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Nashra Sandhu-inspired Pakistan made easy work of South Africa with a 6-wicket win in their final one-day international (ODI) in the lead-up to the Women’s World Cup on Monday. The left-arm spinner ended up with career-best figures of 6-26 as the Proteas were skittled out for 115 within 26 overs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore — before the Women in Green chased it down with 19 overs to spare. South Africa rested key players, including the player-of-the-match from their last encounter — Tazmin Brits — who had scored a mammoth unbeaten 171 in the match on Friday. Nashra had…
The recent flood stream, triggered by the second spell of monsoon rain this year, that surged through Karachi has subsided, but it has once again placed the future of Saadi Town and Saadi Garden — two of Scheme 33’s largest housing projects — under intense scrutiny. Drainage operations continue across more than 10,000 plots housing more than 40,000 people, where streets and properties remain waterlogged. The flooding was triggered by overflow from Thaddo Dam in Gadap, which crossed the M9 Motorway and entered Scheme 33. The stream traveled through Shamim Villas, Gulshan-e-Usman, Block 7, and Saadi Garden before inundating Saadi…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer on Monday said it would buy weight loss drugmaker Metsera in an up to $7.3 billion deal, including future payments, as it scrambles to win a slice in the booming obesity drug market. Pfizer said it will pay an initial $47.50 a share in cash for Metsera, a nearly 43% premium to the biotech company’s Friday’s closing price of $33.32. That gives the deal an enterprise value of $4.9 billion. The pact also includes a contingent value right worth up to $22.50 a share based on potential clinical and regulatory achievements for…
Tourists ride cable cars at the Kok Tobe Mountain in Almaty, Kazakhstan on May 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Renzi)TACHENG, China, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Border port cities in northwest China’s Xinjiang have seen a boom in cross-border tourism propelled by a visa-free agreement between China and Kazakhstan since it took effect in November 2023. INCREASING TRAVEL ROUTES”This summer, I made two trips to the Alakol Lake in Kazakhstan,” said Tao Qin, a Tacheng city resident in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Lake swimming and mud bath are among the attractions in the increasingly popular tourism destination to Tacheng residents. The lake resort is just…
World leaders began gathering on Monday for a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session expected to be dominated by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, rising Western recognition of Palestinian statehood and nuclear tensions with Iran, as the organisation marks its 80th anniversary. “It’s an important session which marks the UN’s 80th anniversary,” said Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, adding that the Pakistani delegation, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, will play an active role on regional and global issues. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned, “We are gathering in turbulent, even uncharted, waters,” saying international…
The Oracle headquarters in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesOracle is promoting its presidents of cloud infrastructure, Clay Magouyrk, and industries, Mike Sicilia, to co-CEOs, the company announced Monday.Safra Catz, the software giant’s current CEO, will serve as executive vice chair on the company board.Oracle has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom thanks to its cloud infrastructure business and its access to Nvidia’s graphics processing units, or GPUs, which are both needed to run large workloads. Oracle and other major cloud providers like Microsoft, Amazon and Google are in a fierce competition for customers.As Oracle’s cloud infrastructure president, Magouyrk led the development…
ENGLAND batter Tom Banton in action during the third Twenty20 International against Ireland at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground on Sunday.—Reuters DUBLIN: Jordan Cox marked his return to international cricket in spectacular fashion by blasting a quickfire fifty despite a knee problem to guide England to a six-wicket victory over Ireland and seal a 2-0 series triumph at a sold-out Malahide on Sunday. The 24-year-old, who had not played for England for over a year and was not even named in the original squad, smashed 55 off 35 deliveries at number four to help his side chase down a modest…
Passengers walk in Shanghai South Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, July 1, 2025. A new train schedule took effect in China on July 1, 2025, starting this year’s 62-day summer travel season, according to the railway operator. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — As China prepares for an eight-day holiday at the beginning of October, its tourism market is bracing for another surge. At the same time, a new proposal to introduce spring and autumn vacations for primary and middle school students is gaining attention and could reshape how families plan their travels.Earlier this month, a national policy document…
LONDON: Gabriel Martinelli’s 93rd minute equaliser saved Arsenal’s Premier League title bid from a damaging defeat to Manchester City, while Aston Villa remain winless after a limp 1-1 draw at 10-man Sunderland. The Gunners were heading to a second defeat in five Premier League games due to Erling Haaland’s early strike on the counter-attack for City. Martinelli came off the bench to score for the second time in a week to salvage a 1-1 draw, but both sides lost more ground to Premier League leaders Liverpool. Arsenal went second, five points behind the champions, while City are eight points off…
RAWALPINDI/DI KHAN: Security forces on Saturday eliminated seven terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an intelligence-based operation in the Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). According to a statement issued Sunday by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was launched following reports of TTP presence in the area. “During the operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and, resultantly, seven Indian-sponsored khwarijincluding three Afghan nationals and two suicide bomberswere sent to hell,” the statement read. It added that a sanitization operation was underway to eliminate any other “Indian-sponsored khwarij” hiding in…