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  • Unfazed Konstas ready to answer Australia’s call on Boxing Day – Sports

    Unfazed Konstas ready to answer Australia’s call on Boxing Day – Sports

    MELBOURNE: Sam Konstas does not yet know whether he will make his debut in the cauldron of the fourth Test against India on Thursday but the Australian teenager says some advice from former opener Shane Watson will hold him in good stead if he does. The 19-year-old’s parents will be at the Melbourne Cricket Ground…

  • Ukraine says it downed 47 Russia launched drones, 25 fail to reach targets – World

    Ukraine says it downed 47 Russia launched drones, 25 fail to reach targets – World

    Ukraine’s air force said on Monday it had shot down 47 out of 72 Russia-launched drones across the country, while 25 more failed to reach targets. In a statement on Telegram, it said that the military repelled attacks in nine regions, including the Kyiv region, surrounding Ukraine’s capital. Ukraine says Russia attacked it with 113…

  • Blake Lively Sexual Harassment Case: What are the key accusations against Justin Baldoni?

    Blake Lively Sexual Harassment Case: What are the key accusations against Justin Baldoni?

    Justin Baldoni has been removed from WME’s roster after It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against him on Friday, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. This latest development comes on the heels of Lively’s decision to pursue legal action, accusing Baldoni and colleagues at Wayfarer Studios of creating a hostile work…

  • President, PM to ‘meet’ today to discuss Seminary Registration bill

    President, PM to ‘meet’ today to discuss Seminary Registration bill

    ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif are set to ‘meet’ for an important discussion this evening, ARY News reported on Monday, citing sources. According to sources, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will address the president’s objections to the Seminary Registration Amendment Bill during the meeting. The president has raised eight objections to…

  • PM Shehbaz, President Zardari to meet today amid Govt-PTI talks efforts

    PM Shehbaz, President Zardari to meet today amid Govt-PTI talks efforts

    ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz will meet President Asif Ali Zardari at the President House amid ongoing talks between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The sources said that it would be an important meeting between both the leaders. They said PM Shehbaz would meet President Asif Ali Zardari at 5:30pm today. They said that…

  • Honda and Nissan officially begin merger talks

    Honda and Nissan officially begin merger talks

    Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda on Monday announced they had entered into official talks to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker by sales. In a press conference on Monday, Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said the companies needed greater scale to compete in the development of new technologies in electric vehicles and intelligent driving. A…

  • UK economy flat-lined in Q3 in new setback for government – Business & Finance

    UK economy flat-lined in Q3 in new setback for government – Business & Finance

    LONDON: Britain’s economy failed to grow in the third quarter, official figures showed on Monday, adding to the signs of a slowdown that has cast a shadow over Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government. The Office for National Statistics lowered its estimate for the change in gross domestic product output to 0.0% in the July-to-September…

  • Umer Alam proposes to girlfriend mid-flight ad she says ‘yes’

    KARACHI – Pakistani actor Umer Alam, who rose to fame after winning the reality show Tamasha, proposed to his girlfriend during a flight. The Raqs-e-B starlet made the proposal mid-air and presented a ring to her. She accepted the proposal while wearing the ring with passengers clapping for the couple and extending wishes to them.…

  • Sapphire Electronics signs deal to manufacture Samsung-branded products in Pakistan 

    Sapphire Electronics signs deal to manufacture Samsung-branded products in Pakistan 

    Sapphire Electronics (Pvt) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited, has signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, Republic of Korea, and Samsung Gulf Electronics Co., FZE, UAE.  The deal aims to manufacture and assemble Samsung-branded electronic products and home appliances for the Pakistani market. In a notification to the…

  • CM Maryam says criticism made her much stronger

    CM Maryam says criticism made her much stronger

    ISLAMABAD – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz expressed gratitude to her critics, saying, “Thanks to them, I have grown much stronger. Whether they hurl insults or chant slogans in front of me, it no longer affects me,”. CM Maryam said, “If someone teaches you to use abusive language, make accusations or defame others, they are…

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