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Automating Data Encryption and Security Audits for Continuous ProtectionThe Atlanta Hawks were fined $100,000 by the NBA on Tuesday after a league investigation into star guard Trae Young missing an NBA Cup game two weeks ago. The NBA found the Hawks violated the league's Player Participation Policy when the 26-year-old American missed a November 12 contest at Boston. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Get the latest need-to-know information delivered to your inbox as it happens. Our flagship newsletter. Get our front page stories each morning as well as the latest updates each afternoon during the week + more in-depth weekend editions on Saturdays & Sundays.The first Egyptian-Sudanese Business Forum, held on Saturday, focused on strengthening economic cooperation between the two nations. Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, opened the forum by emphasizing the importance of expanding industrial investment and trade. He stated that the forum aims “to strengthen existing cooperation frameworks between Egypt and Sudan across all sectors, maximizing both countries’ potential and boosting trade levels for the mutual benefit of both peoples.” Al-Wazir underscored the benefits of deeper industrial investment, including job creation and technological advancement. Held under Al-Wazir’s patronage, the forum featured participation from several high-ranking officials: Omar Bannafir, Sudanese Minister of Trade and Supply; Mahasen Yaqoub, Sudanese Minister of Industry; Abubakr Abu Al-Qasim Abdullah, Sudanese Minister of Transport; Muhyi El-Din Naeem, Sudanese Minister of Energy and Oil; Sherif Farouk, Egyptian Minister of Supply and Domestic Trade; and Emad El-Din Mostafa Adawi, Sudanese Ambassador to Cairo. In his address, Al-Wazir conveyed greetings from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and expressed hope for the forum’s success. He welcomed the Sudanese delegation, highlighting the strong bonds between the two nations and reaffirming Egypt’s support for Sudan. Stressing the forum’s goal of fostering cooperation and boosting trade, Al-Wazir also addressed the economic impact of regional conflicts, emphasizing the importance of creating new frameworks to mitigate these effects and advocating for international cooperation to find solutions. Al-Wazir reiterated Egypt’s commitment to regional economic stability and development, affirming the country’s ongoing support for Arab nations facing conflict. He emphasized national unity as a key to overcoming challenges and highlighted Egypt’s active role in promoting regional peace efforts and international collaboration. Focusing on Egypt’s support for Sudan’s economic recovery, Al-Wazir outlined the shared history and strong ties between the two nations. He described existing transport networks linking Egypt and Sudan, including three land transport axes—Toshka-Arqin (West Nile, 100 km), Qustul-Wadi Halfa (East Nile, 35 km), and Halaib-Port Sudan (Red Sea coast, 280 km). Additionally, he mentioned plans for an intermodal railway station at Abu Simbel, three land ports (Qustul, Arqin, and Ras Hadarba), logistics zones in Qustul and Arqin, and a new river wharf at Wadi Halfa port in Sudan. Highlighting the benefits of enhanced industrial investment between the two nations, Al-Wazir pointed to mutual gains such as job creation, the provision of equipment, technological advancements, and economic growth. He emphasized the forum’s role in initiating an industrial integration partnership to promote regional collaboration, enabling both countries to capitalize on their strengths and address shared challenges. Al-Wazir also noted the untapped cooperation potential between Egypt and Sudan and reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to attracting Sudanese investments. He cited Egypt’s favorable investment climate, its range of incentives, and access to free trade agreements. He added that Egypt has undertaken significant institutional reforms to improve investor procedures, enhancing its appeal to foreign investors. The minister highlighted the transport sector’s critical role in economic integration, stressing the importance of strong infrastructure for sustainable development. He detailed the Egyptian Ministry of Transport’s initiatives to transform Egypt into a regional transport and logistics hub, including logistics corridor developments and plans for 32 dry ports and logistics zones across the country. These efforts align with President Al-Sisi’s directives to enhance Egypt’s regional connectivity. Concluding his remarks, Al-Wazir highlighted the forum’s timeliness, noting Sudan’s economic reforms and its progress in attracting investments for public-private partnerships in key sectors such as agriculture, energy, infrastructure, information and communication technology, and mining. He praised Sudan’s abundant resources and strategic location, which continue to attract global investors to its agricultural and food industries. Al-Wazir closed by reiterating the need for sustained cooperation between Egypt and Sudan to strengthen their relationship across all levels, particularly in trade and investment. Expressing optimism for the future, he emphasized the importance of continuous collaboration to enhance mutual benefits.
