Новости за 22.12.2024

In the April 1968 edition of a now defunct English daily, Business Post, one Yaqoob Sultan wrote an article in which he described a conversation he had had with a member of an Islamist political party. Sultan identified himself as a progressive student activist who was involved in the time’s protest movement against the Gen Ayub Khan dictatorship. 

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. Henderson died on Friday. The…

TORONTO: Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it — an effect dismissed as an illusion caused by how waves are distorted by matter.

WASHINGTON: The US Congress averted a Christmastime government shutdown on Saturday after weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, passing a bill to fund federal agencies through mid-March.

OAKLAND: A US judge ruled on Friday in favour of Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorised surveillance.

TIRANA: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Saturday that the government would shut down social network TikTok for at least a year starting at the beginning of 2025.

BANGKOK: A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a major blow to the junta.

TAIPEI: Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg (77-pound) weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a competition in Taipei.

RAWALPINDI: Stall­ions skipper Mohammad Haris knocked an unbeaten half century while pacer Mohammad Ali grabbed four wickets to guide their team into the Champions T20 Cup final with a thumping six-wicket win over Dolphins on the last day of the league games at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.

JOHANNESBURG: Having already bagged the One-day International series, Pakistan are eyeing a rare clean sweep against South Africa in the third and final game here at the Wanderers on Sunday.

HARARE: Teenage spinner Allah Ghazanfar took five for 33 as Afghanistan overwhelmed Zimbabwe by eight wickets for a 2-0 One-day International series win here at the Harare Sports Club on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed penalties on three Karachi-based dairy associations for colluding to manipulate fresh milk prices against the provisions of the Competition Act 2010.

KARACHI: Senator Sherry Rehman, chairperson of the Standing Committee on Climate Change, noted on Saturday that the transport sector accounts for 31 per cent of Pakistan’s total carbon emissions, producing 52.9 million tonnes of CO2 annually.

KARACHI: The banks have nearly achieved a 50 per cent advance-to-deposit ratio (ADR) to avoid the incremental tax imposed by the government if they fail to meet the limit by the Dec 31 deadline.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated an inquiry into the matter of giving loans by the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to its own employees and then paying huge sums to lawyers for recovery of the loans.

ISLAMABAD: Two senior judges have opposed seeking input from intelligence agencies about judges or bureaucrats when considering them for promotions.

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COLUMBUS — Blade sports columnist David Briggs is at Ohio Stadium for Ohio State’s College Football Playoff game against Tennessee. Below are his quarter-by-quarter thoughts as the action unfolds.

The Kings had a chance to tie with just 12 seconds remaining after Anthony Davis missed two free throws as the Lakers held on to beat the Kings 103-99 behind LeBron James' game-high 32 points.

The 74-year-old returned to France after spending five months in detention in Greenland due to an extradition demand from Japan.

PM Modi joined the Amir, the Crown Prince, and the Prime Minister of Kuwait in witnessing the grand opening ceremony.

(Photo credit: Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images) LeBron James scored a game-high 32 points, D'Angelo Russell came off the bench to chip in with 20 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to complete a three-day, two-game road sweep of the Sacramento Kings with a 103-99 victory Saturday afternoon. The Lakers had won the first game of the sequence 113-100 on Thursday night. Russell's final points came on a 15-footer that gave the L

Sydney Thunder captain David Warner was left fuming at his teammates.