Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday dismissed claims by the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief about the destruction of Pakistani fighter jets during Operation Sindoor, calling them “as implausible as they are ill-timed”. The scathing rejoinder came hours after Air Chief Marshal AP Singh asserted that the IAF had shot down five Pakistani … Read more

[ Listen to article WASHINGTON: The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation on Friday approved a loan and investment worth up to $250 million in a polysilicon manufacturing project in Oman for solar power applications, over the objections of the IFC’s US executive director, two sources familiar with the board vote said. Three other executive directors on the … Read more

CINCINNATI: Newly minted Toronto Masters champion Ben Shelton will open his account at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open against Camilo Ugo Carabelli after the Argentine defeated Kei Nishikori 7-5, 6-3 on Friday. World number seven Shelton arrived in the American Midwest on a private jet after winning his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto on Thursday … Read more

[ Listen to article BENGALURU: The US Commerce Department has started issuing licences to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a US official told Reuters on Friday, removing a significant hurdle to the AI bellwether’s access to a key market. The US last month reversed an April ban on the sale of the H20 chip … Read more