Новости за 22.12.2024

A manhunt is underway for two men after a woman was allegedly killed by a gunshot in Queensland's Moreton Bay early today.

Who can possibly stand in the way of China's Gu Ailing?

The 21-year-old sensation showed no signs of slowing down as she won the women's final in the Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe World Cup at Copper Mountain on Saturday, marking the 17th victory of her illustrious career and cementing her place on top of the all-time leaderboard.

Gu entered the final with confidence after ranking first in the preliminaries,

Five schools agreed to changes after reports that they failed to protect students from antisemitism and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination.

Pyongyang's provision of troops as well as weapons and munitions that Moscow can't produce fast enough carries a symbolic element.

I was thinking about this even before this 2nd Usyk/Fury fight and I don't understand why Usyk didn't turn heavyweight earlier

Obviously the money is greater and Cruiserweight isn't even heavily...

Why didn't Usyk turn Heavyweight earlier

Dave McMenamin: The Lakers hold on to beat the Kings, 103-99, winning for the 4th time in their last 5 games. LeBron James 32p on 12-for-24 (1-for-8 from 3) 7r 6a 4s; D’Angelo Russell 20p on 7-for-13 5a 4r; Austin Reaves 16p 5a 4r; Anthony Davis 10p 15r 5a 3b; Rui Hachimura 9p 11r. LAL returns home to host DET on Monday before SF for Xmas
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Rishabh Pant's wicket-keeping ability was critically analysed by one of cricket's finest-ever wicket-keepers.

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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