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World

Joe Biden, 81, pulls out of US presidential race

Says he will remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief until his term ends in January 2025 and will address the nation this week

Updated 22 Jul, 2024 12:38am

South Asia

Bangladesh top court scraps most job quotas that triggered deadly protests, media reports

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs that have sparked...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:56pm

Pakistan

Info minister says PTI workers opened fire in Bannu protest

The federal government on Sunday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:55pm

Business & Finance

Rs105b recovered in campaign against power pilferage

Concerned authorities collect more than 1 billion 63 crore rupees from electricity thieves in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, and Islamabad between June 30 and July 17

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:55pm

USA

Who will replace Joe Biden in 2024 White House race?

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden's withdrawal from the race for the White House leaves a gap atop the Democratic presidential...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 11:51pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets gain as focus shifts to earnings

Major stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Sunday, boosting investor morale as earnings season in the region...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:34pm

Pakistan

Attack on Pakistani consulate in Frankfurt condemned by FO

Foreign Office says attack was carried out by a 'gang of extremists' that put staff lives at risk

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 11:19pm

South Asia

Bangladesh student group 'won't call off protests': spokesman

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi student group whose demonstrations against civil service hiring rules precipitated serious...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:30pm

Sports

Women’s T20 Asia Cup: Pakistan beat Nepal by 9 wickets to register first win

Pakistan defeated Nepal by 9 wickets to register their first win in the Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Women’s T20...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 09:25pm

Sports

Root, Brook tons leave West Indies with tough chase against England

NOTTINGHAM: Joe Root and Harry Brook hit hundreds to leave the West Indies needing an imposing 385 to win the second...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 09:21pm

Sports

Nadal defeated in first tour final in two years

BASTAD: Rafael Nadal lost his first final in two years on Sunday as the Spaniard went down 6-3, 6-2 to Portugal’s...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 09:19pm

Transfer of Chinese industries to Pakistan: Comprehensive roadmap presented to PM

Collaboration to be made with Chinese companies to transfer Chinese textile, medical, and surgical equipment as well as plastic and leather industries to Pakistan

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 09:07pm

Pakistan

BISP starts registration for Sikh families in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

In a historic development, the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) on Sunday started the registration process...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 09:05pm

Pakistan

Pakistan to push Chinese utilities in country to switch to domestic coal

Islamabad may also begin talks on re-profiling Pakistan’s energy sector debt during the visit to Beijing, Awais Leghari, head of the energy ministry’s Power Division, says

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 09:01pm

Middle East

Israel’s Netanyahu says he will meet Joe Biden on Tuesday

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday,...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 07:49pm

Middle East

Israel confirms striking Hezbollah weapons depots in south Lebanon

BEIRUT: The Israeli military on Sunday said it struck Hezbollah weapons storage facilities overnight, after Lebanese...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 05:49pm

Europe

Turkiye ready to build Cyprus naval base ‘if necessary’: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that his country was ready to build a Cyprus naval...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 05:45pm

Europe

Russia says captured two villages in east Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russia said Sunday that its forces had captured two frontline villages in Ukraine, Andriivka in the eastern...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 05:43pm

Middle East

Hezbollah fires rockets after Israel strike on Lebanon

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Sunday said it fired Katyusha rockets at northern Israel in response to an overnight...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 05:41pm

Breach of IP rights: CRB cannot hear rectification plea: LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has held that the Copy Right Board (CRB) cannot hear a rectification application...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 03:31pm

Europe

Italy’s Meloni put domestic concerns first in rejecting von der Leyen

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s decision not to back Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission chief...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 01:35pm

Sports

China’s defending champion Zheng into Palermo final

PALERMO: Chinese top seed Zheng Qinwen reached her first final since the Australian Open on Saturday with a...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 01:07pm

Sports

India’s Paes, Amritraj make history joining Tennis Hall of Fame

NEW YORK: Former doubles world number one Leander Paes and tennis broadcaster, actor and player Vijay Amritraj...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 01:02pm

USA

US issues ‘don’t travel’ alert for protest-hit Bangladesh

WASHINGTON: The US State Department warned Americans on Saturday not to travel to Bangladesh and said it would began...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:53pm

