On Tuesday, India secured a place in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025 after defeating Australia in the first semi-final in Dubai by four wickets. Batting first, Australia posted a total of 264 runs before being bowled out in the final over. Captain Steve Smith played a crucial knock of 73, while Alex Carey […]
Yesterday, New Zealand thrashed South Africa in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Chasing a mammoth total, South Africa’s batting line faltered and could only manage to score 312-9 in 50 overs. Scoring an unbeaten 100* off 67 balls David Miller provided hope, but it proved too […]
Mushfiqur Rahim announced his decision on social media, saying that the last few weeks had been very challenging. “I am announcing my retirement from the ODI format as of today. Alhamdulillah for everything. While our achievements may have been limited on a global level, one thing is certain: whenever I stepped onto the field for […]
The judgment is a stinging rebuke to the government, which has targeted dissent using expansive powers under a national security law imposed by Beijing after Hong Kong’s huge pro-democracy protests in 2019. The law can be used to demand information from alleged “foreign agents” and authorities used that power in 2021 on the now-disbanded Hong […]
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation between the West and Russia since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and both the Kremlin and the White House have cautioned against missteps that could trigger World War Three. But the advance of Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and U.S. President Donald Trump’s upending of U.S. […]
The selling rate of the Riyal dropped as it is being sold for Rs74.65. The Saudi riyal is the official currency of Saudi Arabia. It is abbreviated as SAR or SR. One Riyal is subdivided into 100 halalas. The partnership between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is marked by a long-established and mutually beneficial alliance, underscored […]
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of busy Brisbane city on Thursday afternoon, but government forecasts warned its slow and “erratic” crawl towards the mainland was growing difficult to predict. Some four million people were in the firing line along a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coastline expected to see the worst of […]
The VA’s chief of staff, Christopher Syrek, sent a memo to senior agency officials on Tuesday, telling them the goal was to return the agency to 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000. That would mean cutting about 82,000 staff. The memo directed agency staff to work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government […]
“Without immediate action, hard-won progress in the fight against TB is at risk. Our collective response must be swift, strategic, and fully resourced to protect the most vulnerable and maintain momentum toward ending TB,” said Tereza Kasaeva, director of WHO’s Global Programme on TB and Lung Health. Critical international aid, particularly from the U.S. Agency […]
In a cable expected to be filed with the department’s internal “dissent channel,” which allows diplomats to raise concerns about policy anonymously, the diplomats said the Trump administration’s January 20 freeze on almost all foreign aid also endangers American diplomats and forces overseas while putting at risk the lives of millions abroad that depend on […]