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NonePaul Mescal and Gracie Abrams are keeping it real with constant communication. As per a report by People magazine published on November 26, the Gladiator II actor and the singer will spend time together upcoming New Year's Eve. "Gracie and Paul are the real deal,” the insider revealed to the outlet on Tuesday, adding that the pair plans to take a vacation together in the new year. “They’re at the top of their game and always in communication," the source continued. Mescal and Abrams were spotted together for the first time during the Los Angeles premiere of his movie Gladiator II on November 18. The couple have been romantically linked since June when they were pictured together enjoying a meal in London. A tipster told the publisher in August that Mescal and Abrams were in "still early stages." Later they were again seen together attending Abrams' concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. At the time a tattler claimed that he and Abrams were "going strong."It was an insane year for McDonald’s. First, it was a future president. Then-candidate Donald Trump worked a shift at a McDonald’s outside Philadelphia during his presidential campaign. Whatever you think of Trump, it was a genius move. Trump is the funny populist who embraces his billionaire boss status; Kamala is the witless elite who claims to have worked there. If I were a swing voter in Pennsylvania this election, I would’ve been swung by Trump’s fryer skills. (Stream Daily Caller’s documentary ‘Cleaning Up Kamala’ HERE) Then, it was a suspected criminal, and not just any old crook: the 26-year-old who may have allegedly assassinated United Healthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson. A McDonald’s employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania, recognized the face of Luigi Mangione, the “strong person of interest” in Thompson’s murder, eating in the restaurant Monday morning, according to The New York Times. That someone apparently upset with corporate America, enough so to allegedly take out one of its leaders, would eat and get caught inside McDonald’s is an irony both amusing and very dark. Feasterville-Trevose, PA – October 20 : Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after handing out food while standing at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, PA on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Once again, McDonald’s is back in the news. Back in the digital meme factory. For some, though, McDonald’s is always on the periphery. Physically. It’s a place you rarely go. It’s too dirty, too greasy. If you do eat it on occasion, you don’t step foot out of your car; you pick up your food at the drive-through window. The twice-a-year McDonald’s customer rarely orders inside and never sits inside. The other customers seem, to them, unpredictable, and the locations are never pretty. Franchises are located amid strip malls, on the corners of busy intersections. The tables are coated with a thin layer of impermeable grease, too stubborn even for the most carcinogenic, industrial-grade cleaning products known to man. For some, McDonald’s is always on the periphery because it’s gauche. (RELATED: Trump Takes His ‘Dudes Rock’ Campaign To A New Level With Shift At McDonald’s) But for a whole other swath of America, McDonald’s is a mecca where things happen. The golden arches are a beacon. It’s where salt-of-the-earth retirees meet for coffee in the morning. It’s where older, married couples have lunch (or dinner). Where drifters hang out, take a load off and charge Samsung phones. Where construction workers eat, hard hats on. Criminals pass through as the homeless shoot up in the bathrooms. Hungover college students from the local state school shuffle in, bleary-eyed, zombie-like, with no inkling of the danger and the seediness that might surround them. For a whole swatch of America, McDonald’s is a focal point of their lives, without which they would be lost. There is something so uniquely American, something almost too odd to be true, that the biggest political actor in history, and now one of the most notorious criminal suspects in the country, rose and fell at a McDonald’s. One saw his star rise to the Oval Office; the other saw handcuffs. And there are still places in America, physical ones, not online, where wild stuff is happening every day. Did you enjoy this post? Consider checking out John’s full weekly newsletter, Mr. Right, available here: MrRight.DailyCaller.com
Pep Guardiola sure 75 per cent of Premier League clubs want Man City relegatedPublished 8:05 pm Sunday, December 29, 2024 By Associated Press ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. As reaction poured in from around the world, President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections and house the homeless as an example for others. “To all of the young people in this nation and for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning – the good life – study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility,” Biden said in a statement. Biden spoke later Sunday evening about Carter, calling it a “sad day” but one that “brings back an incredible amount of good memories.” “I’ve been hanging out with Jimmy Carter for over 50 years,” Biden said in his remarks. He recalled the former president being a comfort to him and his wife Jill when their son Beau died in 2015 of cancer. The president remarked how cancer was a common bond between their families, with Carter himself having cancer later in his life. “Jimmy knew the ravages of the disease too well,” said Biden, who was ordering a state funeral for Carter in Washington. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. “My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said. A president from Plains A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. “It didn’t take us long to realize that the underestimation existed, but by that time we were not able to repair the mistake,” Carter told historians in 1982, suggesting that he had “an inherent incompatibility” with Washington insiders. