama anthology television series created, written, and directed by Mike White, premiered on HBO on February 16, 2025. The season was greenlit on November 18, 2022, and was filmed in Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui from February to August 2024.
Ruby Franke (nΓ©e Griffiths) is an American convicted child abuser and former family vlogger who ran the now defunct YouTube channel 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged with six counts of felony aggravated child abuse of two of Franke's children.
Jo Raquel Welch (nΓ©e Tejada; September 5, 1940 β February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966).
2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
The 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was held from February 26 to March 9, 2025, by members of the Liberal Party of Canada to elect a successor to Justin Trudeau following his announcement on January 6, 2025, of his intention to resign as party leader and as prime minister of Canada as soon as his successor is elected. Voting began on February 26, and concluded on March 9.
The Gorge is a 2025 American science fiction romantic action film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Zach Dean. It stars Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver. Teller and Taylor-Joy portray two elite snipers who are ordered to guard a deep gorge without knowing what lies inside.
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. With an estimated figure of more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.
When Life Gives You Tangerines
When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean: νμΉ μμμλ€) is an ongoing South Korean romance slice-of-life television series written by Lim Sang-choon, directed by Kim Won-seok, and starring IU, Park Bo-gum, Moon So-ri and Park Hae-joon. It premiered on Netflix on March 7, 2025.
The 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 14th edition of the Cricket World Cup. It is scheduled to be played in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia in October and November 2027. This will be the second time that South Africa and Zimbabwe will have co-hosted the tournament, after the 2003 edition, while Namibia will host it for the first time.
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (KoinΔ Greek: ΞλΡοΟΞ¬ΟΟΞ± ΞΡά ΦιλοΟΞ¬ΟΟΟ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC β 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
Zero Day is an American political thriller television miniseries created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt for Netflix, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, and featuring an ensemble cast led by Robert De Niro. It is about a former president investigating a devastating zero-day cyberattack in the US.
James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, attorney, and Marine Corps veteran serving since 2025 as the 50th vice president of the United States, under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 2023 to 2025. Vance was born in Middletown, Ohio.
Alawites are an Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism. A sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ghulat branch during the ninth century, Alawites venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib, the "first Imam" in the Twelver school, as a manifestation of the divine essence. It is also the only ghulΔt sect still in existence today.
Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 β June 2008) was an American toddler who lived in Orlando, Florida, with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony (born March 19, 1986), and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, Caylee was reported missing in a 9-1-1 call made by Cindy, who said she had not seen the child for thirty-one days.
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022. It is currently based on the GPT-4o large language model (LLM). ChatGPT can generate human-like conversational responses and enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language.
The White Lotus is an American black comedy drama anthology television series created by Mike White for HBO that premiered on July 11, 2021. The series follows the exploits of the guests and staff during a week spent at a luxury global resort hotel chain. The first season was filmed and is set in Hawaii, the second in Sicily and the third in Thailand.
2025 Canadian federal election
The 2025 Canadian federal election will elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. The Canada Elections Act requires that the election be held no later than October 20, 2025, but it may be called earlier. This will be the first election to use a new 343-seat electoral map based on the 2021 Canadian census.
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, for his portrayal of WΕadysΕaw Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002), and LΓ‘szlΓ³ TΓ³th, a Hungarian Jewish architect, in Brady Corbet's period epic The Brutalist (2024). The former made him the youngest winner in the category, at age 29.
Mayhem is a studio album by American singer Lady Gaga. It was released on March 7, 2025, through Streamline and Interscope Records. During the creation of the album, Gaga collaborated with producers such as Andrew Watt, Cirkut and Gesaffelstein, resulting in an album that has a "chaotic blur of genres", ranging from synth-pop, disco, industrial pop, rock, and dance-pop.
The Brutalist is a 2024 epic period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who migrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.
Nadaaniyan (transl. Innocence) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language teen romantic comedy film directed by Shauna Gautam (in her directorial debut) and produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra under Dharmatic Entertainment. The film stars Ibrahim Ali Khan (in his acting debut) and Khushi Kapoor, alongside Mahima Chaudhry, Dia Mirza, Suniel Shetty, and Jugal Hansraj.
Dragon is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, based on a story he conceived with Pradeep Ranganathan. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep in the titular role, alongside Kayadu Lohar, Anupama Parameswaran, Mysskin, Gautham Vasudev Menon, K. S. Ravikumar and George Maryan.
Jay Amitbhai Shah (born 22 September 1988) is an Indian cricket administrator and businessman, and the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since December 2024. He was the President of the Asian Cricket Council, establishing himself as one of the most influential figures in global cricket governance. He is the son of Amit Shah, India's Minister of Home Affairs.
Flow (Latvian: Straume) is a 2024 animated adventure film directed by Gints Zilbalodis, written and produced by Zilbalodis and MatΔ«ss KaΕΎa. A Latvian, French, and Belgian co-production, it features no dialogue and follows a cat trying to survive along with other animals in a seemingly post-apocalyptic world as the water level dramatically rises.
Jalin Turner ( JAY-lin; born May 18, 1995) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional from 2016 to 2025, he also competed for Bellator MMA, the World Series of Fighting, King of the Cage, and Tachi Palace Fights. As of January 21, 2025, he is #13 in the UFC lightweight rankings.
Rekhachithram(transl. Facial composite) is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language mystery crime thriller film directed by Jofin T. Chacko, scripted by John Manthrikal, based on a story by Ramu Sunil. The film was produced by Kavya Film Company and Ann Mega Media. It stars Asif Ali and Anaswara Rajan with Manoj K. Jayan, Siddique, Jagadish, Saikumar, Harisree Ashokan and Indrans.
The Apple Network Server (ANS) was a line of PowerPC-based server computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from February 1996 to April 1997. It was codenamed "Shiner" and originally consisted of two models, the Network Server 500/132 ("Shiner LE", i. e. , "low-end") and the Network Server 700/150 ("Shiner HE", i. e.
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search.
Kannaur Lokesh Rahul (Kannada: [kaΙ³ΛuΛΙΎ loΛkeΛΚ ΙΎaΛhul]; born 18 April 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team and will play for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2025. A right-handed wicket-keeper batter, he plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket. Rahul made his international debut in 2014 against Australia in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who represents the national team in ODI and Test formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He is regarded as one of the best all-rounders of his generation, becoming the fifth Indian and fifth-fastest player to score 2,000 runs and take 200 wickets in Test cricket in 2021.
The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. It was the first major ICC tournament to include matches played in the United States. The West Indies had previously hosted the 2010 competition.
Tate Rosner McRae (born July 1, 2003) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and dancer. She first gained prominence as the first Canadian finalist on the American reality television series So You Think You Can Dance (2016). She was later signed by RCA Records after gaining traction for her 2017 debut song "One Day".
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 β April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
Delicious is a 2025 German drama film written and directed by Nele Mueller-StΓΆfen in her directorial debut. The film follows a wealthy German family who hires a young woman as a domestic helper during their summer vacation in Provence, after which the entire family's life gradually changes, with dramatic consequences.
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
Charlize Theron ( shar-LEEZ THERR-Ιn; Afrikaans: [ΚarΛlis ΛtrΙn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Reacher is an American action crime television series developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, it stars Alan Ritchson as the title character, a self-proclaimed hobo and former U.S. Army military policeman with formidable strength, intellect, and abilities.
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), who, after being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) with unexpected side effects.
Split Fiction is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by Hazelight Studios and published by Electronic Arts. As a cooperative multiplayer-only game, it follows authors Mio Hudson and Zoe Foster after they become imprisoned in the world of their stories when they are connected to a machine designed to steal creative ideas.