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Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and Australian Nicola Olyslagers sealed wins in the Diamond League finals in a high-octane ‘city event’ in downtown Zurich on Wednesday. Duplantis, fresh from setting a 13th world record of 6.29m in Budapest earlier this month, was competing in one of six field disciplines held at Zurich’s Sechselautenplatz, directly in front of the city’s iconic opera house. The US-born Swede had described the pole vault as a “beautiful circus act” and the street feel to the event certainly led to a visceral ambiance that left the temporary stands shaking amid stomping feet and raucous, choreographed cheers.…

Former champion Daniil Medvedev was fined a total of $42,500 by the US Open on Wednesday for his spectacular meltdown during a loss to Benjamin Bonzi at the start of the week. Medvedev lost 6-3 7-5 6-7(5) 0-6 6-4 on Sunday but it was his behaviour in the third set that dominated the headlines, when the 2021 champion launched a tirade against the umpire and whipped up jeering fans who stopped his opponent from serving. The 13th seed was facing match point and a straight-sets loss when a photographer entered the Louis Armstrong Stadium court just as Frenchman Bonzi misfired…

Amtrak’s NextGen Acela.Courtesy: AmtrakAmtrak rolled out its NextGen Acela trains on Thursday, marking the next phase for the U.S.’s attempt at high-speed rail.Dubbing itself as “America’s only high-speed rail service,” the new trains will run between Washington, D.C., and Boston, with a top speed of 160 mph. It’s an extension of Amtrak’s existing Acela trains, which run through the busy Northeast corridor and operate at speeds up to 150 mph on certain sections of the route.According to Amtrak, more than 69 million passengers have traveled on Acela trains since the service began at the end of 2000. In fiscal year…

The first press conference on preparations for the V-Day commemorations is held by the press center of Commemoration of 80th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese People’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 28, 2025. Assistant Foreign Minister Hong Lei, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Lu Yingchuan, Wu Zeke, deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for the Military Parade and a senior officer of the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and Xia Linmao, executive vice mayor of Beijing attended the press conference. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)BEIJING, Aug.…

ISLAMABAD: Ever since the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has found itself adrift in hostile judicial waters, struggling to secure meaningful relief from the country’s superior courts. The party, whose founder and chief Imran Khan has remained incarcerated for over two years, continues to plead with the judiciary for hearings on his cases. However, progress has remained slow as PTI’s petitions linger unresolved. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has once again moved the Supreme Court, seeking directions for authorities to arrange his meeting with the incarcerated patron-in-chief of the party in Adiala Jail. The…

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday quit the chairmanship of several National Assembly standing committees, implementing the directives of the PTI leadership, party officials said. Speaking to the media, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Junaid Akbar confirmed that he had resigned following directives from the party leadership. “Implementing the directives of the party leadership is a collective responsibility of all members,” he said. PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram also resigned from PAC and the Information Committee. “Following the instructions of our leader Imran Khan, I submitted my resignation this morning from the Public Accounts Committee…

DUBAI: Emphasising that there is no pressure on him, Pakistan’s young batting sensation Hasan Nawaz on Wednesday said that he was taking the forthcoming T20 Asia Cup in the UAE as a challenge. “Look, there’s always pressure. Every game comes with pressure but we enjoy it. It [Asia Cup] is a big tournament, and if you perform well, you make a big name for yourself. I take it as a challenge. Whether it’s any team or any condition, it’s a challenge for me, and I’ll do my best to overcome this challenge,” top-order batter Hasan said while talking to reporters…

Workers are seen at the new Rheinmetall artillery munitions factory during its inauguration on August 27, 2025 in Unterluess, Germany. Germany is investing heavily to modernize the Bundeswehr, its armed forces. Morris Macmatzen | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesRheinmetall’s newly-opened factory in Northern Germany — set to become Europe’s biggest ammunition production facility — is another step in the region’s race to catch up with Russian output, according to the company’s chief executive.CEO Armin Papperger on Wednesday told CNBC that Russia had the capacity to put out 4 to 5 million artillery ammunition rounds a year. Comparatively, he said…

This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2025 shows the new immigration inspection facility at Terminal 1 of Tianjin Binhai International Airport in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)TIANJIN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) — The new immigration inspection facility was officially inaugurated at Tianjin Binhai International Airport on Wednesday. The upgraded area now offers more than double the space of the previous one, with the number of inspection lanes increasing from 17 to 22.Notably, these include four dedicated lanes for delegates attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, along with eight express channels.Equipped with advanced technologies such as autonomous patrol robots and integrated…

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that Pakistan failed to develop investable flood-related projects to benefit from the $11 billion pledged at the Geneva conference nearly three years ago, a lapse that highlights the gap between the government’s desire to secure aid and its ability to effectively use it. The minister was speaking at a conference on “Building a Resilient Public Financial Management Ecosystem” organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP), on a day when heavy rains inundated parts of Punjab. The province is facing an unprecedented flood emergency triggered by torrential rains and India’s…