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. And then, the world Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. “I was not interested in just building a museum or storing my White House records and memorabilia,” Carter wrote in a memoir published after his 90th birthday. “I wanted a place where we could work.” That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a U.S. invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the center began monitoring U.S. elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. “The world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place,” he said. “The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect.” ‘An epic American life’ Carter’s globetrotting took him to remote villages where he met little “Jimmy Carters,” so named by admiring parents. But he spent most of his days in the same one-story Plains house — expanded and guarded by Secret Service agents — where they lived before he became governor. He regularly taught Sunday School lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church until his mobility declined and the coronavirus pandemic raged. Those sessions drew visitors from around the world to the small sanctuary where Carter will receive his final send-off after a state funeral at Washington’s National Cathedral. The common assessment that he was a better ex-president than president rankled Carter and his allies. His prolific post-presidency gave him a brand above politics, particularly for Americans too young to witness him in office. But Carter also lived long enough to see biographers and historians reassess his White House years more generously. His record includes the deregulation of key industries, reduction of U.S. dependence on foreign oil, cautious management of the national debt and notable legislation on the environment, education and mental health. He focused on human rights in foreign policy, pressuring dictators to release thousands of political prisoners. He acknowledged America’s historical imperialism, pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders and relinquished control of the Panama Canal. He normalized relations with China. “I am not nominating Jimmy Carter for a place on Mount Rushmore,” Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s domestic policy director, wrote in a 2018 book. “He was not a great president” but also not the “hapless and weak” caricature voters rejected in 1980, Eizenstat said. Rather, Carter was “good and productive” and “delivered results, many of which were realized only after he left office.” Madeleine Albright, a national security staffer for Carter and Clinton’s secretary of state, wrote in Eizenstat’s forward that Carter was “consequential and successful” and expressed hope that “perceptions will continue to evolve” about his presidency. “Our country was lucky to have him as our leader,” said Albright, who died in 2022. Jonathan Alter, who penned a comprehensive Carter biography published in 2020, said in an interview that Carter should be remembered for “an epic American life” spanning from a humble start in a home with no electricity or indoor plumbing through decades on the world stage across two centuries. “He will likely go down as one of the most misunderstood and underestimated figures in American history,” Alter told The Associated Press. A small-town start James Earl Carter Jr. was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian, would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. And in 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his races by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine.
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Twenty years in the military and commercial flights around the world couldn’t keep Muskogee native Doug Jackson from his area roots. Jackson played saxophone in high school and college and still keeps in touch with his Muskogee band mates, but excelled in math and science as well. “We’re looking to put together an all-class band reunion in 2025,” he said. Shortly after graduating from Northeastern State University, Jackson joined the Navy to become a pilot. He earned a master’s degree in military security and strategic studies from the Naval War College. He flew a helicopter for 10 years. He recalled marrying his wife in Guam. Jackson later switched to the U.S. Air Force and was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base. “That was close to home, so I jumped all over that,” he said. Jackson said military service was the best decision he ever made. “I’d do it 1,000 times over again,” he said. “It builds so much character. Lessons I learned, the maturing I did. What’s everlasting is the friendships I made. You cannot match the camaraderie gained when you’re in the military.” He retired from the military in 2006 to get into commercial aviation. He became a pilot for Continental Airlines, which merged into United Airlines. Jackson flew many overseas trips, including Australia and Singapore. Back issues prompted Jackson to end his airline career. But he kept busy with rental property. Jackson started owning and working on rental property around Muskogee in 1987. “I accumulated houses over the course of time,” he said. “I still manage those, still work on them. I became quite adept at all aspects of home repair and remodeling.” In May 2022, the Jacksons bought the Canebrake, a former resort located on 310 acres overlooking Fort Gibson Lake east of Wagoner. The original Canebrake closed in 2016. They reopened the Canebrake later that year and still oversee it. Jackson recently installed an interactive golf simulator and opened access to and a view of the lake. “I oversee the property, from fixing dishwasher to just about everything,” he said. Job market led to career path A tight job market prompted Doug Jackson to join the Navy. “I’d never flown in my life, never seen the ocean,” he said. “And the military was certainly not something in my family history. When I told my parents I would join the Navy, they thought