Australia tickled pink after levelling series against India at Adelaide – Sport
A wounded Australia roared back into the five-test series against India with a 10-wicket victory at their happy hunting ground in Adelaide on Sunday that saw them reclaim the lead in the World Test Championship (WTC) standings. The hosts had crumbled to a comprehensive defeat by a depleted Indian side in the series opener in […]
Paterson bowls South Africa into strong position – Sport
GQEBERHA: Dane Paterson continued his late-career revival when he bowled South Africa into a strong position on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at St George’s Park on Saturday. Paterson took a Test-best five for 71 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 328, which gave South Africa a 30-run first […]
17 PTI activists held during D-Chowk protest sent to jail – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sent 17 PTI activists arrested during the D-Chowk protests on Nov 24 to 26 to jail after they completed an 11-day physical remand. During the hearing, Prosecutor Atif Ranjha requested an additional 22 days physical remand, arguing that further recoveries and investigations were pending. He stated that some […]
Iron-fisted Assad never quelled the Syrian rebels who came back to topple him – World
Statues of Assad’s father and brother were toppled in cities taken by the rebels, while pictures of him on billboards and govt offices were torn down, stamped on, burned or riddled with bullets. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, […]
Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections – World
PM Jalali says he had been in contact with rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Golani to discuss managing the current transitional period. Syrian rebels announced on state television on Sunday that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, eliminating a 50-year family dynasty in a lightning offensive that raised fears of a new wave of instability in […]
Negotiations for peace in Kurram continue – Pakistan
KURRAM: Pashtun Qaumi Jirga comprising all political parties and the provincial government-sponsored jirga separately held negotiations with representatives of the two sides to Kurram conflict to restore lasting peace in the region. Amid the peace negotiations continuing for the last five days, main Parachinar road and other arteries in the area remained closed to traffic. […]
Israeli army assisting UN forces in ‘repelling attack’ in Syria – World
JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said on Saturday that its troops were assisting UN peacekeepers in the Syrian-controlled part of the Golan Heights in repelling an attack “by armed individuals”. “A short while ago, an attack was carried out by armed individuals at a UN post in the Hader area in Syria,” the Israeli army said […]
Pope looks to his legacy, names 21 cardinals – World
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will on Saturday create 21 new cardinals from five continents, including bishops from Algiers, Tehran, Tokyo and Abidjan — many of whom may one day help choose his successor. In the tenth such consistory since he became pope in 2013, Pope Francis, 87, is seeking again to shape the upper echelons […]
Nobel winners urge strong regulation to govern AI – World
STOCKHOLM: Physics Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards. “AI is a very important technology to regulate but I think it’s very important that we get the regulations right and I think […]
ALL THE PRIME MINISTER’S MEN – Newspaper
The brutal machinations of power, corruption allegations and the pawns that can inadvertently turn kingmakers, or king-breakers, lie at the heart of journalist Umber Khairi’s debut novel, Akbar in Wonderland. PROLOGUE Karachi 1991He parked his car where he’d been told to and then he waited. Somebody will come to get you, he’d been told. The […]