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. RAWALPINDI: Six separate emergencies were reported at different locations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday, including a powerful house explosion caused by gas accumulation, an LPG cylinder blast, fires in homes and a commercial plaza, and two traffic accidents. One woman lost her life and 11 others were injured in the incidents and shifted … Read more
EAST RUTHERFORD: Vinicius Junior scored a brilliant equaliser for Brazil in a 1-1 draw with Morocco on Saturday as the five-time World Cup winners made an uncertain start to the tournament in New Jersey. Ismael Saibari ran through to give Morocco a 21st-minute lead with a clever scoop in the Group C opener, but Vinicius … Read more
LONDON: Former US Open champion Emma Raducanu said that she is back to her best after the British star won twice in the space of just six hours to earn a Queen’s Club final clash with Croatia’s Donna Vekic. Raducanu reached the first grass-court final of her career by thrashing American sixth seed Iva Jovic … Read more
LONDON: Australia cruised to a 65-run win against South Africa in their opening Women’s T20 World Cup match on Saturday. Phoebe Litchfield’s 24-ball half-century and big-hitting innings from Ellyse Perry (36) and Georgia Wareham (32) lifted Australia to 172-8 at Old Trafford. Looking to pull off the highest run chase in a Women’s T20 World … Read more
OpenAI said that a coalition of states had opened an investigation over a wide range of its practices, including its handing of user data, safety of minors and advertising activities.
SANTA CLARA: Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi stunned Switzerland with a late equaliser as the sides played out a 1-1 draw in their opening Group B match at the World Cup on Saturday. A Breel Embolo penalty had broken the deadlock for Switzerland early in the first half in the San Francisco Bay Area, before the wasteful … Read more
RAWALPINDI: The flood season for the 18-kilometre-long Nullah Leh and 15 seasonal streams, which wreak havoc across the city every monsoon, will begin on Monday, June 15, and continue until August 15. Despite the start of the flood season, desilting and removal of garbage and building material from Nullah Leh and the 15 seasonal streams … Read more
A security expert who had recently become chief of staff to the new defense minister was abducted, the latest example of violence gripping the country.
LAHORE: Former federal minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has defended the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) decision to support the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in forming the government in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B), saying the party voluntarily recognised the PPP as the single largest political force in the assembly and extended support to prevent horse-trading and political deal-making. In … Read more
The children — four girls and one boy — were among 10 people in the van at the time of the crash. An infant was seriously injured, the police said.