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Citizens drive 50GW solar shift as costly fossil fuel demand shrinks

[ Households bear expensive LNG import costs as industries abandon high-cost fuel but govt reliance persists After decades of reliance on imported and local fossil fuels, Pakistan is shifting towards cheaper and cleaner choices. In FY24, shrinking energy supplies and declining consumption defined Pakistan’s energy story. Weak demand and rising fuel costs are driving a … Read more

Arteta worries as Arsenal lose Gyokeres for Slavia Prague game

Arsenal’s coach Mikel Arteta looks on during a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match with Slavia Prague. PHOTO: AFP LONDON: Arsenal will be without Viktor Gyokeres for Tuesday’s Champions League game at Slavia Prague after the Swedish striker picked up a muscle injury at the … Read more

Pakistan beat South Africa by two wickets to mark Faisalabad’s international return

The hosts achieved the 264-run target with two balls to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the series Pakistan’s captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (C) celebrates with teammates at the end of the first one-day international (ODI) cricket match against South Africa at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on November 4. PHOTO: AFP Pakistan marked … Read more

Floods in Indonesia’s Papua claim 15 lives, mostly children

Indonesia’s disaster agency warned of more floods as heavy rain is forecast across parts of Papua Search and rescue operation underway after catastrophic floods in Papua region of Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS Indonesian authorities said on Tuesday that 15 people, mostly children, were killed after being swept away while crossing a river in the easternmost Papua … Read more

Over 40 dead as Typhoon triggers massive floods in central Philippines

n Cebu province, Typhoon Kalmaegi killed 39 people, officials said, excluding Cebu City deaths Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on Tuesday. Entire towns on … Read more

Chelsea prepare for 5,000-mile round trip without Neto

Tottenham Hotspur’s Destiny Udogie in action with Chelsea’s Pedro Neto. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: Chelsea winger Pedro Neto will not be in their squad for the nearly 5,000-mile round trip to play Qarabag in the Champions League in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Wednesday, manager Enzo Maresca told reporters.  Neto, who appeared to have a calf issue … Read more