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[ KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange opened the week on a strong footing, with the KSE-100 index gaining 1,590 points to close at 163,847.69, marking a 0.98% increase on the day. Buying interest remained steady throughout the session, pushing the index to an intra-day peak of 163,903.62, while the day’s low came in at 162,058.64. … Read more
MELBOURNE: It may have been New Zealand’s retro moustaches, wigs and floppy hats, but Ricky Ponting was far from convinced that Twenty20 cricket would catch on after the first international match at Eden Park 20 years ago. “I think it’s difficult to play seriously,” the Australia skipper said after smashing 98 from 55 balls to … Read more
NEWCASTLE: Arsenal produced a dramatic late turnaround to beat Newcastle United 2-1 at St James’ Park on Sunday, strengthening their Premier League title challenge. Nick Woltemade’s first-half header put Newcastle ahead, and the hosts looked on course for a fourth successive home win over the Gunners. Arsenal had earlier been denied a penalty by VAR, … Read more
COLOMBO: The eight-team ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will begin from Tuesday, 30 September with Pakistan opening their campaign against Bangladesh on Thursday, 2 October. Pakistan qualified for the forthcoming mega event after maintaining a 100 per cent win record in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier held in Lahore earlier this year. Before … Read more
MILAN: AC Milan staked their claim as challengers for the Serie A title on Sunday after a statement 2-1 win over Napoli which put them top of the pile despite having to play over half-an-hour with 10 men. Christian Pulisic was the star for Milan at the San Siro by setting up Alexis Saelemaekers’ opener … Read more
[Mayor Eric Adams’s abandoning his re-election bid may please some business leaders opposed to Zohran Mamdani. But it may not change the outcome of the race.
Australian telco Optus said on Monday it had suffered another emergency call outage in an area south of Sydney, 10 days after a broader disruption that it said had probably caused four deaths when customers were unable to get timely aid. The Australian government called the outage an “absolutely shocking failure” and has said it will seek answers from Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI), which owns the country’s No. 2 carrier. Singtel Group CEO Yuen … Read more
[Jared Kushner’s private equity firm and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund are among the investors taking the video game giant private.
A spate of recent drone sightings near airports in Denmark and Norway has amplified security concerns in Europe.
Indian PM Modi just compared last night’s final to Operation Sindoor and the internet is confused. Following the India–Pakistan final, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian team with the remark: “Operation Sindoor on the games field. The outcome is the same – India wins.” The statement drew criticism for linking cricket to politics, coming … Read more
