Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Ukraine peace the prize as Macron hosts Putin
French President Emmanuel Macron will attempt to convince Russia to accept Ukraine’s overtures of dialogue when he meets Vladimir Putin for talks on Monday ahead of a G7 summit. Macron, who hosted his Russian counterpart in grand style at the palace of Versailles in 2017, will this time meet Putin at his official holiday residence in...
Ajax see off PAOK to make Champions League playoffs
AMSTERDAM: Last year’s semi-finalists Ajax reached the Champion League playoffs on Tuesday after seeing off PAOK Thessaloniki 3-2 in a tense encounter in Amsterdam to go through 5-3 on aggregate. Two Dusan Tadic penalties, the second five minutes from time, and Nicolas Tagliafico’s late header kept Erik ten Hag’s side alive with...
Mexico church holds mass baptism despite leader’s rape, paedophilia charges
MEXICO CITY: Mexican Pentecostal church the Light of the World is in crisis, its leader facing paedophilia charges, but that has not stopped thousands of people from around the world travelling to its headquarters to be immersed in a giant baptismal pool. The leader of the controversial church, Naason Joaquin Garcia, was arrested in Los Angeles...
Post annexation of Kashmir
Islamabad’s limited options Predictably, India annexing the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir has evoked a very strong reaction from Pakistan. Diplomatic ties have been downgraded; trade suspended and cultural relations, already interrupted since Pulwama, severed. The usual homilies that New Delhi will get a befitting response if it...
Serena powers past No. 1-bound Osaka, Halep retires hurt
Serena Williams won the rematch Friday, dominating Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 to ensure the Japanese star won’t leave Toronto with a title to go with her number one world ranking. Williams fired 12 aces and didn’t face a break point as she beat Osaka for the first time in three meetings — avenging her shock loss in last year’s...
US-based experts suspect Russia blast involved nuclear-powered missile
WASHINGTON: U.S.-based nuclear experts said on Friday they suspected an accidental blast and radiation release in northern Russia this week occurred during the testing of a nuclear-powered cruise missile vaunted by President Vladimir Putin last year. The Russian Ministry of Defense, quoted by state-run news outlets, said that two people died and...
Teenager dies of Congo fever
KARACHI: A teenage boy succumbed to Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the metropolis on Friday. The teenager, who was admitted four days ago in the Jinnah Hospital, was identified as Zahid, a resident of Orangi Town. Zahid becomes the eighth victim of the CCHF during the ongoing year. …read more Source: Pakistan...
Andreescu upsets Bertens, advances to Rogers Cup quarterfinals
Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu upset fifth seed Kiki Bertens to move into the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup in her home city of Toronto on Thursday. The 19-year-old dispatched Bertens, a nine-time tour winner from the Netherlands and the World No. 5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4 for her fifth win over a Top 10 player this year and third over a Top 5...
Was Polish scandal a Russian test for US election tampering?
WARSAW: High-ranking Polish politicians used a side door to get to the VIP section of Sowa & Przyjaciele, a posh Warsaw restaurant. Sealed off from other patrons, government ministers and lawmakers felt free to speak their minds while enjoying continental cuisine and wine at taxpayer expense. But the privacy was an illusion, the special...
WTA roundup: Sakkari stuns Svitolina in San Jose
Seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece fought off four match points in the second set before rallying to stun top-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Friday and reach the semifinals at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in San Jose, Calif. Sakkari was broken in all four of her service games in the first set and again early in...
