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MLB will be playing its first ever baseball game at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.MLBMajor League Baseball is taking America’s pastime to an iconic NASCAR track, and the game is set to top league attendance records.On Saturday, MLB will play its first-ever game in Tennessee as part of the MLB Speedway Classic, where the Atlanta Braves will face off against the Cincinnati Reds at Bristol Motor Speedway.It will mark the first time a professional baseball game has ever been played at a professional race car track, and MLB will incorporate NASCAR-themed elements throughout the event.The event is MLB’s latest effort…

A Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) carrier rocket carrying the Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, July 31, 2025. Launched at 10:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a KZ-1A carrier rocket, the PRSS-1 has entered its planned orbit. The satellite will be primarily used in the fields of land resource surveys and disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Wang Yinjie/Xinhua)XICHANG, July 31 (Xinhua) — China on Thursday launched the Pakistan Remote-Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.Launched at 10:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A)…

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the Hajj Policy for 2026 and the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for 2025, marking significant steps towards digitising services and harnessing technology to drive economic growth. Chairing the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the complete digitalisation of next year’s Hajj operation, aimed at providing the best facilities for pilgrims. “All efforts will be made to ensure the smooth provision of services to Hajj pilgrims,” he said. The Hajj Policy 2026 includes a 70% government quota and a 30% private sector quota. It was highlighted that, following issues with the…

Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024.Noah Berger | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday said that Microsoft and Amazon are hurting competition in the cloud computing industry and called for a probe into their market dominance under the country’s strict new tech rules.The Competition and Markets Authority said that market concentration and barriers to entry in the cloud services market have enabled both Microsoft and Amazon to hold “significant unilateral market power” and reap financial gain exceeding the cost of capital…

Customers enter an Xfinity Store by Comcast on February 24, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesComcast reports its second-quarter earnings Thursday morning, and once again the company’s broadband business will be the focus for investors.Comcast and its cable peers have been suffering from a slowdown in broadband growth in recent years, impacting the companies’ stocks.Here is how Comcast is expected to perform for the second quarter, according to estimates from analysts surveyed by LSEG:Earnings per share: $1.18 expectedRevenue: $29.81 billion expectedLast week Charter Communications — the second largest broadband provider in the country — reported…

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Wednesday reaffirmed the Pakistan Army’s unwavering commitment to ending the menace of terrorism and the socio-economic uplift of Balochistan for national cohesion and integration. Interacting with participants of the 16th National Workshop on Balochistan, Field Marshal Asim condemned India’s blatant sponsorship of terror proxies, characterising them as a failed attempt to target the deep-rooted patriotism of the people of Balochistan. He stated that India, having suffered defeat in Marka-e-Haq, had escalated its proxy war to advance its nefarious designs. He specifically referenced Fitna-al-Khawarij and Fitna-al-Hindustan as pawns of…

FRANCE’S Leon Marchand competes in the semi-final of the 200m individual medley during the World Aquatics Championships on Wednesday.—AFP SINGAPORE: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Leon Marchand returned to the global stage with a bang on Wednesday by shattering the 200 metres individual medley world record to light up day four of the world championships in Singapore. The “French Phelps” blasted through the World Aquatics Championships Arena in one minute, 52.69 seconds in his semi-final, shaving more than 1.3 seconds off Ryan Lochte’s long-standing 1:54.00 from the 2011 event in Shanghai. “I actually cant really believe it right now,” said Marchand,…

A worker welds components at the cotton harvester manufacturing workshop of Xinjiang Boshiran Intelligent Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd. in Wusu City, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)BEIJING, July 31 (Xinhua) — China’s manufacturing sector softened slightly in July due to seasonal factors, but underlying growth momentum remained resilient, with emerging industries gaining traction and business confidence continuing to improve.The purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for manufacturers stood at 49.3 in July, down from 49.7 the previous month, according to data released Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).The manufacturing industry entered its traditional low season,…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday “categorically rejected” Indian claims made during a parliamentary debate on the so-called “Operation Sindoor,” accusing New Delhi of distorting facts, glorifying aggression, and pursuing domestic political mileage through provocative narratives. In an official statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the spokesperson said that the assertions made by Indian leaders during the Lok Sabha debate reflected a “dangerous tendency” to misrepresent the truth and justify unilateral aggression. “Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless assertions and provocative claims made by the Indian leaders during the Lok Sabha debate on the so-called ‘Operation Sindoor’,” the spokesperson said. “These…

China is one of Nvidia’s largest markets, particularly for data centers, gaming and artificial intelligence applications.Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesWhile Nvidia has been given assurances by Washington that it will be allowed to resume exports of its made-for-China H20 general processing units, the AI chips’ return may be met with increased scrutiny from Beijing.According to the Cyberspace Administration of China, Nvidia met with Beijing officials on Thursday regarding national security concerns posed by the H20 chips, which are expected to resume shipments to China following an effective ban in April.Nvidia was requested “to clarify and submit relevant supporting…