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BUENOS AIRES: Argentina began a long-awaited trial on Tuesday of the medical team for football star Diego Maradona, over four years after his death in 2020, in a case that has riled emotions in the South American country where the World Cup winner is still revered. Maradona’s family, lawyers and his former nurses, brain surgeon and psychiatrist accused of homicide by negligence, arrived at the court on the outskirts of capital city Buenos Aires in what promises to be a drama-filled and lengthy saga. Outside the San Isidro appeals court, fans held up placards with the message “Justice for D10S,”…
The co-founder and CEO of Pony.ai, one of the world’s leaders in autonomous vehicles technology, is uncertain whether Tesla will launch a robo-taxi service this year, noting its lack of progress in deploying such vehicles on US roads.”Tesla is big in scale, but we haven’t seen their large-scale testing yet,” James Peng said during CONVERGE LIVE, partly sidestepping a question about Tesla’s ability to roll out its robo-taxi service this year.In contrast, driverless cars made by Alphabet’s Waymo are already visible in US cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, he said.CNBC’s senior technology correspondent Arjun Kharpal, who interviewed Peng,…
The exercises are aimed at strengthening cooperation between the three countries, and get under way as Iran accuses the US of ‘bullying’.Iran, Russia and China have begun joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, marking the fifth year the three countries have conducted military drills together. China’s CGTN news said that the Marine Security Belt 2025 exercises began near the Iranian port of Chabahar on Tuesday and were aimed at strengthening “cooperation among the naval forces of the participating countries”. The naval drills will involve “striking maritime targets, damage control, and joint search and rescue operations”, according to CGTN.…
A Northvolt building in Sweden, photographed in February 2022.Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesStruggling electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt on Wednesday said it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden.The firm said it that it submitted the insolvency filing after an “exhaustive effort to explore all available means to secure a viable financial and operational future for the company.””Like many companies in the battery sector, Northvolt has experienced a series of compounding challenges in recent months that eroded its financial position, including rising capital costs, geopolitical instability, subsequent supply chain disruptions, and shifts in market demand,” Northvolt noted.”Further to this…
TURIN: Demonstrating an impressive performance, Pakistan’s snowshoeing athletes advanced to the finals in the 200m and 800m races at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin on Tuesday. Female athletes Iqra Akram, Manahil, Shah Galoon, and Tabassum Nasir along with their male compatriots Ali Raza, Saboor and Mohammad Afaq qualified for the 200m final while Moazzam Iqbal secured a spot in the 800m final. According to the officials of the Pakistan contingent, the athletes showed “unmatched speed, endurance, and determination” to earn their places in the finals scheduled for March 13 at the Palazzetto dello Sports arena in Rome.…
Listen to article Renowned Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari has turned down the prestigious Wolf Prize 2025 in the field of architecture, citing the “continuing genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza. Lari confirmed her decision on Tuesday, explaining that she could not accept the award due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The Wolf Prize, granted annually in Israel since 1978, honors living scientists and artists for their achievements in various fields, including architecture. The award aims to promote “friendly relations among people” through recognition of contributions to humanity. In her letter to the Wolf Foundation, Lari expressed her gratitude for the honor…
The Australian driver commits his long-term future to McLaren after signing a multiyear contract extension beyond 2026.Formula One champions McLaren have secured Oscar Piastri for the long term after announcing a multiyear contract extension ahead of the 23-year-old driver’s home Australian Grand Prix. The news, released on Wednesday, followed similar extensions for chief executive Zak Brown, team principal Andrea Stella, Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris and senior staff. Norris, the overall runner-up last season to Red Bull’s four-time world champion Max Verstappen, signed his extension in January 2024. A race winner in Hungary and Azerbaijan last season as McLaren took their…
LAHORE: Hours after pulling out of Pakistan’s touring party to New Zealand, newly-appointed batting coach Mohammad Yousuf said he will be travelling with the squad. The Pakistan Cricket Board had announced that Yousuf had opted out due to his daughter’s illness with a new-look Pakistan team scheduled to leave for New Zealand in the wee hours of Wednesday to play five Twenty20 Internationals and three One-day Internationals against the Black Caps. Three hours after the initial notification of his withdrawal, the PCB issued another statement announcing the batting great will be on the flight after his daughter’s health had improved.…
A Walmart Supercenter in Burbank, California, on Nov. 21, 2024.Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesChina’s Ministry of Commerce has held talks with Walmart after the U.S. retail giant reportedly requested price cuts from Chinese suppliers to offset tariff costs, a state-backed media outlet said Wednesday.The announcement came after Bloomberg reported last Thursday that Walmart had asked some Chinese suppliers, including makers of kitchenware and clothing, to lower prices by as much as 10% for each round of U.S. tariffs.”If this is true, it is unreasonable for Walmart to require Chinese suppliers to bear all tariffs, which…
Listen to article Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has voiced concerns over water distribution policies, emphasising that such decisions should be made through collective agreement rather than by a single authority. He highlighted President Asif Ali Zardari’s warning to the government against making unilateral decisions on constructing new canals from the Indus River, stressing the need for national consensus on the matter, Express news reported. Speaking to reporters at Parliament House on Tuesday, Bilawal emphasised that the Indus River system is Pakistan’s lifeline, and any decision regarding its management should involve consultation with all provinces. He stated that Zardari’s…