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Australia captain Pat Cummins said he will be doing everything he can to be fit for the first Ashes test in late November, saying it would be “devastating” to miss out on the Perth clash against England. The 32-year-old pace bowler has been ruled out of upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and India after scans revealed signs of lumbar bone stress in his back. “(I’m) confident we’ll do the rehab right and give it a good crack,” Cummins told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday. “This far out it’s hard to know, but we’re trying to make sure we’re doing…
QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and 35 others injured in a powerful explosion near a public rally organised by the Balochistan National Party (BNP) in Quetta on Tuesday. The explosion took place close to the Shahwani Stadium shortly after the conclusion of a gathering held to mark the fourth death anniversary of Sardar Attaullah Mengal. Provincial Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar confirmed the casualties. Also Read: Six soldiers martyred, five terrorists killed in Bannu attack: ISPR According to police officials, initial reports indicate that the explosion targeted BNP chief Akhtar Mengal and his convoy, however, Mengal remained unharmed…
A 300mm wafer on display at the booth of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company during the 2023 World Semiconductor Conference at Nanjing International Expo Center on July 19, 2023, in Nanjing, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesThe U.S. has revoked a waiver that allowed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to export key chipmaking equipment and technology to its manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China, as Washington continues to ramp up efforts to limit Beijing’s semiconductor advancement.The change will remove a fast-track export privilege known as validated end user (VEU) status, effective Dec. 31, TSMC confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday.The world’s largest…
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, shakes hands with war veterans at Tian’anmen Rostrum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. China on Wednesday held a grand gathering to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping ascended Tian’anmen Rostrum and shook hands with war veterans attending V-Day commemorations. ■Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist…
RIYADH: Saudi Aramco and Iraq’s state oil company SOMO have stopped selling crude oil to India’s Nayara Energy in the aftermath of sanctions imposed in July by the European Union on the Russian-backed refiner, three sources familiar with the matter said. The halting of supply from the two Gulf exporters means Nayara, majority-owned by Russian entities including oil major Rosneft, relied entirely on Russia for its crude oil imports in August, according to sources and LSEG shipping data. Nayara typically receives around two million barrels of Iraqi crude and 1m barrels of Saudi crude each month, but did not receive…
LONDON: Alexander Isak’s British record £125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle United to Liverpool on Monday completed an eye-watering summer of English Premier League spending. The Swedish striker’s move, along with several other big-money deadline day deals such as Newcastle’s £55 million swoop for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa meant the cumulative spend for the world’s richest football league during the transfer window reached three billion pounds for the first time. Gross spending for the Premier League this season is already the highest ever, exceeding the 2.7 billion pounds spent in the 2022-23 season, and the January window is still…
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, is ready to review troops as a Hongqi limousine carrying him drives out of the Tian’anmen Rostrum during a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. Xi delivered a speech at the gathering and reviewed troops. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed troops in Beijing on Wednesday during…
PESHAWAR: From Russia’s perspective, the most dangerous international terrorist outfit is Daesh or IS-KP, but other militant groups also posed a serious danger to the region, like the TTP to Pakistan and ETIM to China, Russian special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Tuesday. In an exclusive interaction with The Express Tribune, Kabulov stated that Russia was on the same page with Pakistan and China that the threat from these groups should not be underestimated, and must be eliminated, otherwise, these could harm the diplomatic ties with Beijing and Islamabad. “We have the information that Pakistan and China regularly…
The Google logo is seen outside a building housing Google offices in Beijing on February 4, 2025. China on February 4 said it would probe US tech giant Google over violations of anti-monopoly laws after Washington slapped 10 percent levies on Chinese goods. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty ImagesAlphabet shares rose nearly 6% in premarket trading on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google’s antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant.The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had proposed a sort of break-up of Google, which included divesting its Chrome browser, in an antitrust case that began…
KARACHI: For former Pakistan striker Gohar Zaman, it was something he hadn’t seen before. Watching Pakistan football team’s fitness coach Jorge Castaneira work, he could see the difference. “It was really high intensity,” Gohar, now the Pakistan under-23 team assistant coach, told Dawn from Phnom Penh, where the team open their AFC Under-23 Championship qualifying campaign on Wednesday. “… and Castaneira says it’s merely the start.” With almost all of Pakistan’s squad bereft of domestic action due to years of crisis in the Pakistan Football Federation, Gohar believes that working on improving the fitness levels was the one aspect that…