WCL to begin from July 18 Former Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim has officially been included in the Pakistan Champions squad for the second edition of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025, set to take place in England from 18 July to 2 August. The announcement was made via the team’s official social media platforms,…
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut on Friday regained his longtime title of champion in the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating contest at New York City’s Coney Island after he was banned from the competition last year. Chestnut, 41, of Indiana, ate 71 hot dogs in 10 minutes, landing him the “Mustard Belt” prize for the most dogs…
Scientists have discovered a hidden switch in the body that helps special fat cells, known as brown fat, burn calories and produce heat, especially when it’s cold. This fat acts like a natural furnace, keeping us warm and lean by using up stored energy. The researchers found that when temperatures drop, a protein that normally…
OPEC+ agreed on Saturday to raise production by 548,000 barrels per day in August, further accelerating output increases at its first meeting since oil prices jumped – and then retreated – following Israeli and US attacks on Iran. The group, which pumps about half of the world’s oil, has been curtailing production since 2022 to…
Global investors are heading into US President Donald Trump’s Wednesday deadline for trade tariffs palpably unexcited and prepared for a range of benign scenarios that they believe are already priced in. Just days before the end of a 90-day pause he announced on his April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs, Trump said the first batch of…
Canada has discussed offering financial support to large aluminum producers like Rio Tinto impacted by a US-led trade war, in the event that Washington’s 50% tariff on imports of the metal persist in the medium term, the CEO of a key industry trade group said on Saturday. Aluminium Association of Canada CEO Jean Simard told…
Investment firm Azoria Partners said on Saturday it will postpone the listing of its Azoria Tesla Convexity exchange traded fund after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was forming a new US political party. Musk made the announcement a day after polling his followers on the X social media platform he owns, declaring, “Today the…
Ingram Micro said on Saturday it recently identified ransomware on certain of its internal systems. The information technology company took steps to secure the relevant environment, including taking certain systems offline, it said in a statement. The Irvine, California-based company also launched an investigation with the assistance of leading cybersecurity experts and notified law enforcement,…
Kenya’s three-time reigning Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon improved her own 1,500m world record on Saturday, clocking 3min 48.68secs to win at the Diamond League athletics meeting in Eugene, Oregon. Kipyegon improved on the record of 3:49.04 she set at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on July 7, 2024. The Kenyan was running her first…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attended a religious event on Saturday, according to a video carried by state television, after reports that he was in a “secure location” since the start of a 12-day air war with Israel in which top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists were killed. The video carried by state media…
