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President Maduro said the handover was a ‘direct request’ from his government to the US and added that his countrymen were ‘rescued’.The United States has sent 177 deported Venezuelan migrants from the Washington-controlled military base in Guantanamo to Venezuela. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed it transported the Venezuelans to Honduras on Thursday. Venezuelan authorities took custody of the deportees from Soto Cano – a joint US-Honduras military airbase – before flying them to Caracas on a flag carrier Conviasa flight. Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello was at the airport when the plane landed, and boarded the aircraft to…
ISLAMABAD: A group of former Pakistani Olympians on Thursday urged the government to conclude the corruption inquiry related to the Pakistan Hockey Federation, alleging massive embezzlement of funds given by the government. The former hockey legends, including Olympians Kaleemullah, Ayaz Mahmood, Nasir Ali and Naeem Akhter, met Pakistan Sports Board director general Yasir Pirzada and other officials, demanding an early conclusion to the ongoing inquiry. They highlighted that the PHF received significant government funding from 2008 to 2024, which exceeded all funds received from 1947 to 2008. The Olympians alleged that three former Olympians, associated with the PHF from 2008…
Thailand is facilitating the transfer of thousands of people rescued from scam centres on the border of Myanmar.As many as 1,000 Chinese nationals rescued from online scam centres in Myanmar are due to return home following an international crackdown on the illegal operations. They are among the thousands of foreigners freed this week from scam centres, where they were forced to run romance and investment scams, among others. Many claim to be victims themselves, lured to countries like Thailand with the false promise of a job before they were trafficked over the border into Myanmar. The Karen Border Guard Force,…
Audience are pictured during the China Pingtan Island Chorus Festival in Pingtan, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Oct. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Li Xiaoxue, an avid follower of live shows in 30s, still feels elated and exultant thanks to a hip-hop performance she watched last December.”The live vibe was very exhilarating, and the signing session, where the audience had face-to-face interactions with the singers, was super exciting!” said Li, who works at an overseas study training institution in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province.Li told Xinhua that she usually goes to a live house performance every two months.…
Listen to article Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, has warned of legal action against those protesting and running social media campaigns against the Chief of Army Staff’s (COAS) visit to the United Kingdom. Speaking to Express News on Thursday, Tarar said the army chief received a warm welcome in the UK, which enhanced Pakistan’s international standing. “The world acknowledges the professional capabilities of Pakistan’s armed forces,” he stated. He accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of being unable to accept the respect given to the army chief abroad. “A handful of miscreants launched a social media campaign and staged protests, but patriotic Pakistanis have…
This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market.Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesDeepSeek’s sudden splash in the large language model space has given China a powerful tool to catalyze artificial-intelligence adoption in the country and boost economic growth.While Goldman Sachs pegs a 20-basis-point to 30-basis-point boost to China’s GDP over the long term — by 2030 — its expects the country’s economy to start reflecting the positive impact of AI…
LAHORE: Wicket-keeper/batter Jamie Smith and paceman Jofra Archer were included in the England playing XI on Thursday for their crucial Champions Trophy opening match against arch-rivals Australia. The high-profile Group ‘B’ match on Saturday, will be the first of the Champions Trophy to be staged at the Gaddafi Stadium. The 24-year-old Smith last played an ODI in September against Australia at Bristol while right-armer Archer represented England in the first ODI against India earlier this month. Meanwhile, the Australian team could not practise in the afternoon at the LCCA ground due to intermittent rain in Lahore. On the other hand,…
CHIBI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — Tian Shuxian, a deputy to the National People’s Congress (NPC), is the director of an ecological planting and breeding cooperative in Chibi City, central China’s Hubei Province.With a master’s degree in agriculture, Tian has devoted herself to helping villagers reap more gains with science and technology.Tian proposed rice-shrimp-duck farming and went door to door to provide guidance to villagers. She set up an ecological agriculture laboratory, a microbial culture room, and a water quality testing room in the fields, and built an ecological aquaculture demonstration base.Tian Shuxian is pictured in a greenhouse in Anfeng Village,…
Listen to article An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will arrive in Islamabad next week to discuss around $1 billion in climate financing for Pakistan, an adviser to the Pakistan finance minister said on Thursday. Advisor to Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad told Reuters that the mission would visit from February 24 to 28 for a “review and discussion” of climate resilience funding. The disbursement will take place under the Fund’s Resilience and Sustainability Trust, created in 2022 to provide long-term concessional cash for climate-related spending, such as adaptation and transitioning to cleaner energy. Pakistan made a formal request in October last year for around $1…
KARACHI: Hashmatullah Shahidi stifled a smile, but the corners of his mouth betrayed his excitement every time Afghanistan’s fan following in Karachi was mentioned during his press conference here on Wednesday. Shahidi’s side will become the first Afghanistan team to play here at the National Bank Stadium when they take on South Africa in their ICC Champions Trophy opener on Friday, with the team’s fans expected to show up at the venue in numbers. The metropolis is home to a massive population of Afghan diaspora and Shahidi couldn’t deny that a lot of them would be their 12th man against…