Naomi Osaka pared down her show-stopping jellyfish-inspired outfit and overcame a second-set wobble to beat Romania’s Sorana Cirstea 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday. In her first-round win over Antonia Ruzic this week, Osaka walked onto the court carrying a white parasol and wearing a veil and broad-brimmed […]
Global demand for smartphones, personal computers and gaming consoles is expected to shrink this year as companies from Britain’s Raspberry Pi (RPI.L) to HP Inc (HPQ.N) raise sticker prices to offset surging memory chip costs. The rapid build-out of artificial intelligence infrastructure by US tech firms such as OpenAI, Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google and Microsoft has absorbed much of the world’s memory chip […]
Novak Djokovic sent 141st-ranked qualifier Francesco Maestrelli packing in straight sets to ease into the Australian Open third round on Thursday – with a little help from a fig tree. The Serbian great is on his latest mission to win a record 25th Grand Slam title and dismissed the Italian 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Djokovic faces […]
US President Donald Trump on Thursday launched his Board of Peace, initially focused on cementing Gaza’s ceasefire but which he said could take a wider role that may worry other global powers, although he said it would work with the United Nations. “Once this board is completely formed, we can do pretty much whatever we […]
Bangladesh have reportedly announced their decision to boycott the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, escalating a major cricketing and political standoff after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected their request to play matches outside India. The development was first highlighted by Indian journalist Vikrant Gupta, who termed it a “big breaking” moment in world cricket. […]
Nestlé has announced an additional $60 million investment in Pakistan in a move that signals renewed confidence in the country’s economic reform agenda, the finance ministry said on Thursday. The finance ministry said in a post on X that the development came during a high-level business roundtable, held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual […]
Federal Minister for Health and MQM-P leader Syed Mustafa Kamal on Thursday called for Karachi to be placed under federal control, accusing the PPP-led Sindh government of failing to administer the city and warning that the 18th Amendment has become a “nasoor” (festering wound) for Sindh and Pakistan. Addressing a press conference at the MQM-P […]
The search operation at the fire-ravaged Gul Plaza building in Karachi entered its fifth day on Thursday. Rescue teams have completed searches in about 70 per cent of the section partially affected by the fire, recovering a total of 60 bodies so far. Deputy Commissioner South visited the site Thursday morning to review relief operations. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Pakistan’s first Green Policing Unit, introducing the country’s first electric patrol vehicle for police operations, a move that officials said would help reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. The initiative makes Punjab the first province to deploy electric vehicles for police patrolling. During the inauguration ceremony, the chief […]