SPAIN: Real Madrid extended their winning start to La Liga with a comfortable 4-1 triumph at Levante on Tuesday. Kylian Mbappe scored twice to reach seven league goals in six matches as Xabi Alonso’s side maintained their 100 percent record. Vinicius Junior opened the scoring with a superb finish and Franco Mastantuono was also on … Read more

[ KARACHI: Pakistani fintech companies are increasingly turning their eyes towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), lured by the vast opportunities offered under Riyadh’s Vision 2030 digital transformation agenda and catalysed by the latest Pak-Saudi defence pact. Pakistan’s growing IT sector has immense potential to become part of the broader strategic and defence ties … Read more

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping began a rare visit Tuesday to the northwest region of Xinjiang, home to numerous ethnic groups including Turkic-speaking Uyghurs, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The vast territory borders several countries, including Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Xi arrived in the regional capital Urumqi to attend celebrations marking the 70th anniversary … Read more

[ ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries and Production held a ceremony on Tuesday to receive state land retrieved by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). According to an official statement, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan, received the land on behalf of the federal government. It was formally handed … Read more

[ KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed modestly higher on Tuesday, driven by investor interest in selective stocks of banking, energy and cement sectors, as the KSE-100 index added nearly 400 points to close just shy of 158,000 mark. The market remained in the positive territory, buoyed by hopes of settlement of circular debt … Read more

Zayn Malik has officially announced a 2026 Las Vegas residency, marking a major milestone in his solo career and signalling what organisers describe as the beginning of a significant year for the former ‘One Direction’ star. Malik will perform across seven nights at Dolby Live at Park MGM, with shows scheduled between January 20 and … Read more

NEW YORK: ‘Robot umpires’ will debut in Major League Baseball in the 2026 season as the game adopts the automated strike zone challenge system tested in the 2025 pre-season, MLB announced on Tuesday. MLB’s joint competition committee voted to approve the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System, which allows players to challenge human umpires’ ball and … Read more