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Surrey are thrilled to have snapped up Australian international Sean Abbott to spearhead their bid to regain the county championship title in England.

OpenAI said on Thursday it will acquire Astral, as the ChatGPT maker doubles down on artificial intelligence-powered coding tools to compete more aggressively with rivals such as Anthropic.The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the acquisition will integrate Astral’s suite of Python-focused developer tools into OpenAI’s coding system, Codex, expanding its capabilities and reach among software developers.The move underscores OpenAI’s growing focus on enterprise and developer use cases, as competition in the AI coding tools market intensifies.Codex growth signals rising developer adoptionOpenAI said Codex now has more than 2 million weekly active users, marking a threefold increase…

CEO Saad al-Kaabi says QatarEnergy may have to declare force majeure on long-term contracts for up to five years.Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026Iranian ⁠attacks on Qatar have wiped out ⁠17 percent of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20bn in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and ⁠Asia, QatarEnergy’s CEO says.Saad al-Kaabi told the Reuters news agency on Thursday that two of Qatar’s 14 LNG trains, the equipment used to liquefy natural gas, and one of its two gas-to-liquids facilities were damaged in Iranian strikes this week.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is speaking out over an incident in a restaurant in her home state where she says she was treated rudely and asked to leave by staff while having lunch. “Last week I was having lunch with two other moms at a restaurant when the owner approached a member of the State Police Executive Protection Detail and said my presence made their employees feel threatened and told us to leave,” Sanders said in a statement Thursday about her recent dining experience at The Croissanterie restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas. “Arkansans…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The suspect accused of gunning down NYPD officer Jonathan Diller appeared to be smiling in police bodycam video just moments after the fatal shooting, according to testimony from one of Diller’s fellow officers.NYPD Detective Derval Whyte took the witness stand in a Queens courtroom Wednesday, describing how he “watched my friend get shot for no reason” during a routine traffic stop in March 2024. Whyte went on to recount Diller’s final moments, the New York Post reported.”He’s on his back, he’s motionless,” he said of Diller. “I heard him say, ‘I’ve been shot.’…

The Supreme Court of Canada agreed on Thursday to hear a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms models and variants it considers fit for the battlefield, not hunting and sport shooting. The government banned the use, sale and importation of 1,500 firearms models and variants in May 2020. The move was generally applauded by gun control advocates as a first step toward removing firearms used in mass shootings from circulation.In October 2023, a Federal Court judge dismissed a request to strike down the ban as unlawful and beyond the scope of the powers delegated to the federal cabinet.A…

Sydney coach Dean Cox concedes boom recruit Charlie Curnow will take time to adjust to his new team’s game style after a quiet showing in the loss to Hawthorn.Former Carlton key forward Curnow was dangerous early at the MCG on Thursday night, kicking two first-quarter goals.But he was blanketed by Tom Barrass after quarter-time, going without a kick and limited to just three handpasses as the Swans fell to a 14.15 (99) to 13.4 (82) defeat.It came after Curnow kicked three goals in the season-opening win over the Blues and went goalless in a follow-up victory over Brisbane.”The ability for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Minnesota Vikings have made another addition to their quarterback room.After signing Kyler Murray to a one-year contract last week, the Vikings announced they signed Carson Wentz to a one-year deal on Thursday. Wentz spent last season with the Vikings as a backup to J.J. McCarthy.With the addition of Murray and the return of Wentz, the Vikings have added competition for McCarthy while ensuring they have quality backup quarterback options. Murray and McCarthy will compete for the starting quarterback job, while Wentz will serve as one of the team’s backups. Minnesota Vikings…

At least 40 medical workers among those killed as rights groups urge Israel to end attacks on Lebanon health facilities.Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment of the country may amount to war crimes.The Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed 1,001 people in Lebanon since March 2, including 79 women, 118 children and 40 healthcare workers. More than 2,584 people have been wounded.Recommended Stories list…

Democratic ranking member Jim Himes of Connecticut said “not one” of the intelligence agencies represented at the hearing has issued a single report finding that Iran “posed an imminent threat” to the United States. Himes expressed a “deep admiration and appreciation” for the diligence, commitment and sacrifice of members of the intelligence community. But he expressed concerns about the intelligence community’s focus, saying Congress isn’t receiving the warnings they need about foreign interference in U.S. elections, and criticized the pivot to immigration issues. On Iran, Himes said “the Constitution, to which every single one of us swears an oath, reserves decisions of…