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UNICEF has launched a new early childhood development initiative, Bachpan Bemisaal, in collaboration with musician Bilal Maqsood. The four-part series, created under UNICEF’s Pakkay Dost banner, uses music, storytelling and educational entertainment to promote Early Childhood Development (ECD). The programme highlights the foundational role of love, nutrition, hygiene, play and early stimulation in a child’s … Read more
Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to call the Holy Grail of shipwrecks.
In the Trump administration’s latest effort to pressure Ukraine into accepting a 28-point peace plan, officials from the two countries will hold talks in Geneva.
Mitchell Santner celebrates a wicket. Photo: AFP HAMILTON: Matt Henry took 4-43 and Mark Chapman crafted 64 as New Zealand coasted to a four-wicket win over the West Indies in the third ODI here at Seddon Park on Saturday for a series sweep. The tourists’ top order failed to fire once again, skittled for 161 … Read more
ndia’s Simu Das plays a shot during the Women’s Blind Twenty20 World Cup. PHOTO: AFP COLOMBO: India beat Australia on Saturday to enter the final of the first blind women’s T20 world cup against Nepal, winners of the other semi-final against Pakistan in Colombo. India won the first semi-final by nine wickets while Nepal cruised … Read more
The arrest came days before the former president was expected to be ordered to begin a 27-year prison sentence for staging a failed coup.
Older adult from Grays Harbor with health issues dies; owned backyard flock of mixed domestic birds Test tubes are seen labelled “Bird Flu” words in this illustration taken, June 10, 2024.PHOTO: REUTERS A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state’s health department said, in the first confirmed human … Read more
Departures for U.S. subscribers next month include several classic comedies of the big and small screen — and one particularly prescient one.
South Africa’s Aiden Markram (R) plays a shot during the first day of the second Test. Photo: AFP GUWAHATI: Spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets as India rattled South Africa with late strikes to leave the tourists 247-6 at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Saturday. Tristan Stubbs, who made 49, … Read more
Australia’s Travis Head steered Australia to within sight of victory in the first Ashes Test. Photo: AFP PERTH: Makeshift opener Travis Head smacked an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday as England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron. Chasing 205 to win, Head slammed … Read more