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Who: Pakistan vs BangladeshWhat: ICC Champions Trophy Group A matchWhen: Thursday, February 27 at 2pm (09:00 GMT)Where: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, PakistanFollow Al Jazeera’s live text and photo commentary stream from 05:00 GMT. Pakistan’s hurting players will be motivated by pride in their dead rubber against Bangladesh, head coach Aaqib Javed said, after the hosts were dumped out of the Champions Trophy in the group stage. The defending champions’ hopes of reaching the semifinals were ended after defeats to New Zealand and India, leaving their final Group A game in Rawalpindi inconsequential. Rain washed out the Australia-South Africa Group B…
• Pakistan’s head coach stresses need for ‘consistency at the top’• Says decisions shouldn’t be taken in haste or anger; terms players like Fakhar, Saim ‘irreplaceable’• Rain clouds threaten today’s ‘dead rubber’ against Bangladesh The sun came out briefly in the garrison city on Wednesday afternoon, its rays breaking through the gloomy clouds whose incessant downpour had forced the much-anticipated Champions Trophy clash between South Africa and Australia to be abandoned, just a day earlier. For some fleeting moments, the sun shone on the pitch at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. It had been covered all Tuesday, but with the rain…
SHANGHAI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Sheng Hong, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), is the Party chief of a residential community in Hongqiao Subdistrict of Shanghai’s Changning District. She used to work at a foreign enterprise before switching to community work at the age of 30 and has dedicated herself to grassroots work for over a decade.Hongqiao Subdistrict is home to one of the earliest legislative outreach offices set up by the NPC Standing Committee’s Legislative Affairs Commission in 2015. Residents can offer suggestions and feedback on legislative work right at their doorstep.Sheng Hong (L) learns about property…
Listen to article Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stated that the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) law is not an ideal law, but it is significantly better than the initial version that was proposed. Speaking at Oxford University, he explained that the law had been improved after consultations, mentioning that the original draft included harsh penalties, such as a 30-year sentence for a single social media post. Bilawal reiterated that the PPP had played a role in improving the PECA law, ensuring that it did not undermine democracy. He also defended the 26th Constitutional Amendment, noting that while it…
United States President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from the European Union, claiming that the bloc was created to “screw” his country. Speaking at the first meeting of his cabinet on Wednesday, Trump said a decision on tariffs had been made and would be announced “very soon”. “It’ll be 25 percent, generally speaking,” Trump told reporters. “And that’ll be on cars and all other things.” Returning to his regular talking point that the US is treated unfairly in trade, Trump claimed that the 27-member union does not accept US cars and farm…
Teladoc Health Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 31, 2024.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTeladoc Health shares fell in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported a wider loss than analysts expected and issued disappointing quarterly guidance.Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG:Loss per share: 28 cents vs. 24 cents expectedRevenue: $640.5 million vs. $639.6 million expectedRevenue at the telehealth company decreased 3% in the fourth quarter from $660.5 million during the same period last year, according to a release. Teladoc’s net loss widened to $48.4 million,…
A medical worker walks by a billboard for the opening ceremony at the Perennial General Hospital Tianjin opens in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, Feb. 26, 2025. The Perennial General Hospital Tianjin, China’s first wholly foreign-owned, tertiary general hospital, opened to public service here on Wednesday. This 500-bed hospital was built and owned by Singapore’s Perennial Holdings Private Limited, with a total investment of about 1 billion yuan (about 138 million U.S. dollars), capable of comprehensive services including individualized medication. (Xinhua/Li Ran)TIANJIN, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — China’s first wholly foreign-owned tertiary general hospital opened Wednesday in Tianjin Municipality, marking the latest…
Listen to article Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said on Wednesday that all five judges of the Supreme Court were unanimous in their decision that civilians cannot be tried in military courts. He made these remarks during the hearing of an intra-court appeal challenging the trial of civilians in military courts. Justice Mandokhail is part of a seven-member constitutional bench overseeing the appeal, which also includes Justices Amin-ud-din Khan, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Musarat Hilali, Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Shahid Bilal Hassan. During the proceedings, Advocate Faisal Siddiqui argued that there had been three separate decisions by a five-member bench regarding military…
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled oil production concessions granted to Venezuela under his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. In a social media post on Wednesday, Trump said that the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has not made improvements in areas such as election reform and immigration enforcement. “We are hereby reversing the concessions that Crooked Joe Biden gave to Nicolas Maduro, of Venezuela, on the oil transaction agreement, dated November 26, 2022, and also having to do with Electoral conditions within Venezuela, which have not been met by the Maduro regime,” the post reads. In 2022, the Biden…
Listen to article Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embarked on a two-day visit to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan this week, with a focus on strengthening bilateral relations, exploring innovative governance models, and fostering economic collaboration. During his visit to Azerbaijan, PM Shehbaz visited the Asan Khidmat (ASAN XIDMAT) centre in Baku, a one-stop facility offering over 400 services to residents. He praised the centre’s advanced technology and efficient service delivery systems, which he described as a reflection of the visionary leadership of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. The PM expressed interest in replicating this model in Islamabad, stating, “We would love to benefit from Azerbaijan’s experience,”…