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India won the toss and elected to bat first on Friday in their clash against Oman in the lead-up to the Pakistan encounter in the men’s Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi. The Men in Blue rested pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in this dead-rubber clash against Oman. India will face Pakistan next on Sunday. Pakistan captain Salman Agha said his team were ready to face India in the next round of the Asia Cup after last week’s group-stage match between the arch-rivals ended in acrimony when the Indian side refused to shake hands. Pakistan beat the United Arab Emirates in their…
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sharply criticized Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for his comments related to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel shortly before ABC pulled his show off the air.Cruz said he took issue with Carr threatening to cancel ABC’s broadcast license over Kimmel’s remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.”He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way,'” the senator said of Carr in the latest episode of his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” which aired Friday morning.”And I gotta say, that’s right out of ‘Goodfellas,'” Cruz…
A sign is seen outside of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre on Hollywood Boulevard, from where the show is broadcast in Hollywood, California on Sept. 18, 2025.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesDisney’s decision this week to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from its broadcast network ABC is shining a light on a part of the media business in which the federal government has control. On Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested his administration should revoke the licenses of broadcast TV stations that are “against” him. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has made similar threats,…
Pakistan has categorically stated that the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed with Saudi Arabia underscores the two countries’ shared commitment to regional peace and security. The pact is not aimed at threatening any other nation, Associated Press of Pakitan (APP) reported. In his weekly media briefing on Friday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Ambassador Shafqat Ali Khan said, Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a landmark defence agreement during Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s official visit to Riyadh specifically meant to strengthen defence cooperation. The agreement was signed following official talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince…
Ticket reseller StubHub signage on display at the New York Stock Exchange for the company’s IPO on Sept. 17, 2025. NYSEAfter a long wait to get public, StubHub has had a rough start to life on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of the online ticket vendor dropped more than 7% on Friday, falling for a third straight day since debuting on Wednesday. At $19, the stock is now down 18% from its IPO price of $23.50. StubHub, trading under ticker symbol “STUB,” has lagged behind fellow market newcomers like online lender Klarna, design software company Figma and stablecoin issuer…
Pakistan were all set to chase South Africa’s daunting 313-run total, but fell 25 runs short in their second one-day international (ODI) pre- Women’s World Cup ODI encounter in Lahore. A spectacular knock by Sidra Amin, who brought up her second consecutive century of the series, brought them close, but in the end, the Duckworth-Lewis method adjusted 313-run target was a step too far. Set a mammoth score to chase after the Proteas batters ruled the roost in the first innings, Sidra stepped up again under the Gaddafi Stadium lights to score a sublime hundred — but failed to close…
FILE PHOTO: Michael Eisner, Michael Eisner, chairman of Topps Co. and former chief executive officer of Walt Disney Co., speaks during an interview in New York.Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer Disney CEO Michael Eisner on Friday issued a statement supporting Jimmy Kimmel, whose late-night show has been suspended indefinitely by Disney’s subsidiary ABC for comments the host made about the killing of Charlie Kirk.Eisner, in a tweet, blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for “out-of-control intimidation” of ABC and Disney in the hours before the network said it was yanking “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air on…
Elon Musk’s xAI is raising $10 billion from investors in a round that values the artificial intelligence startup at $200 billion, sources told CNBC’s David Faber.It’s the latest example of skyrocketing valuations for companies developing foundational AI models. Earlier this month, Anthropic raised $13 billion at a $183 billion valuation. OpenAI, the largest company in the industry, held a secondary share sale that valued it at $500 billion.The fundraising comes weeks after Musk raised $10 billion in debt and equity at what was believed to be a roughly $150 billion valuation, according to Faber. Last December, xAI raised $6 billion…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken strong exception to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recording a meeting between match referee Andy Pycroft and Pakistan team officials ahead of their Asia Cup fixture against the UAE in Dubai on September 17, with the controversy stemming from the so-called “handshake-gate” incident involving India captain Suryakumar Yadav, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Friday. According to the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency, ICC chief executive Sanjog Gupta wrote a ‘strongly-worded email’ to the PCB on Thursday, terming the use of a mobile phone to film the conversation…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday revised upward the cost of the first phase of the Reko Diq copper and gold mines project for the second time in six months. The cost has now jumped 79% to $7.7 billion from the initial estimate due to higher cost of loans being taken for the project and to offset any future price shocks. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet approved the second revision in the total cost of the first phase of the project. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired the meeting. The ECC also cleared signing of implementation agreements to formally launch…