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US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino waves to spectators at the World Cup final last month. Photo: AFP/File WASHINGTON, USA: US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup … Read more
[Repeated heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms are solidifying the understanding that new investments are unavoidable.
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A group of Cuban men in Mexico was charged with smuggling people to the United States. One of its leaders said Raúl Castro’s grandson helped, according to interviews and court records.
[People are racing out to buy them worldwide as gasoline prices stay high. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” said one executive in Lahore.
Cali hospital collapse traps patients, forces 600 onto rubble-strewn street as 164 dead, 1,000 troops deployed Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid … Read more
[ Benchmark Index traded between an intraday high of 181,017.29 and a low of 180,076.22 KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding more than 1,100 points by midday as a jump in oil prices and diminishing hopes of a US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of … Read more
A football pitch amid the rubble in Gaza City. Photo: AFP GAZA: The Palestinian football association announced on Monday that it would resume activity in September after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. “We announce the resumption of sports activities and the football association’s league beginning September 4,” association president Jibril Rajoub … Read more
Australia’s long-time bowling attack of (from left) Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are reunited for the Bangladesh series. Photo: AFP MELBOURNE: Australia’s ageing team begin a demanding run of potentially 21 Tests in 12 months when they face Bangladesh this week, with their injury-prone “Big Four” bowling attack reunited once again. … Read more
[ Newmont consented to Barrick’s planned North American gold IPO as part of the agreement BENGALURU: Barrick Mining reported second-quarter profit below estimates as higher costs at its gold operations offset rising bullion prices, while it struck a $1.95 billion deal with Newmont to settle disputes over Nevada Gold Mines, the companies said. Newmont consented … Read more