Aaron Jones struck an explosive unbeaten 94 from 40 balls as the USA beat Canada by seven wickets in the opening game of the T20 World Cup on Saturday. Jones, born in New York but raised in Barbados, bludgeoned the Canadian attack, smashing ten sixes as he totally changed the momentum of the game in a superb 131-run third-wicket partnership …

Skipper Babar Azam has stressed the need for the Green Shirts to “stick to the basics and play easy cricket” as Pakistan prepares for the highly anticipated clash between Pakistan and India during the T20 World Cup. Pakistan’s first match will be on June 6 against the United States, who beat Canada by seven wickets in the opening game of the tournament, …

KARACHI: Currency experts on Saturday feared the US dollar may resume appreciation against the rupee from the next fiscal year. The dollar has been restricted to around Rs278-280 for more than four months and is likely to rise once the interest rate is reduced. “We see the local currency at Rs295 to a dollar by December-end and interest rate at …

KARACHI: Amid hue and cry over influx of smuggled Iranian oil, the oil marketing companies (OMCs) continued to add new retail outlets across the country, while many CNG retail outlets are being closed and converted into fuel stations. Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has developed 37 new retail outlets during 9MFY24, taking its total nationwide footprint to 3,555. The company completed the construction …

WASHINGTON: Price cuts by major US retailers and new data showing a slowdown in consumer spending may boost the Federal Reserve’s confidence in falling inflation and take the edge off of corporate profits that have grabbed a larger share of national income since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Adjusted for inflation both overall consumption and disposable income dropped slightly …

PARIS: Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded France’s credit score on Friday citing a deterioration in the country’s budgetary position, a blow to Emmanuel Macr­on’s government days bef­ore EU parliamentary elections. In a statement, the American credit assessor justified its decision to drop France’s long-term sovereign debt rating from “AA” to “AA-” on concerns over lower-than-expected growth. It warned that …

MANSEHRA: Chairman of the Datta village council Assad Ali Shah on Saturday demanded an investigation by the National Accountability Bureau into the alleged irregularities during the recent procurement of wheat in the district. “The anti-corruption watchdogs tasked with checking financial irregularities in government departments should hold an investigation into the anomalies allegedly committed in wheat procurement,” Mr Shah told reporters …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance is projected to win a majority in the general election that concluded on Saturday, an exit poll summary by the NDTV news channel said. The summary of two exit polls projected the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win more than 350 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliament, where 272 is needed for …

PARIS: A climate activist was arrested on Saturday for sticking an adhesive poster on a Monet painting at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris to draw attention to global warming, a police source said. The action by the woman, a member of “Riposte Alimentaire” (Food Response) — a group of environmental activists and defenders of sustainable food production — is the …

NEW DELHI: A record temperature registered this week for the capital New Delhi of 52.9 degrees Celsius was too high by three °C, the Indian government said on Saturday, blaming a weather sensor error. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had investigated Wednesday’s reading by the weather station at Mungeshpur, a densely packed corner of Delhi, “and found a 3C sensor error”, Earth …