MONACO: Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis insisted on Thursday he was unfazed by the lateness of the world championships in Tokyo, the Sept 13-21 event bringing the curtain down on a gruelling season. The championships are generally held in August, with the exception of the 2019 edition in Doha, where it was pushed back to the last…
LONDON: An inspired Amanda Anisimova tore up the script and soared into her maiden Wimbledon final by outclassing world number one Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 with a display of fierce determination and fearless shot-making on Thursday. Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek will also play in her first Wimbledon final as she crushed former…
While actors like Sonya Hussyn and Yashma Gill have offered to arrange her burial, others have reflected on the isolation she may have faced. Actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali, whose decomposed body was found in a Karachi apartment on Tuesday nearly a month after her passing when the police were executing a court-ordered eviction, stirred…
Former K-pop idol Moon Tae-il, known mononymously as Taeil, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison by a Seoul district court for his involvement in the gang rape of a Chinese tourist, reported The Korea Times. The ruling, handed down on Thursday, marks a dramatic fall from grace for the former member…
Gun pointed toward his wife, in a state of emotional and mental breakdown, Zahid Ahmed’s character battles his alternate personality for control, going as far as to say that Sameera is not the manifestation of his love, rather, “you are my illness. In fact, you were my illness.” While it was a sincere attempt to…
Tesla will open its first India showroom in Mumbai next week, having imported $1 million worth of cars and merchandise, marking its entry into the world’s third-largest car market despite CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about high import tariffs. In an invitation to the media on Thursday, the carmaker said the July 15 event was the…
BRUSSELS: The EU unveiled on Thursday long-delayed recommendations to rein in the most advanced AI models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and help companies comply with the bloc’s sweeping new law. Brussels has come under fierce pressure to delay enforcing its landmark AI law as obligations for complex models known as general-purpose AI systems that have…
TEHRAN: Iran said on Thursday that 12 journalists and media workers were killed in Israeli strikes during the two countries’ recent war. The media arm of the Basij paramilitary forces — a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — said the death toll among media workers had risen to 12 following the identification of two…
• Hamas says presence of Israeli troops sticking point in truce talks• Rubio voices optimism over potential ceasefire GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency on Thursday said at least 52 people, including eight children, were killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory battered by more than 21 months of war. The latest deadly strikes…
Tesla will open its first India showroom in Mumbai next week, having imported $1 million worth of cars and merchandise, marking its entry into the world’s third-largest car market despite CEO Elon Musk’s complaints about high import tariffs. In an invitation to the media on Thursday, the carmaker said the July 15 event was the…
