BERLIN: Several people were wounded on Saturday in a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany’s Bavaria, local police said, adding the alleged perpetrator had been arrested. “According to preliminary information, several people were injured,” police in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz said in a statement, assuring that “there is now no more danger”. The … Read more
FREETOWN: A massive explosion at a petrol station in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has killed 92 people, the country’s vice president said on Saturday. Hospitals were treating 88 more people for severe burns, said Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, who arrived at the scene on Saturday along with several local officials. A rescue worker and a nurse had … Read more
GLASGOW: Glasgow was on Saturday bracing for a second day of protests against what campaigners say is a lack of urgency to address global warming after Greta Thunberg labelled the crunch UN climate summit there a ‘failure’. From Paris to Sydney, from Nairobi to Mexico, more than 200 events are planned worldwide to demand immediate … Read more
KARACHI: Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a wanted shooter belonging to the Lyari gang war. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of Mairaj alias Chotu, the CTD started a search operation in the city and arrested him. According to the police officials, the … Read more
Four astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station early Monday after spending more than six months in space, NASA announced. The four members of the Crew-2 mission, including a French and a Japanese astronaut, will therefore return to Earth before the arrival of a replacement crew, whose take-off was delayed … Read more
LOS ANGELES: At least eight people died and several were injured in a crush at the Astroworld music festival in the southern United States on Friday, authorities said. “The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage and that caused some panic and it started causing some injuries,” Houston fire chief Samuel Pena … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistani Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide immediate relief to the masses by stepping down. “If Imran Khan has no control over [the prices of] flour, sugar, ghee, medicine, electricity, gas, petrol, [failing] economy and [rising] … Read more
RAWALPINDI: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong and incoming Chinese Defence Attache to Pakistan Major General Yang Yang called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security situation, including the peace process in Afghanistan, and measures to further enhance … Read more
MEXICO CITY: Max Verstappen dominated practice at the Mexico Grand Prix on Friday, ending the session over a half a second ahead of world champion and title rival Lewis Hamilton. The Dutch Red Bull driver, who has a 12-point lead over Hamilton in the championship with five races left, clocked a blistering 1min 17.301sec. That … Read more
PORTIMAO: Newly-crowned MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo dominated practice for the Algarve Grand Prix on Friday with the French rider enjoying his new pressure-free status. The 22-year-old, France’s first world champion in the elite class, clocked a best time of 1min 39.390sec on his Yamaha to edge out Ducati rival Francesco Bagnaia by 0.132sec. “For … Read more
PARIS: Novak Djokovic’s hopes of ending the season as world number one for a record seventh time are on hold after Daniil Medvedev battled past French qualifier Hugo Gaston 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 to reach the Paris Master semi-finals on Friday. Djokovic had eased into the last four earlier on Friday, beating American Taylor Fritz 6-4, … Read more
BARCELONA: Barcelona confirmed the return of Xavi Hernandez as coach on Saturday, with the legendary midfielder facing an immense challenge to restore the fallen Spanish giants to their former glory. The Spaniard left Camp Nou to play for Al Sadd in 2015, after making 767 appearances for the Catalan club, which included winning eight La … Read more
DUBAI: Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur believes “the sky’s the limit” for his team at the 2022 T20 World Cup despite failing to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing tournament in the UAE. The 2014 champions bowed out after winning all their three matches in the qualifying round before losing three of their five Super … Read more
New Zealand defeated Namibia by 52 runs on Friday to move closer to the T20 World Cup semi-finals and leave title favourites India facing a desperate battle to survive. Glenn Phillips and Jimmy Neesham plundered 67 runs off the last four overs as New Zealand made 163-4 after being put into bat. In reply, Namibia … Read more
DUBAI: KL Rahul’s 50 off 19 balls helped India stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket thrashing of Scotland inside seven overs on Friday as birthday boy skipper Virat Kohli claimed: “We’ve got our mojo back.” Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami took three wickets each to help bowl out Scotland for 85 … Read more
DUBAI: India stayed alive at the T20 World Cup with a quickfire eight-wicket rout of Scotland on Friday as star spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed: “If we play like this, nobody can beat us.” KL Rahul smashed 50 off 19 balls as India raced to a target of 86 in 6.3 overs to drastically improve their … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to be classified under the MSCI Frontier Markets from the Emerging Markets on November 11, 2021 with the change coming in effect by the end of the month. Pakistan has been hanging in the Emerging Markets since November 2018. “Pakistan seemingly fetch an indicative weight of 1.9 per cent in FM … Read more
KARACHI: The rupee ended unchanged at Rs170.01 against the dollar on Friday, amid the demand for import payments, dealers said. They said the market had witnessed the demand for the foreign currency for import payments. However, the supply of export receipts and workers’ remittances supported the rupee to maintain its value. The local currency recovered … Read more
