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Sialkot Stallionz ownership saga deepens

Sialkot Stallionz owner Hamza Majeed says the sale remained subject to regulatory approval. Photo: Sialkot Stallionz/X The ownership uncertainty surrounding Sialkot Stallionz intensified on Tuesday after franchise owner and OZ Group chairperson Hamza Majeed addressed reports suggesting that 98 per cent of the team’s shares had been sold to CD Ventures. Speaking at a press … Read more

Mourinho’s return upended by suspension

Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior talks with Benfica’s coach Jose Mourinho in the aftermath of the alleged first-leg racial abuse. Photo: AFP/File MADRID: Jose Mourinho has not set foot in the Santiago Bernabeu since leaving Real Madrid in 2013, but his Champions League homecoming with Benfica on Wednesday will be far more complicated than … Read more

Long deployment, toilet woes strain crew on US carrier near Iran

As tensions with Iran escalate, the US Navy has surged two aircraft carriers into the region. One of them, the service’s newest and most expensive supercarrier, is grappling with persistent plumbing failures and the human toll of an unusually long deployment, according to reporting by Gulf News, which cites US media outlets. The USS Gerald … Read more

Gold prices in Pakistan Today

[ At current prices, the looted gold is worth around $70 million. PHOTO: PIXABAY KARACHI: Prices of gold and silver increased in international and domestic markets on Tuesday. In the international bullion market, the price of gold per ounce rose by $34 to reach $5,172. In local markets, the price of gold per tola increased … Read more

US immigration agents’ training ‘broken’: whistleblower

ICE agents in US. – Reuters/file A former US immigration official said Monday that training for federal agents was “deficient, defective and broken,” adding to pressure on President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown. Ryan Schwank resigned this month from his job teaching law at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) training academy in Glynco, Georgia, … Read more

US confirms DeepSeek used Nvidia Blackwell chips in China amid export control concerns

Beijing rejects US criticism of chip restrictions, calling it politicization of trade and tech issues WASHINGTON: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest AI model, set to be released as soon as next week, was trained on Nvidia’s most advanced AI chip, the Blackwell, a senior Trump administration official said on Monday, in what could represent a … Read more

Various foreign ministers condemn Israel over West Bank moves, statement says

Palestinian children and journalists disperse as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank. PHOTO: AFP The foreign ministers of Brazil, France, Spain, Turkey and various other states condemned Israeli decisions that they said introduce sweeping extensions to unlawful Israeli control over the West Bank. “Changes are wide-ranging, reclassifying … Read more

US AI giants accuse Chinese rivals of mass data theft

Anthropic released the feature Tuesday in public beta for developers. PHOTO: FILE US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what it described as industrial-scale intellectual property theft. Anthropic said DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax used a technique … Read more