Toronto Blue Jays’ Addison Barger hits a grand slam home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the sixth inning in game one of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on October 24, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. PHOTO: AFP TORONTO: Addison Barger blasted a towering grand slam as the Toronto Blue Jays thrashed the…
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic (R) and USA’s Sofia Kenin approach each other for a hug after their women’s singles semi-finals at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on October 25, 2025. PHOTO: AFP TOKYO: Elena Rybakina pulled out injured ahead of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final on Saturday, putting Linda Noskova into a title…
Show highlights Pakistani artistry with emerging designers presenting innovative creations Under the autumn sunlight at the Great Wall, China and Pakistan engaged in a fashion dialogue that reflected the enduring vitality of their cultures. The maiden China-Pakistan Fashion Show, organised by the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing in collaboration with the China International Cultural Communication…
At current prices, the looted gold is worth around $70 million. PHOTO: PIXABAY Gold and silver prices increased on Saturday in both global and local markets after a six-day pause, driven by a rise in international bullion rates. In the international bullion market, gold gained $18 per ounce, reaching $4,113. Following the global trend, the…
‘Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition’ features cursed dolls, vampire hunting kits, and occult relics LONDON: A new exhibition in London showcases the dark and ominous history of the occult and the supernatural from across the globe, just ahead of Halloween. Dark Secrets: The Esoteric Exhibition, opened to the public since Oct. 11, offered audiences antiquities…
The rock legend feels ‘grateful and humble’ to return to the stage after three years of rehabilitation LONDON: US rocker Jon Bon Jovi says he is “grateful and humble” to be able to return to the stage again following vocal cord surgery as the band that carries his name announced a comeback tour this week….
‘Still Life with Guitar’ was found after its disappearance was traced during transport from Madrid MADRID: Spanish police said on Friday they had recovered a 1919 Pablo Picasso painting that went missing earlier this month ahead of its planned display at a temporary exhibition in southern Spain. The small framed Still Life with Guitar was part of a…
Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul cancels ASEAN and APEC trips after Queen Mother’s death Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who brought glamour and elegance to a postwar revival in the country’s monarchy and who, in later years, would occasionally wade into politics, has died aged 93, the Thai Royal Household Bureau said on Saturday. Sirikit had been…
State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday injected a total of Rs4.245 trillion into the financial system through reverse repo and Shariah-compliant Mudarabah-based open market operations (OMOs). According to the central bank, the liquidity injection included Rs3.914 trillion through conventional reverse repo OMOs and Rs331 billion via…
FinMin underlines need for enhancing formal remittance channels for Pakistani diaspora ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has emphasised the importance of expanding trade with Canada, which currently stands below potential, and invited greater Canadian investment in Pakistan’s renewable energy, mining and technology sectors. He also underscored the need to enhance formal remittance channels for the…