Sports

Tadej Pogacar on brink of third Tour de France triumph ahead of Riviera finale

NICE: Tadej Pogacar will be firmly in the spotlight as he goes down the ramp last on Sunday’s final day individual...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:45pm

Sports

Rookie Meissner clings to lead at PGA Tour Barracuda Championship

LOS ANGELES; Rookie Mac Meissner, chasing his first US PGA Tour title, made four birdies and an eagle to hang on to...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:38pm

Sports

Manolo Marquez appointed India coach after Stimac sacking

NEW DELHI: Manolo Marquez has been appointed coach of the India men’s football team, over a month after Igor...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:35pm

Middle East

Israel strikes Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon foes after attacks

GAZA STRIP: The Middle East was reeling Sunday from deadly violence with Israel bombing Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen in...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 12:29pm

Life & Style

Francis Ford Coppola, Grateful Dead and Apollo Theater among 2024 Kennedy Center honorees

NEW YORK: Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, rock band the Grateful Dead, blues rock singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt,...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 11:50am

Life & Style

Devotees invoke ancient Greek deities on Mount Olympus foothill

MOUNT OLYMPUS: Dressed in white robes and colourful tunics, devotees of polytheism each year honour gods on Mount...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 11:31am

Sports

India not content with just qualifying for team events at Paris Games, says coach

India will compete in the men’s and women’s table tennis team event at the Olympics for the first time at the Paris...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 11:23am

Europe

Russia says it downs eight Ukraine-launched drones

Russia’s air defence systems destroyed eight drones that Ukraine launched overnight, the Russian defence ministry...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 11:09am

South Asia

Bangladesh extends curfew ahead of court hearing on controversial job quotas

DHAKA: Bangladesh extended a curfew on Sunday to control violent student-led protests that have killed at least 114...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:56am

South Asia

Economy booms but India’s young hanker for government jobs

PRAYAGARAJ: Sunil Kumar, a 30-year-old, has spent the last 9 years of his life chasing a job in the Indian...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:42am

Asia

China braces for twin tropical cyclones after deadly flash floods

BEIJING: Two tropical cyclones will bring gales and heavy rain to China’s eastern seaboard this week, with the first...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:35am

Asia

South Korea responds to North’s trash balloons with loudspeaker broadcasts

SEOUL: North Korea on Sunday floated balloons carrying trash towards South Korea, South Korea’s military said,...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:31am

Promotions: Seniority and merit have to be considered: SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held that in promotion to a selection post, seniority and merit have to be considered,...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:14am

World

At least 22 dead in Bolivia’s worst road accident this year

LA PAZ: A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on a highway in the Bolivian Andes on Saturday left 22 people...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 10:13am

Offices of shipping companies now open on Saturdays

KARACHI: Following the directions of the Prime Minister, shipping companies/agents have started opening their...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:13am

Price fixing tactics: Competition Appellate Tribunal affirms penalty on paints co

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal has upheld the decision of the Competition Commission of Pakistan...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:13am

Bannu incident: KP government to constitute probe body

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday announced to constitute a commission to investigate the...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:12am

SC short order in reserved seats case: Review pleas should be heard timely: CJP

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa has emphasized that hearing on review petitions filed...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:11am

JVs strategy evolved: Chinese companies will be invited to invest in 7 major sectors

ISLAMABAD: Strategy for joint ventures among various companies and business organisations of China and Pakistan has...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:11am

Banning a political party ‘murder of democracy’: IK

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:09am

Approval of Rs72bn project by Discos BoDs a must: CDWP bars PPMC from negotiating APMS project with ADB

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) is said to have barred Power Planning and Monitoring Company...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:09am

Business community urges PM to review ‘negative’ measures in Finance Act

ISLAMABAD: The business community of Lahore and Peshawar have approached Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif against harsh...

Updated 21 Jul, 2024 10:07am

USA

US homeland chief hits back at attacks on women Secret Service agents

WASHINGTON: The US homeland security chief hit back Saturday at misogynistic attacks on the women Secret Service...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 09:58am

World

6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Guatemala: USGS

GUATEMALA CITY: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said,...

Published 21 Jul, 2024 09:54am

Opinion

Marx, Judaism and Palestine

During the Trojan War proverbially fought for the beauty of Helen though the monopoly of the commercial routes was...