Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy launch\, U.S. midterm campaign\, and other news in pictures

Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy launch, U.S. midterm campaign, and other news in pictures

Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli pose with students of cricket academy during the inauguration of Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy at D.Y.Patil stadium at Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli pose with students of cricket academy during the inauguration of Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy at D.Y.Patil stadium at Navi Mumbai on Thursday.   | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre

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Sachin Tendulkar, Middlesex Cricket launch academy

Iconic Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in association with Middlesex Cricket launched the Tendulkar Middlesex Global Academy (TMGA) in Mumbai on Thursday.

The academy will provide young girls and boys between the age of nine and 14 an opportunity to learn from master blaster Tendulkar himself and Middlesex Cricket.

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Trump, Democrats kick off campaign

Supporters cheer during a campaign rally with U.S. President Donald Trump in Estero, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2018.

Supporters cheer during a campaign rally with U.S. President Donald Trump in Estero, Florida, U.S., October 31, 2018.   | Photo Credit: REUTERS

 

President Donald Trump launched an eight-state campaign blitz on Wednesday, seeking to shore up Senate Republicans and GOP gubernatorial candidates against an onslaught of Democratic surrogates, including entertainment icon Oprah Winfrey.

Trump will crisscross the nation, landing him in Senate battlefields such as Indiana, Missouri and Florida along with nail-biter contests for governor in Georgia and Ohio.

Winfrey, who offered crucial support to President Barack Obama during his 2008 rise, will campaign Thursday for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who is attempting to become the nation’s first black female governor.

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'Kim Jong Un will “soon” visit Seoul'

South Korean President Moon Jae-in leaves after delivering his speech on the government's 2019 budget proposal during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, November

South Korean President Moon Jae-in leaves after delivering his speech on the government's 2019 budget proposal during a plenary session at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, November   | Photo Credit: Reuters

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “soon” visit Seoul as part of a flurry of high-profile diplomacy aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.

During a speech before parliament, Moon said that a second North Korea-U.S. summit is “near at hand” and that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit North Korea soon. Moon also said he expected Kim to visit Russia soon and that Kim may meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.