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DUBAI: The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) is confident that the high-voltage Pakistan-India clash at the Asia Cup will go ahead. The neighbours have been at loggerheads since a terrorist attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam sparked a brief war and saw the cricketing relations between the two nations nose-dive. Recently, two World Championship of Legends fixtures between the two countries were called off as the India Champions players decided not to play against their Pakistan counterparts. The Asia Cup was originally scheduled to be staged in India but was shifted to the UAE due to tensions between the two countries. India…
A woman looks at a board of “Dead to Rights” at a cinema in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng said that the film transcends time and space, revealing the darkest corners of history while also shining a light on the best of human conscience and reminding us of the cruelty of war and the preciousness of peace.by Xiong Maoling, Hu YousongWASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — The North American premiere of “Dead To Rights,” a Chinese historical film about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, was held Wednesday night at a cinema near Washington,…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan narrowly missed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) target to spend at least Rs2.86 trillion on improving poor health and education standards, as Sindh, Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), and Punjab fell short of their commitments. Education spending appeared to be a low priority, despite one in four children being out of school and half of grade-five students unable to read grade-two Urdu stories. Against the target of Rs2.863 trillion, the federal and four provincial governments spent Rs2.84 trillion in the last fiscal year, missing the mark by Rs27 billion, according to government sources. Compared to the targets in the…
CHITRAL: A team of 16 women trekkers left Chitral city for the base camp of Terich Mir, the highest peak of Hindukush range, here on Friday morning in connection with the ‘Year of Terich Mir 2025’ celebrations. The weeklong trekking is part of the celebrations to mark the first successful ascent to the peak 75 years ago. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KPCTA) is organising the events. Of the women trekkers, two belong to Chitral, while the rest was drawn from all the four provinces of Pakistan and Gilgit-Baltistan. Fauzia Bibi, the board member of KPCTA, and president of…
A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket carrying the Geely-04 constellation of satellites lifts off from sea near the city of Rizhao, in east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)RIZHAO, Shandong, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Saturday morning from east China’s Shandong Province, sending the Geely-04 constellation of 11 satellites into planned orbit.The rocket blasted off from sea at 12:31 a.m. (Beijing Time) near the city of Rizhao. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.It was the 6th flight mission to use an SD-3 rocket, according to the…
Listen to article PESHWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officially notified on Thursday the election of Mishal Yousafzai former Special Assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to the Senate on a women’s reserved seat from K-P. According to the ECP, Yousafzai will serve in the upper house until March 11, 2027, following the resignation of Sania Nishtar. The notification has also been forwarded to the Senate Secretariat. Yousafzai is expected to take her oath as Senator during the upcoming Senate session. Political observers say her entry into the upper house could add a fresh voice from K-P, with…
Listen to article Israel’s military will “take control” of Gaza City under a new plan approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, drawing swift criticism from inside the country and abroad. Nearly two years into the Gaza war, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure to secure a truce that would ease famine conditions for the territory’s more than two million people and free hostages held by Palestinian militants. Hamas condemned the plan to expand fighting as a “new war crime,” while close ally Germany took the unprecedented step of halting certain military exports to Israel over concerns they could be used in Gaza.…
Hasan Nawaz made a triumphant one-day international (ODI) debut, going 63 not out on Friday to power Pakistan over the West Indies by five wickets in their ODI series opener. Nawaz and Hussain Talat formed a sixth-wicket partnership of 104 not out to rally the visitors in the day-night affair, with game two on Sunday and the concluder on Tuesday. West Indies went 280 all out with Evin Lewis leading the way on 60 from 62 balls with three sixes and five fours while Shai Hope added 55 and Roston Chase contributed 53. Needing 281 to win, Pakistan got 53…
A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket carrying the Geely-04 constellation of satellites lifts off from sea near the city of Rizhao, in east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 9, 2025. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)RIZHAO, Shandong, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket lifted off on Saturday morning in east China’s Shandong Province, sending the Geely-04 constellation of satellites into planned orbit.The rocket blasted off from sea at 12:31 a.m. (Beijing Time) near the city of Rizhao. The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. ■A Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) rocket carrying the Geely-04 constellation of satellites lifts off from…
Listen to article US Vice President JD Vance reiterated that Washington had no plans to recognise a Palestinian state, questioning the meaning of recognition “given the lack of a functional government there.” Britain and the United States may disagree on how to address the Gaza crisis but share common goals in the region, US Vice President JD Vance said Friday at the start of talks with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy in southern England. Vance, who has previously criticised Britain’s governing Labour Party, arrived in London with his wife Usha and their three children before heading to Chevening, the red-brick country residence…