News Archives for Latest - 2024-02-24

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World

Famine fears deepen in besieged Gaza

Food is running out, with aid agencies unable to get into the area because of the Israeli bombing, while the trucks that do try to get through face frenzied looting

Updated 25 Feb, 2024 12:13am

Europe

Macron opens agricultural show to whistles from protesters

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron opened the annual agricultural fair Saturday as angry farmers blew whistles...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 11:21pm

Business & Finance

Expats in US can utilise DFC, IFC to scale up investments in Pakistan: envoy

Pakistan’s Ambassador to United States, Masood Khan, said Pakistani Americans can utilise the US International...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:51pm

Commodities

Global lubricant giant Gulf Oil enters Pakistan

In a key development for the country’s oil sector, global lubricants giant Gulf Oil announced that it has entered...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:34pm

Pakistan

Dove Pakistan looks to champion women’s achievements through ‘No Damage Beyond Repair’ podcast

In a world still marred by superficial judgments of our society, Dove Pakistan has risen above the ordinary with the...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:33pm

Sports

Sri Lanka T20 skipper gets two-match ban for abusing umpire

COLOMBO: New Sri Lanka Twenty20 captain Wanindu Hasaranga was given a two-match ban by the International Cricket...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:21pm

Pakistan assails Israel: ‘Unlawfulness must have consequences’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan made a strong case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for ending Israeli occupation of...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 08:56pm

Pakistan

PA session underway in Lahore to elect Speaker, Deputy Speaker

The Election is being held through secret ballot in the assembly chambers

Published 24 Feb, 2024 08:55pm

Europe

Canada says to provide $2.2bn in Ukraine aid in 2024

KYIV: Canada said on Saturday it would provide 3.02 billion Canadian dollars ($2.2 billion) in financial and...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 08:53pm

Pakistan

Sindh MPAs take oath amid opposition protests

Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani presides over the proceedings

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 08:50pm

Movies & Music

Another ‘Barbenheimer’ battle brewing at Saturday’s SAG awards

LOS ANGELES: Blockbuster movies ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ face off again on Saturday, when they compete at the...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 08:21pm

Africa

Zambia’s president confirms creditor agreement with China and India

LUSAKA: Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema said on Saturday that his country had signed a long-awaited official...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 07:37pm

IK says he’s written letter

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday confirmed that he wrote a letter to the International...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 06:45pm

Jul-Jan borrowing stands at $6.3bn

Country receives $331.59 million in January 2024

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 06:44pm

Sports

Thompson downs Zverev to reach Los Cabos final against Ruud

LOS CABOS: Jordan Thompson overcame determined resistance by top-seeded Alexander Zverev to reach the final of the...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 05:22pm

Europe

Ukraine claims drone strike on major Russian steel plant

KYIV: Ukraine on Saturday said it hit one of Russia’s largest steel plants with a drone strike on the second...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 05:11pm

Cricket

England’s Bashir takes four wickets to hurt India in 4th Test

RANCHI: Spinner Shoaib Bashir took four wickets to lead England’s bowling charge and put India on the back foot at...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 05:07pm

PLL given full input tax adjustment facility

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed the facility of 100 per cent input tax adjustment to...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:12pm

PTI moves SC against ‘vote rigging’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat approached the Supreme Court against rigging in...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:11pm

Answer to question about IK’s letter: IMF says won’t comment on developments

The International Monetary Fund says it is looking forward to working with the new government

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:10pm

Middle East

US downs three Houthi drones, strikes anti-ship missiles

WASHINGTON: American forces shot down three attack drones near commercial ships in the Red Sea Friday and destroyed...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:10pm

Europe

Russia says US has offered no proof of allegation it wants to deploy nuclear weapons in space

MOSCOW: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the United States had presented no evidence for...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:09pm

Movies & Music

Beyonce storms to first UK no.1 in 14 years with ’Texas Hold ‘Em’

LONDON: Music superstar Beyonce revealed the title of what appears to be her first solo album in six years,...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 01:17pm

South Asia

One dead, one injured in blast in India’s Manipur state

GUWAHATI: One person died and another was injured in a bomb blast at a college in Imphal, the capital of India’s...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 01:10pm

Life & Style

UK midlifers turn back time with embrace of day clubbing

LONDON: A crowd eagerly waits for the doors of a London nightclub to open on a Saturday in February. But it’s not...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 01:08pm

Europe

UK pledges £245 million to boost Ukraine artillery reserves

LONDON: The UK announced on Saturday a new £245 million ($311 million) defence package to help boost the production...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 10:16am

Europe

One dead after downed Russian drone hits Ukraine apartment

KYIV: A Russian drone crashed into a residential building in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa late Friday,...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 10:11am

Sports

Asian Cup-winning coach Lopez handed Qatar contract until 2026

Qatar’s Asian Cup-winning coach Marquez Lopez has been handed a contract until 2026 and will take charge of the team...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:59am

Cricket

Soreness rules Warner out of final T20 clash with New Zealand

David Warner has withdrawn from the third and final match of Australia’s Twenty20 series against New Zealand in...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:56am

Sports

League Cup final officials must avoid Liverpool bias, says Pochettino

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino called on match officials to make fair decisions in their League Cup final...

Published 24 Feb, 2024 09:54am

Weekly SPI up by 0.04pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on February 22, 2024 increased by 0.04 per cent due to...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:47am

1H: Provincial PSDP spending rises 19pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The development spending (PSDP) of the provincial governments has increased by over 19 per cent during...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:47am

Nepra grills Power Div for lingering inefficiencies

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), on Friday, grilled the Power Division and its...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 08:57am

IP gas pipeline project: CCoE decides to start work on first phase

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) headed by the caretaker minister for power and petroleum has...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 08:52am

Discos asked to remove faulty meters

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has directed Discos and K-Electric (KE) to...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 08:49am

BR’s refresher: your morning briefing for the day

Important updates from February 23, 2024

Published 24 Feb, 2024 08:47am

Opinion

Karachi by the sea

Karachi is home to two of the busiest ports of Pakistan, the Karachi Port and Port Qasim, it is also the largest ...