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From left: Pakistan’s squash players Ashab Irfan and Asim Khan are seen in this collage. —Instagram/@ashab.irfan/@asimkhansquashKARACHI: Pakistan’s squash stars Ashab Irfan and Asim Khan produced commanding performances to secure semifinal berths at the ongoing Johns Creek Open in the United States.Top seed Asim Khan overcame a tough challenge from Egypt’s Omar El Kattan, clinching a 3–1 win in 46 minutes. After dropping the first game 10–12, Khan rebounded strongly to take the next three 11–3, 11–3, and 13–11. Meanwhile, Ashab Irfan cruised past Mexico’s Cesar Segundo with a straight-games victory. He wrapped up the quarterfinal 11–3, 11–8, 11–3 to advance…
Jennifer Aniston, Jim Curtis romance sparks concerns among her friendsJennifer Aniston has sparked concerns among her close pals as her relationship with new boyfriend Jim Curtis is moving too fast.Insiders recently told RadarOnline that as the Friends alum seeks guidance from her beau Curtis, who’s a hypnotherapist, to deal with stalker trauma, her pals are concerned. Aniston previously admitted that the incident in which a 48-year-old man drove into the gates of her LA home has left her “constantly on edge.”Now, insider told the outlet that her hypnotherapist partner has been “guiding her through breathing exercises and visualization to reduce…
For most people, memories of childhood coughs and colds are synonymous with a menthol-smelling ointment in a dark blue jar with a turquoise cap.For more than a century, Vicks VapoRub has been a household name across continents. How it became one has roots in the Spanish flu pandemic in the early 20th century.The story begins with an act of fatherly love.In 1894 in the state of North Carolina in the eastern United States, the nine-year-old son of a pharmacist named Lunsford Richardson was sick with croup, a respiratory infection that causes a bark-like cough.Desperate to find a treatment, Richardson began…
The International Charitable Business Authority announced the digging and maintenance of 850 wells at a cost of 6 million dirhams ….
Residents recover belongings from the remains of a damaged home after a cloudburst triggered heavy rains and flooding in Naryan Behak village, on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, August 15, 2025. — ReutersBajaur reports highest death toll with 184 fatalities.Around 2,000 rescuers engaged in recovering bodies.As many as 3,817 people affected by floods: KP govt.PESHAWAR/SWAT: The death toll from floods, landslides and other rain-related incidents in the country’s northern areas continues to increase, with 307 fatalities reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone in the last 48 hours.Expanding on the death toll in KP, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority…
An US Capitol Police office enters his car parked on the side walk near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2025. — AFPThe Justice Department reached an agreement on Friday with Washington authorities over control of the US capital’s police department after President Donald Trump placed it under federal government control to tackle violent crime.The deal was hammered out at a federal court hearing held after the District’s attorney general sued the Trump administration over what he called a “hostile takeover” of the city’s police force. Trump placed Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control on…
Emma Stone recalls ‘special time’ of her lifeEmma Stone shared her working experience with Andrew Garfield in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man.The 36-year-old actress recalled the special time of her life in a new interview with Vogue’s Life in Looks on Thursday, August 15. “I mean, I really loved doing Spider-Man. I loved everyone I worked with. I met Andrew there,” said Emma.”I met Sally Field and Marc Webb was wonderful. It was really a special time in my life,” she addedThe two-time Oscar-winning actress further told the outlet that the people she was surrounded by while filming made her experience…
Here are the key events on day 1,269 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Saturday, August 16:Fighting The Ukrainian military said that it struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region overnight, reporting a fire and explosions at the refinery, which it said produces a range of fuels and is one of the biggest in Russian energy company Rosneft’s system. The Ukrainian military also said it struck the port of Olya in Russia’s Astrakhan region, hitting a ship transporting drone parts and ammunition from Iran. Russia is preparing to test its new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise…
As the new academic year approaches, and the countdown to students ’return to school began after a long summer vacation, specialists refer to important advice to achieve a successful starting start that positively affects the journey of students for the rest of the year. It is one of the most prominent tips to re -control the biological clock, and to adapt to the school schedule, in addition to creating an environment that helps in good sleep and remove electronic devices at least an hour before bed, and specialists also assured to the “Gulf” that sleep is not the only factor…
Plastic polluting a mangrove area lies in Panama Bay, Panama City, Panama December 6, 2024. — Reuters GENEVA: Delegates discussing the world’s first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, with diplomats voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day talks produced no deal.Participants had been seeking a breakthrough in the deadlocked United Nations’ talks in Geneva, but states pushing for an ambitious treaty said that the latest text released overnight failed to meet their expectations. The chair of the negotiations, Ecuador’s Luis Vayas Valdivieso adjourned the session with a pledge to resume talks at an undetermined later date,…