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The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday to celebrate some of the past year’s most acclaimed films and performances. As Hollywood gears up for its biggest awards night, we break down the key details, from the nominees and biggest surprises to predictions and how to watch the show live: When and at what time are the Oscars 2025? The 97th Academy Awards are scheduled for Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The ceremony will start at 4pm (midnight GMT) with official red carpet coverage beginning at 3:30pm (23:30 GMT). Who is hosting the Academy Awards? This year’s…
The Xiaomi 15 Ultra, in the foreground, and the Xiaomi 15 in the background.XiaomiBARCELONA — Xiaomi launched its latest flagship smartphone on Sunday continuing its push into higher-end devices as it seeks to challenge market leader Samsung.The Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Ultra are the most recent pair of smartphones from the Chinese technology giant sporting the latest chips and boosted cameras. They were unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The Xiaomi 15 starts at 999 euros ($1,047) and the Xiaomi 15 Ultra starts at 1,499 euros ($1,571).Both devices are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform, one…
Leading up to the Champions Trophy, playing a tri-series in Pakistan has certainly helped but will it be enough with the Proteas still unaware about their semi-final venue? The stage is set, as Dale Steyn, South Africa’s premier fast bowler, comes in to bowl his most crucial over of the 2015 World Cup, but even he might not have been expecting what would come next. Steyn, who averaged 23.37 across formats with the ball and ended his career with a whopping 699 wickets, and is considered a true modern-day fast bowling great in his own right — bowls the ball…
Listen to article RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Saturday said Pakistan Army “is committed to nurturing the nation’s youth”. He expressed the view during his visit to Bahawalpur Cantonment where he was apprised about operational preparedness and training aspects of Bahawalpur Corps. While addressing officers and troops, he commended their unwavering dedication, high morale, and combat readiness, said an ISPR news release. He reiterated that rigorous training remains the cornerstone of a soldier’s professional development and must continue to be the defining attribute of Pakistan Army in overcoming the challenges of modern warfare. The COAS inaugurated…
A Lufthansa First Class “Allegris” cabin, which was set up outside the show. Peter Kneffel | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesHeated or cooled seats. Ultra-high-definition TV screens. Benches. Convertible beds. All-aisle access. And of course, the coveted privacy door.Ever-more luxurious first- and business-class cabins that have hundreds of parts and require regulator approval are the latest hold-up as new airplanes arrive late to customers, according to the heads of the world’s biggest airplane manufacturers.Boeing has 787 Dreamliners, a twin-aisle jetliner used on some of the world’s longest flights, on the ground at its South Carolina factory “that are held up for…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: A nine-member mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to arrive in Pakistan tomorrow (Monday) for an economic review ahead of the next $1 billion tranche from a $7 billion bailout package approved in August 2023. According to sources in the Ministry of Finance, the IMF delegation, led by Nathan Porter, will remain in Pakistan for two weeks until March 15. During this period, it will first hold technical discussions, followed by policy-level negotiations with Pakistani authorities. The delegation will also present recommendations for the next fiscal year’s budget. Any relief for the salaried class will…
The latest Ebola outbreak, the sixth in Uganda, was declared at the end of January.A four-year-old has been identified as the second patient to die from the Ebola virus in Uganda after a recent outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday night that Uganda’s Ministry of Health reported a positive Ebola case at Mulago Hospital, the country’s only referral centre for the virus, and it was discovered in a four-year-old who died on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Uganda confirmed it had recorded 10 cases of a new strain of the virus. The first fatality from the latest outbreak was…
The full implications of India’s refusal to play Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan were laid bare on Sunday as Australia and South Africa waited to find out whether they will play their semi-finals in Lahore or Dubai this week. Political tensions between the neighbours mean India have not played a cricket match in Pakistan since 2008 and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were not inclined to change the policy for the Champions Trophy, citing government advice over security issues. As a result, although the rest of the tournament is taking place in Pakistan, India played all…
PUBLISHED March 02, 2025 KARACHI: Having completely missed his real-life rampage across continents in the 1970s, murdering women in bikinis, and men with the women in bikinis, because I was still playing with Mattel dolls, I first learned about Charles Sobhraj in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Black Warrant (2024). Decades later in 2021, Netflix aired The Serpent about Sobhraj, but I hadn’t subscribed to the streamer yet. Now that I do and with AI in constant competition with my guardian angel, the former sniffed out my interest in true crime and Sidhant Gupta [the actor who played Sobhraj in Black Warrant], and…
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has begun worldwide. For the next 29 or 30 days, Muslims observing the fast will refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk, a period lasting from 12 to 16 hours, depending on their location. Muslims believe Ramadan is the month when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago. The fast entails abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations during daylight hours to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God. Why does Ramadan start on different dates every year? Ramadan begins 10…