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News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan clinched the IBSF Snooker World Cup Team Championship on Sunday after a dramatic comeback, defeating Hong Kong China 2 by 3-2 in a thrilling best-of-five frames final. The Pakistani duo of former world…

News Desk  Los Angeles: Sony Pictures has secured the feature film rights to Labubu, the hugely popular Chinese designer toy, as the studio moves into early development of a potential movie adaptation. The project is still in its…

News Desk  Lahore: Muhammad Irfan Khan has been named captain of the Pakistan Shaheens squad for the Men’s Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025, an eight-team T20 tournament scheduled to be held in Qatar from 14 to 23 November. Pakistan…

AFP/APP HONG KONG: Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalise a deal, averting an escalation in the world’s biggest…

Wania Tahir Islamabad: A recent study by the US Pharmacopeia (USP) has reignited debate over the United States’ growing pharmaceutical vulnerability.  According to the report, nearly 700 American active pharmaceutical ingredients…

AFP/APP HONG KONG:  Asian markets rallied Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China's Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions between the economic superpowers. The…

News Desk  Islamabad: Bangladesh batter Jaker Ali admitted that the team’s top-order failure proved costly in their second Asia Cup group match against Sri Lanka, where they slumped to a six-wicket defeat. Sri Lanka comfortably chased…

News Desk Islamabad: Skipper Litton Das struck a composed 59 to guide Bangladesh to a seven-wicket victory over Hong Kong in their Asia Cup opener on Thursday. Batting first in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong posted 143-7, with Nizakat Khan…

AFP/APP Beijing: China on Tuesday issued its highest-level red rainstorm warning for parts of Guangdong, a local weather agency said, as the southern province was battered by downpours. The megacity of Shenzhen was among the areas…

AFP/APP New York: Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio, and Sydney to celebrate the entry of 2024, while in Israel, Gaza, and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year's earliest hours. Much of the world's population—now…