KINGSTON: The West Indies produced another dominant day with the ball against a fragile Australia batting lineup and then survived a tense final hour Saturday to take the honors after the first day of the day-night third test. Shamar Joseph took four wickets, with Justin Greaves and Jayden Seales taking three apiece, as the West…
CHATEAUROUX: Tim Merlier won stage nine of the Tour de France at Chateauroux on Sunday after a heroic long-range escape from Mathieu van der Poel was caught in the final kilometre. There was no change atop the overall standings with Tadej Pogacar now holding a 54sec advantage over Remco Evenepoel in second with French starlet…
Veteran Indian batter Ajinkya Rahane remains determined to make a return to Test cricket, despite not featuring in the format for nearly two years and receiving no communication from the selectors. Speaking to Sky Sports in an interview with Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, Rahane emphasised his enduring passion for red-ball cricket. “I still want…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Why is there such disconnect between Pakistan’s booming stock market and its broader economy? While the stock market surged by over 85% in both rupee and dollar terms in 2024 and has already climbed another 60% in 2025, placing Pakistan among the world’s top-performing markets, manufacturing output, unemployment, and poverty have either deteriorated…
“It’s 12 noon in London, 7AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it’s time for Live Aid.” This television announcement on July 13, 1985, heralded over 16 hours of music broadcast from Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia that united close to 2 billion people across more than 100 countries,…
Actor and director Yasir Hussain has raised his voice against discriminatory treatment reported at some of Karachi’s upscale clubs and restaurants, where patrons wearing traditional attire are allegedly being denied service. In an Instagram Story posted on Friday, Hussain responded to reports that a man was turned away from a restaurant in Karachi for wearing…
Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for women’s and human rights in Iran, has received death threats from Tehran, the Nobel Committee said Friday. As per AFP, Mohammadi, who has spent much of the past decade behind bars, was released from Tehran’s Evin prison in December for…
Screenwriter Rida Bilal has publicly distanced herself from the TV series Behroopia, stating that the story currently airing no longer reflects her work. In a strongly worded Instagram post on Friday, Rida alleged that her script had been significantly altered without her consent. “When your name is on something that no longer reflects your voice,…
KARACHI: Amid the Indian outrage over Diljit Dosanjh’s traitorous collaboration with the irrefutably Pakistani Hania Aamir in Sardaar Ji 3, there are two men who once melted away that geopolitical line like butter in a heated pan. And as music-loving millennials may have guessed, those two men were none other than Bilal Maqsood and Faisal…
Superman is often called upon to save the world from evildoers, but in his latest big-screen incarnation, he's also being asked to swoop in and save a franchise, as per AFP. James Gunn's Superman, which opened in theaters worldwide this week, is a reboot aimed at relaunching the so-called DC Universe of comic book-based superhero…
