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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2025. Fico is in China to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Beijing on Thursday.Fico is in China to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and…

LAHORE: Pakistan’s flood crisis worsened on Wednesday as authorities warned of “exceptionally high” water levels in the Chenab and Sutlej rivers, threatening large parts of southern Punjab. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed that monsoon floods have claimed at least 883 lives since late June. In the past 24 hours, two more children died — one in Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and another in Islamabad — pushing the nationwide death toll to 883, with nearly 1,200 others injured, according to the NDMA’s daily situation report. Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remain the hardest-hit regions. Punjab has reported 223 deaths and 648 injuries,…

HARARE: Pathum Nissanka top-scored with a swift 55 as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in Harare in the first of three Twenty20 Internationals on Wednesday. Zimbabwe posted 175-7 in 20 overs, thanks mainly to 81 runs from opener Brian Bennett, and Sri Lanka reached 177-6 with five balls to spare. The teams meet again on Saturday and Sunday. After 27-year-old right-hand bat Nissanka played a pivotal role with a half century and a century in a 2-0 One-day International series victory, he proved equally successful in the shorter format. His 15th T20 half-century came off 32 balls and…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer chairs a roundtable with UK business leaders in Downing Street in London on April 3, 2025. Ben Stansall | Via ReutersWhile not alone in experiencing bond market volatility this week — with global yields rising among major economies as investors worry about the inflation trajectory, yawning budget deficits and growing debt piles — confidence in the U.K. has been dented by concerns over the country’s particulars.Doubts have mounted over Finance Minister Rachel Reeves’ ability to balance the budget and bring down the national deficit, which hit 4.8% in 2024, as well as the country’s debt pile…

QUETTA: The Khorasan chapter of the ultra-extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide bombing at a political rally in a provincial capital that officials said killed 17 people and injured many more. The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) made the claim through its propaganda arm. The suicide bomber detonated the charge during the rally of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) at Quetta’s Shahwani Stadium. The case was registered at Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station on Wednesday. Police sources confirmed that charges of murder, attempted murder, terrorism, use of explosives, and other serious offenses have been invoked in the FIR. This…

PHNOM PENH: Nolberto Solano’s Pakistan suffered an inauspicious start to their 2026 AFC Under-23 Asian Cup qualifying campaign when they were handed an 8-1 thrashing by Iraq in their Group ‘G’ opener on Wednesday. Reduced to 10 men after Mohibullah Afridi’s red card past the half-hour mark, Pakistan trailed 1-0 at half-time in Peruvian Solano’s first game in-charge of the national team. But they were eventually swamped by Iraq, who used their numerical superiority — Pakistan ended the game with nine men after an injury to defender Haseeb Khan in the 66th with all substitutions having been made — to…

The Punjab government has launched “clinics on boats” to provide medical care in flood-affected areas, as large swathes of South Punjab remain inundated after severe flooding in the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab rivers. According to the provincial Health Department, 968 mobile clinics and medical relief camps have been established. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz told authorities to ensure the best possible treatment for affected families, with a focus on women and children. Free medical camps, vaccination drives for newborns, nutritional screening for malnourished children, and ambulance services for pregnant women have been introduced in relief camps. Water levels continue to rise…

Huawei launched its second generation trifold phone called the Mate XTs on September 4, 2025.HuaweiHuawei on Thursday launched the second generation of its trifold smartphone, as the Chinese tech giant looks to cement its comeback in its home market and dip its toe back overseas.The Shenzhen-headquartered tech firm took the wraps off of the Huawei Mate XTs, which starts at 17,999 Chinese yuan ($2,520) and goes up to 21,999 yuan for the model with the largest memory.Foldable smartphones typically have one hinge that allows a user to fold the device in half. Huawei’s Mate XTs is dubbed a trifold —…

Neeraj Chopra does not usually worry about distance as long as he gets on the podium but the poster boy of Indian athletics knows he may have to throw beyond the 90 metres mark if he is to defend his javelin world title in Tokyo this month. A mop-haired Chopra became India’s first track-and-field athlete to win Olympic gold in the Japanese capital four years ago, and has since added a Diamond League trophy, world championships gold and a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Games. In November last year, the 27-year-old brought in three-time Olympic champion Jan Zelezny as…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade of military might in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West. In unprecedented scenes, Xi shook hands with both leaders and chatted with the pair as they walked down a red carpet by Tiananmen Square, with Putin to Xi’s right and Kim to his left. The event, ostensibly to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, was a chance for Xi to showcase China’s military prowess and bring…