As the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s World Cup 2023 draws near, everyone is speculating on which player will have the best performance in the mega tournament. One of the best fast bowlers, Pakistani seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi, will undoubtedly be a topic of discussion among both supporters and detractors due to his lethal bowling spells. While Pakistani cricket fans have high hopes for the pace phenom to deliver some thrilling performances in the next mega events, former West Indies star cricketer Sir Vivian Richards has selected him as the top wicket-taker in the World Cup 2023. In the upcoming Asia Cup […]
China has no pain-free solutions for its slowing economy
BEIJING/HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Erin Yao would like to take street dance classes and travel, activities she could not do during three years of COVID-19 restrictions in China. Instead of pursuing such goals, as many economists had expected consumers to do once China lifted those curbs, she is saving more of her salary […]
Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news
OTTAWA: The Canadian regulator responsible for implementing the country’s online news law on Thursday said it will start setting up a framework for negotiations between news organizations and internet giants this autumn, with the aim of initiating mandatory bargaining by early 2025. Canada’s Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms […]
Pak vs Afg: Mankad and heartbreaks as Naseem’s late heroics shatter Afghan dream
The final over of the second ODI of Pakistan and Afghanistan’s three-match series turned out to be nerve-racking when Naseem Shah pulled off an astonishing triumph against the hosts at Hambantota on Thursday. In the 50th over, Naseem Shah, who batted at number 10, was at the crease, while Shadab Khan was at the other […]
Selena Gomez discusses her battle with Disney for the smash song “Who Says?”
Selena Gomez said that she was not intended to sing one of her big songs, Who Says, and that she “fought” Disney to allow her sing it. On Wednesday, the singer-actor spoke at Twilio’s SIGNAL conference on how she protected her 2011 self-love song from being taken by another artist. The Only Murders in the […]
A Pakistani girl living in the UK achieves a new record with 34 GCSEs
LONDON: Mahnoor Cheema, a 16-year-old Pakistani-British student, has set a new record by passing 34 General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) subjects. Mahnoor has appeared in the highest number of subjects ever taken by a student in the history of UK and EU GCSEs. She had passed 17 subjects with A* grades as a private […]
Oppenheimer is now the sixth-highest-grossing movie worldwide for 2023
Christopher Nolan’s biographical drama Oppenheimer has outgrossed major superhero movies, earning nearly $650 million globally in just three weeks. The film’s domestic tally reached $264 million, with $385 million from international territories, making it the sixth-biggest Hollywood release this year. The success of Oppenheimer was likely boosted by the “Barbenheimer” meme, and despite Nolan’s split from Warner Bros., […]
Hamza Amin of Pakistan wins the golf championship
KARACHI: Hamza Amin, a Pakistani golfer married to celebrated actor Ushna Shah, won the Austrian National Open Golf Championship in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, defeating the elements and a strong challenge from European Tour champion Martin Wiegele, according to The News on Tuesday. Hamza’s father, the great Taimur Hassan, was on the bag, making the victory even […]
Mango festival celebrates 75 years of ties
ISLAMABAD: A colourful Pakistani Mango Festival was held in The Hague by the Pakistani Embassy in the Netherlands to commemorate 75 years of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and the Netherlands. Ambassadors, members of the diplomatic community, Dutch authorities, and business executives from both the Dutch and Pakistani economies were all present with enthusiasm at the […]
Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin expecting their first child
Pakistani actress Minal Khan and actor Ahsan Mohsin Ikram announced their pregnancy on Instagram on Wednesday. “Two hearts becoming three – the countdown to our little miracle has begun,” Khan wrote on Instagram while sharing photos from her pregnancy photo shoot. The couple got married last year on September 10. On August 7, Pakistan’s well-known […]