LEEDS: Ben Duckett smashed a superb hundred while Joe Root hit an unbeaten half-century as England chased a massive 371-run target at Headingley on Tuesday. Joe Root finished with 53 not out with wicketkeeper Jamie Smith unbeaten on 44 as England complete the record run-chase with five wickets to spare. This was England’s second highest…
BAD HOMBURG: Former world number ones Naomi Osaka and Victoria Azarenka both advanced to the second round in the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Bad Homburg on Monday. Japan’s Osaka battled past Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/4) as Belarusian Azarenka beat Germany’s Laura Siegemund 6-2, 6-2. Azarenka, 35, next meets Poland’s Iga Swiatek…
SEATTLE: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Achraf Hakimi scored either side of half-time as European champions Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 2-0 win over Seattle Sounders on Monday to secure their place in the last 16 of the Club World Cup. PSG needed to bounce back from their 1-0 loss at the hands of Botafogo in their…
ISLAMABAD: The government may have generated a revenue of Rs44 billion after the imposition of 18% General Sales Tax (GST) on dairy products in the last budget. However, this move has also resulted in a 20% drop in the production and sales of these products in Pakistan. Some key office-bearers of the Pakistan Dairy Association…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: In a bid to regulate the used car market and uphold quality standards, the government has decided not to reverse existing taxes on car imports and will introduce mandatory registration and certification procedures for used imported vehicles. These measures were communicated during a meeting chaired by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM)…
KARACHI: A few days ago, veteran actor Naumaan Ijaz decided to weigh in on a viral video of YouTuber Maaz Safdar gifting his wife a truck-sized bouquet. Most people online found the gesture amusing or sweet. Ijaz, however, turned it into a lecture, as he commented, “Dear sisters, please don’t start expecting this kind of…
VATICAN CITY: A US actor known for playing Jesus on a popular television show visited the Vatican on Monday. Jonathan Roumie, star of the streaming series The Chosen about the life of Jesus Christ, spoke at an event ahead of a special Vatican screening of an episode from the fifth season of the show, which…
The global art market is not immune to current economic and geopolitical tensions, and is counting on a new generation of collectors to revitalise the momentum. Some big transactions were concluded last week during Art Basel, the world’s top contemporary art fair, notably by London’s Annely Juda Fine Art gallery, which sold a David Hockney…
It will come as little surprise to anyone who has ever consumed Hollywood entertainment that when foreign elements (and by foreign, we mean ‘not Caucasian American’) enter the picture, the stereotypes fly high and proud. Russians are criminal masterminds, Mexicans exist in a perpetual yellow-orange universe, and Iranians follow the well-beaten path taken by the…
TORONTO: She was one of ancient Egypt’s most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen Hatshepsut’s legacy was systematically erased by her stepson-successor after her death. The question of why her impressive reign was so methodically scrubbed has attracted significant debate, but in new research published Monday, University…