I was off my rocker.” He skipped bootcamp and went right into aviation officer candidate school. “It was very rigorous, unlike anything I had ever done before,” he said. “From the time you get there to the time they you get your pilot wings, its very rigorous. The physical aspects and the mental aspects of it. They break you down.” Jackson’s first assignment was doing search and rescue near Guam. He went to the Persian Gulf during times of heightened alert in 1990. “When Desert Shield broke out, I got orders to be a flight instructor in San Diego,” he said. He flew the military’s largest helicopter, the MH-53, for mine sweeping. “It weighs about 72,000 pounds and carries about 50 people,” he said. After 13 years he transferred to the Air Force around 2000. He was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, where he flew AWACS planes. Commercial aviation was natural progression Jackson said becoming a commercial pilot was “just the natural progression of things.” “It’s a really good gig, and they make a good amount of money,” he said. “The money is the biggest reward.” He went from the Boeing 737 to the 787. He called the 787 a wonderful, wonderful plane. “That’s Boeing’s most technologically advanced airplane,” he said. “It’s 20% lighter than a standard plane, tremendously fuel efficient. It’s got so many technological advances. It flies so beautifully.” Jackson made 17-hour flights to Sydney, Australia. “You’re sleeping for half of it,” he said. “But Sydney is worth the effort getting there.” Singapore, with its sophistication, was another place Jackson loved visiting. Jackson said the biggest challenge was commuting to and from his Oklahoma City home to his job in Houston. “I should have moved to Houston, but I was pretty happy in Oklahoma,” he said. Resort maintenance still a challenge Jackson reopened the Canebrake during post COVID-19 challenges. “When we first started, we had significant staffing issues,” he said. “Prices had gone sky high. And it’s still a challenge because people had not yet acclimated to the new price, and wages and food, and the prices you need to charge are a challenge.” He said it’s fortunate that Canebrake is not just a restaurant, but offers lodging and other services. “We’ve got a beautiful piece of property here, and we do a tremendous amount of special events, corporate events, weddings,” Jackson said. The resort also is taking advantage of its lakeside location. “We cleared out our lakefront view,” he said. “They’ve been by the lake all along, but you never could see it for all the trees. We wanted to capitalize on that.” Money continues to be a challenge, he said. “There’s a lot of moving parts,” he said. “We have a lot of infrastructure to maintain.” However, the challenge is its own reward. “You do get to make a difference in people’s lives,” he said. HOW DID YOU COME TO BE AN OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE? “I was born in Muskogee General Hospital. Lived in Muskogee my whole life til I joined the military. I had a lot of rental property, and I was living in Edmond when I was stationed at Tinker. We spent so much time here, bought a house here. So we live here in Muskogee now.” WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT MUSKOGEE? “I like the size of Muskogee. A lot of people say they want Muskogee to grow. I’ve been to big cities around the world. There’s a lot of down sides to big cities, mostly the traffic. Even in Edmond, traffic is horrendous. And there’s a lot to do in Muskogee, just go out and seek it, you will find it. It’s starting to turn around a little bit.” WHAT WOULD MAKE MUSKOGEE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE? “They’ve got to change the way they manage the city. They keep doing the same thing over and over, and here we are with the same result year after year. They have to change the way they think and manage the city.” WHAT PERSON IN MUSKOGEE DO YOU ADMIRE MOST? “Derryl Venters. Mrs. Venters was our science teacher. She was such an encourager and inspirational teacher. I still keep in contact with her to this day. She gave me aspirations of achieving more.” WHAT IS THE MOST MEMORABLE THING TO HAPPEN TO YOU IN MUSKOGEE? “When I was in high school, we won the state jazz contest. I’d love to see them do that again.” WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? “I golf when I can, which is a lot easier now because we have three golf simulators here on our property. Remodels, repairs, home improvement. There’s a lot of fixing that needs to be done. I like to play poker.” HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP MUSKOGEE IN 25 WORDS OR LESS? “I was born and raised in Muskogee. It will always be home.”
Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the rankings of One Day International (ODI), T20 and Test batsmen. In the ODI batsmen rankings released by the ICC, Pakistan's Babar Azam is first, India's Rohit Sharma is in second position, and India's Shubman Gill is in third position in this list. Pakistan's Saim Ayub has joined the top hundred players. After scoring a century against Zimbabwe. He is at 90th position in the rankings. Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi lost his first position in the ICC ODI bowlers rankings. Shaheen has dropped one place to second and Rashid Khan has risen one place to first. England's Joe Root retains the top spot in the Test batsmen rankings. India's Yashvi Jaiswal has moved up two places to second, while England's Kane Williamson is in third place. Pakistan's Saud Shakeel has moved up one place to 8th in the Test batsmen rankings. India's Jasprit Bumrah has once again become the number one bowler in the Test bowlers’ rankings. He has moved up two places, while Pakistan's Nauman Ali remains in 9th place. Australia's Travis Head is first, England's Phil Salt is second and India's Tilak Verma is in third place. In the T20 bowlers' rankings, England's Adil Rashid is first, Sri Lanka's Vinindeo Harsanga is second, and Australia's Adam Zampa is third.
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