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A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesFrontier Airlines is going after customers of Spirit Airlines, whose financial footing has gotten so shaky in recent weeks that it warned earlier this month it might not be able to survive another year without more cash.Frontier on Tuesday announced 20 routes it plans to start this winter, many of them in major Spirit markets like its base at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida. Frontier overlaps with Spirit on 35% of its capacity,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, in Beijing on Tuesday.Xi pointed out that China-Russia relations are the most stable, mature and strategically significant major-country relations in today’s volatile and changing world.Persistently promoting the high-level development of China-Russia relations is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and is…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday mounted a strong denunciation of the “highly escalatory and dangerous” statements about Greater Israel plans, warning that such pronouncements risked plunging the entire region into even greater instability while compounding Gaza’s humanitarian tragedy. In a powerful address to the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) in Jeddah Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar warned the history will judge the Muslim world by its actions to prevent another Nakba. Dar issued a stark condemnation of Israel’s recent provocative statements and unveiled a comprehensive seven-point plan for Palestine.…
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Monday chaired a consultative meeting to review preparations for the forthcoming National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, emphasizing fairness, inclusivity, and consensus in the process. Provincial Finance Minister Mir Shoaib Nosherwani briefed the session on the province’s financial position and urgent priorities. The chief minister said consultations would be held with all political parties and subject experts, including those outside parliament, to build a unified stance for Balochistan. Bugti said the NFC Award must recognize the province’s unique challenges and ensure transparent distribution of resources. He described the award as an opportunity to…
The absent Alexander Isak dominated the build-up to Newcastle United’s clash at home to Liverpool but the Swede was temporarily forgotten in a rip-roaring contest that ended 3-2 to the reigning champions thanks to a stoppage-time winner by teenaged Premier League debutant Rio Ngumoha. Isak’s desire to leave Newcastle, with Liverpool his destination of choice, guaranteed a boisterous St James’ Park atmosphere and it seemed Arne Slot’s visitors had buckled as they threw away a flattering 2-0 lead against a side reduced to 10 men by Anthony Gordon’s red card in first-half stoppage time. But 16-year-old Ngumoha broke Newcastle’s hearts…
Eli Lilly Biotechnology Center is shown in San Diego, California, U.S. March 1, 2023. Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly on Tuesday said its daily weight loss pill helped patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes shed weight in a late-stage trial, meeting the study’s main goal and clearing the way for the company to file for approval of the drug globally. The treatment is inching closer to becoming a new, needle-free alternative in the highly lucrative market for weight loss and diabetes drugs called GLP-1s. More convenient pills could boost supply for the treatments and make them easier to access than…
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, in Beijing on Tuesday.Xi pointed out that China-Russia relations are the most stable, mature and strategically significant major-country relations in today’s volatile and changing world.Persistently promoting the high-level development of China-Russia relations is in the fundamental interests of the two peoples and is…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unidentified terrorists mounted a deadly assault on a Frontier Constabulary (FC) platoon in Hangu late on Sunday night, leaving three personnel martyred and 21 others injured, including three in critical condition. According to police officials, terrorists stormed the FC fort in the Torah Wadi area of Doaba under the cover of darkness, triggering intense crossfire. Security officials confirmed that Naik Sadiq Hussain, a resident of Safedsang, Sepoy Abdul Ghaffar of Sado Garhi Chehel Ghazi Baba, and Sepoy Zewar Khan of Yar Ghalji embraced martyrdom in the attack. At least 21 personnel sustained injuries. Among the wounded were…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan meet with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk at Zhongnanhai in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 26, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan met with Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk in Beijing on Tuesday.Xi extended a warm welcome to them for visiting China again, and welcomed King Sihamoni to attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist…
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan’s sister Aleema has been exempted from appearing in court to face charges of protesting for her brother’s release last year. The anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi will next hear the case a week later, on September 2. The Sadiqabad Police had registered a case against her after the violent November 26 protests in Islamabad. On Monday, Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge Amjad Ali Shah granted her lawyer Advocate Muhammad Faisal Malik’s request for exemption. Aleema is out on bail. However, her sons were arrested in Lahore last week. On August 22, police detained Shershah Khan, a day after…