England receive Ashes boost

LONDON: England Test captain Ben Stokes has resumed training and fast bowler Mark Wood is in line to return to action next week in a major boost to England’s preparations for the Ashes series in Australia later this year. Stokes missed the fifth and final Test against India at the Oval having hurt his shoulder … Read more

Amnesty calls out Pakistan for mass telecom surveillance

Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media and a phone-tapping system, in one of the most comprehensive examples of state surveillance outside China, Amnesty International said. In a report released on Tuesday, the rights watchdog said that Pakistan’s growing monitoring network was built using both … Read more

Trump loses legal battle

NEW YORK: A US appeals court upheld on Monday a jury’s $83.3 million penalty against President Donald Trump for defaming author E Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted.The January 2024 order consisted of $65 million in punitive damages after the jury found Trump acted maliciously in his many public comments about … Read more