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Cambodian and Thai officials claim soldiers from other side opening fire first in latest deadly border clash between the neighbours.Cambodia’s leader has called for calm in the country a day after a soldier was killed in a brief clash with troops from neighbouring Thailand, in a disputed zone along the Thai-Cambodia border. In a written statement on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Manet said people should not “panic over unverified material being circulated”, and reassured the country that he did not want a conflict between Cambodian and Thai forces. “For this reason, I hope that the upcoming meeting between the Cambodian…
LAHORE: Pakistan displayed their clinical best as a team performance saw them thrash Bangladesh by 37 runs in the opening fixture of the three-match Twenty20 International series here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday. Captain Salman Ali Agha led by example with the bat as Pakistan posted 201-7 before pacer Hasan Ali (5-30) impressed on his international return with a five-wicket haul to help the hosts bundle Bangladesh out for 164. Vice-captain Shadab Khan, meanwhile, put up an all-round show. Salman had spoken of playing a brand of cricket that was “fearless but not careless” on the eve of the…
Peter Kazimir, governor of Slovakia’s central bank, attending a press conference in Bratislava in 2016.Tomas Benedikovic | Afp | Getty ImagesA Slovak court ruled on Thursday that central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is guilty of corruption, a judge said.The Specialised Criminal Court ruled Kazimir must pay a 200,000 euro ($225,620) fine, or face a one-year prison sentence, Judge Milan Cisarik said.The verdict can be appealed and therefore does not force Kazimir out of office.Kazimir, who is a member of the ECB’s rate-setting governing council, did not attend the ruling while on a business trip to…
Listen to article Four Indian states along the Pakistan border are set to conduct large-scale civil defence mock drills from Thursday (today) just weeks after a ceasefire was brokered following military escalation. According to Indian media quoting authorities, mock drills will be conducted in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Punjab and Gujarat on Thursday evening. The Haryana government has also announced a state-wide emergency preparedness exercise titled “Operation Shield,” scheduled today across all 22 districts from 5pm (local time) onwards, aimed at enhancing readiness in the event of a crisis. The drill, being organised under the guidance of the Union…
Panel of judges finds the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from trading partners.A United States trade court has ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed blanket tariffs on imports from US trading partners, issuing a permanent injunction that immediately halts the tariffs and demands a government response within 10 days. The Court of International Trade, based in New York, said the US Constitution grants Congress exclusive authority to regulate commerce with other countries that is not overridden by the president’s emergency powers to safeguard the US economy. “The court does not…
Ngugi’s work critiqued both British colonialism in Kenya and postcolonial Kenyan society.Renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at age 87, his family members have announced. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o,” his daughter Wanjiku Wa Ngugi wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight,” she said. At the time of his death, Ngugi was reportedly receiving kidney dialysis treatments, but his immediate cause of death is still unknown. Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngugi will be remembered as one of Africa’s…
Deepseek’s logo on Jan. 29, 2025.Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese startup DeepSeek, which caused shockwaves across markets this year, quietly released an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence reasoning model.The company did not make an official announcement, but the upgrade of DeepSeek R1 was released on AI model repository Hugging Face.DeepSeek rose to prominence this year after its free, open-source R1 reasoning model outperformed offerings from rivals including Meta and OpenAI. The low-cost and short time of development shocked global markets, sparking concerns that U.S. tech giants were overspending on infrastructure and wiping billions of dollars of value…
Listen to article LAHORE: While Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has drawn comparisons between Pakistan’s chief adversary, terrorists and PTI – the country’s largest political party – the federal government has insisted that its offer for dialogue with the party remains on the table. According to Minister of State Barrister Akeel Malik, the government’s priority was to steady the political ship, even as divergent voices within the PML-N continue to muddy the waters. Though the PTI has seen its street muscle diminish over the last two years, its ability to rattle the PML-N government remains limited for now. However, a faction within…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Azerbaijan in February, and Turkiye only a month ago, in April. Yet, this week, he was back in both countries, as part of a five-day, four-nation diplomatic blitzkrieg also including stops in Iran and Tajikistan, where Sharif will hold talks on Thursday and Friday. And he isn’t alone: Sharif is being accompanied by Army Chief Asim Munir — recently promoted to Pakistan’s only second-ever field marshal — and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar. Their destinations might be familiar, but the context has changed dramatically since Sharif’s previous visits. More than two weeks…
Listen to article PESHAWAR: A senior Taliban commander said on Wednesday that militants who engage in combat in a foreign country without the amir’s authorisation are not justified in doing so, adding that such individuals cannot be regarded as mujahideen or jihadis. This was stated by Saeedullah Saeed, a senior commander at the Hazrat Hamza Military Academy, during a graduation ceremony for 400 police personnel in Kabul. “Those who defy the orders of Amirul Momineen Mullah Hibatullah Akhund and go to fight beyond the borders of another country (without naming Pakistan) are not justified and are disobeying the amir’s orders,” Saeed said.…