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Real Madrid’s Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde celebrates scoring his team’s second goal against Manchester City. Photo: AFP MADRID: Federico Valverde’s superb first-half hat-trick helped Real Madrid demolish Manchester City 3-0 in a surprise Champions League last 16 first leg rout on Wednesday. Los Blancos were missing several key players including Kylian Mbappe but Uruguayan midfielder … Read more
Says authorities must make clear they will not use broadly framed legal threats to silence critical reporting Law Minister Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar addressing a press conference in Islamabad on July 20, 2023. PHOTO: PID/ File The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) raised concerns and flagged self-censorship risks on Thursday over Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar’s … Read more
[Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
Chinese foreign ministry says special envoy for Afghanistan is currently shuttling between two countries to mediate A Pakistani soldier at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. PHOTO: AFP Chinese mediation efforts, including a message from President Xi Jinping, have helped ease the worst fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, three Pakistani … Read more
[A lawsuit argues that the state’s regulations would illegally force a rapid transition to electric vehicles.
New Delhi is considering linking the new incentives to exports to further push globally competitive production The newly launched iPhone 17 series are displayed at an Apple store in New Delhi, India, September 19, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File India is planning fresh incentives for local production of mobile phones after its flagship programme for the … Read more
Attacks on two tankers prompt Iraq to close oil terminals.
The experience of the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of “red alert” incidents above Earth’s neighbor.
Michael Heizer, renowned for monumental earthworks like “City,” offers a domesticated, rattlesnake-proof art for Manhattan’s Gagosian.
Defending champion Jack Draper is through to the Indian Wells quarter-finals after a victory over Novak Djokovic. Photo: AFP INDIAN WELLS: Novak Djokovic was dumped out by Jack Draper in a slugfest Wednesday as the defending champion won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) to reach the quarter-finals at Indian Wells. World number one Carlos Alcaraz sailed … Read more
