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MADRID: Liverpool and Portugal star Diogo Jota was likely speeding when his car veered off a motorway in Spain last week killing him and his brother, Spanish police said on Tuesday. The shock deaths of Jota, 28, and Andre Silva, 25, on July 3 plunged the football world into mourning, less than two weeks after the striker had got married. An ongoing investigation is examining “the marks left by one of the vehicle’s wheels… everything points to a possible excessive speed beyond the road’s speed limit”, the Civil Guard said. “All the tests conducted so far indicate that the driver…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan loses Rs250 billion annually to power theft in the country — not Rs500 billion as some claim — Energy Minister Awais Leghari told the National Assembly Standing Committee on Power on Tuesday. The committee, chaired by Muhammad Idrees, was informed that K-Electric could now draw up to 600 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the national grid, bringing its total power availability to 2,000MW. The minister’s statement came during a suggestion from committee member Rana Sikandar Hayat, who urged the issuance of new connections to housing societies to boost consumption. “If demand notices are issued, we’ll install the connections,” the minister…
LONDON: India expect England to roll out a challenging track for the third Test at Lord’s but are confident their in-form batters can master it, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said on Tuesday. India levelled the five-Test series 1-1 with a thumping 336-run victory at Edgbaston where they racked up 587 in the first innings and declared their second on 427-6. England are pondering overhauling their tired bowling attack and a fit-again Jofra Archer is in line to play his first Test in more than four years at Lord’s. “It will be a challenge if Jofra comes in,” Kotak told reporters…
U.S. President Donald Trump walks as workers react at U.S. Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersAs President Donald Trump’s tariffs against more than a dozen countries spark fresh concerns about looming country-specific trade measures, often overlooked are the levies on specific products and commodities that are already in place or could soon be coming.These so-called “Section 232” tariffs — already announced on cars, steel and aluminum, and floated for copper and other items — further constrain businesses and U.S. trading partners trying to navigate a constantly evolving trade environment.Trump said Tuesday that he would…
A student operates an AI-powered VR device at Shenzhen Xiantian Foreign Language School in south China’s Guangdong Province, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua)BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) — Beijing Normal University (BNU) has launched China’s first undergraduate program dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) education, aiming to address a critical shortage of specialized teachers in the field.The initiative aligns with government directives to boost AI education across primary and secondary schools nationwide, the Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday.In late 2024, the Ministry of Education issued a directive calling for measures to advance AI education in primary and secondary schools.This year, Beijing’s…
ISLAMABAD: An audit report presented to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has revealed that Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) employees caused a loss of Rs1.2 billion to the national treasury through a fraud involving forged documents. Audit officials on Tuesday told a meeting of the PACheld under the chairmanship of Junaid Akbar on Tuesdaythat in several cases, loans sanctioned for farmers never reached them as ZTBL employees misappropriated these loans. Appearing before the committee, ZTBL president stated that the bank dismissed 400 employees found involved in altering loan documents. “We have placed personal contact numbers and awareness boards in every…
Apple is in talks to acquire the US broadcast rights to screen Formula 1 when the contract becomes available next year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, following the success of Brad Pitt-starrer F1: The Movie. The report follows the strong box office performance of Apple’s high-octane racing film F1: The Movie, which has grossed $293 million in its first 10 days, according to Variety and other outlets. The iPhone maker is challenging current US broadcaster ESPN, owned by Disney, for the Formula 1 rights next year, the FT report said, citing sources familiar with the matter. Reuters could not…
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the awarding of a major highway construction contract to a blacklisted firm, raising alarms over transparency, procedural lapses and funding delays in the Rajanpur-Dera Ismail Khan section of the Indus Highway project. The Senate Standing Committee on Communications, which met at Parliament House with its chairman Senator Pervaiz Rasheed, grilled officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) over the project’s stagnant progress, insufficient allocation in the current PSDP and the decision to award the contract despite the contractor’s alleged blacklisting. According to NHA officials, five bypasses are planned between Rajanpur…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the balcony of the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)The delay adds yet another twist to Trump’s original “90 deals in 90 days” promise — so far yielding only two vague trade agreements with Britain and Vietnam.WASHINGTON, July 9 (Xinhua) — With the 90-day suspension of sweeping U.S. reciprocal tariffs scheduled to expire Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to extend the pause till Aug. 1 while trade negotiations continue.Forbes described the move as the administration’s “27th policy flip-flop” since April 2,…
Listen to article THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for persecuting women and girls. Judges said there were “reasonable grounds” to suspect Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani of committing gender-based persecution. “While the Taliban have imposed certain rules and prohibitions on the population as a whole, they have specifically targeted girls and women by reason of their gender, depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms,” the court said in a statement. The Taliban had “severely deprived” girls and women of…