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Pakistan cricket team’s player Babar Azam (L) and Mohammad Rizwan share a moment. — ICC/FileFormer Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez has raised questions over the selection of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the national cricket team, pointing to their continuous poor performance in recent years.Speaking on a local YouTube channel, Hafeez clarified that key players are those who win matches and in recent years, both Rizwan and Babar have failed to deliver match winning performances. “Calling them key players would be wrong and unfair. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not Pakistan cricket’s key players at the moment. Key players…
Ron Howard’s casting struggle in ‘Apollo 13’ took a jaw-dropping turnRon Howard, who was not willing to cast his mom in Apollo 13, revealed why he suddenly changed his decision.In an interview with Vulture published on Wednesday, August 13, the 71-year-old American filmmaker and actor confessed he did not want to cast his mother, Jean Speegle Howard, as Jim Lovell’s mom in the 1995 docudrama, which was based on the near-fatal 1970 lunar mission but his father, Rance Howard, stepped in to convince him. After receiving the movie’s rewrite, Ron said he got his dad’s call, “who had never hocked…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss an end to the more than three-year war in Ukraine, hours after Trump’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska ended without a concrete deal.In a post on his Truth Social platform after holding phone conversations with European Union and NATO leaders, Trump said the talks with Putin “went very well”.“It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not…
ABU DHABI – Wam expected the National Meteorological Center, that the weather will be partially cloudy to sometimes cloudy, especially on the eastern and southern regions with the possibility of light rains, and light winds to moderate speed are sometimes active during the day, and they are southeasterly – northeasterly, and its speed is 10 to 25 amounts to 35 km/h. And wave in the Arabian Gulf is light, and the first tide occurs at 8:41. The wave in the Sea of Oman is light, and the first tide occurs at 14:39, the second tide at 06:07, the first islands…
Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir interacting with participants of ‘Hilal Talks’ at the Army Auditorium on May 29, 2025. — ISPRArmy chief dismisses rumours of leadership change.Political reconciliation requires sincere apologies: COAS.Trump’s peace efforts gain Pakistan’s early support.Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir has ruled out any change in the country’s leadership, describing circulating rumours as completely false and against both the government and the establishment.Speaking to senior journalist Sohail Waraich in Brussels, the army chief said, “God made me this country’s guardian”, adding that he has no desire for any other position. He…
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. — ReutersTrump, Putin cite progress but offer no detail.Trump says Zelenskiy ‘gotta make a deal’.Zelenskiy says he’s willing to meet Trump and Putin.US President Donald Trump said on Saturday Ukraine should agree a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after holding a summit with President Vladimir Putin that failed to yield a…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wants to become lawyer: SourceSean “Diddy” Combs, who has been found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, is now setting his sights on law school after narrowly avoiding prison.Per Radar Online, the 55-year-old music mogul has become interested in law after narrowly escaping the serious charges in his recent trial. An insider told the outlet, “He thinks he’s got a legal mind. He’s convinced that his strategy is what helped dismantle the case.”Now Diddy wants to leave the studio for the courtroom and is looking for law school and a diploma programme, but…
Beer is poured from a tap at a brewery in Oceanside, California, US, October 15, 2020. — ReutersWASHINGTON: A narrow majority of Americans now believe even moderate consumption of alcohol negatively affects health, as US drinking levels continue to decline, according to a recent survey.Pollster Gallup found the number of Americans who said they drink alcohol to be at an all-time low since the poll was first conducted in 1939 — a few years after the United States ended its prohibition of alcohol. The survey found 54% of Americans reported they drank alcohol either occasionally or regularly in 2025, down…
Does the latest United States consumer price index (CPI) report show that Americans are paying more or less for goods? You might be seeing mixed messaging based on the politicians you listen to or what your social media algorithms surface.Some say the numbers show President Donald Trump’s success. Others say the opposite.Every month, the federal Bureau of Labour Statistics publishes the consumer price index, which measures price changes for goods and services, including food, apparel, gasoline and housing. The report is used to assess economic stability and inform policy decisions.Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida celebrated the July report on…
The diplomatic advisor to His Highness the President of the State, Dr. Anwar Gargash, confirmed that the diplomacy of the wise UAE.