Arsenal eye Champions League charge with revamped attack

LONDON: Arsenal start their bid for Champions League glory against Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday powered by a new-look attack revitalised by the Gunners’ summer spending spree. Mikel Arteta’s side reached the semi-finals of Europe’s top competition for the first time since 2009 last season before losing to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain. Arsenal also fell short … Read more

Walking a tightrope between China and US

[ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is walking a tightrope between two global powers — the United States (US) and China. Both rivals are now vying for influence in Pakistan, each with its own strategy and set of interests. For Islamabad, the challenge is how to balance these competing relationships without losing credibility or leverage. China has long … Read more

How AI is changing the way we grieve

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LOS ANGELES: When Diego Felix Dos Santos lost his father unexpectedly last year, he thought he would never hear his voice again. The 39-year-old flew to his native Brazil to be with his family, and when he returned to Edinburgh, the silence hit him harder than he anticipated. “I had nothing to actually remind me … Read more

19 killed in Nigeria wedding bus crash

NIGERIA: A bus taking part in wedding celebrations fell into a river in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 women and children among the passengers, a union official and residents said Sunday. The driver stopped the bus on a bridge that had partially collapsed on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar … Read more

how 2025 could trigger economic crisis

[ LAHORE: Pakistan is staring down the barrel of a food security emergency that could ripple through every layer of its economy. The catastrophic monsoon floods of 2025 have submerged vast swathes of the country, from Punjab’s wheat belt to Sindh’s rice-growing districts and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Over 2,000 villages have been inundated, displacing millions, … Read more