Twenty nineteen undeniably had Taylor Swift written all over it in terms of music as the diva not only bagged innumerable accolades but also dropped some stellar new music. Her track titled Lover from the album with the same name that was released earlier in August this year, received an overwhelming amount of praise and had echoed throughout the globe. However, there …

MELBOURNE: Australian popstar Kylie Minogue has invited weary Britons to forget politics and “call on your friends in Australia” in a tourism campaign launched in Britain on Christmas Day. Britain, which is responsible for the fourth largest number of tourists to Australia, has had a tumultuous political year with deep rancor over Brexit and its first December election in almost …

Liam Hemsworth has finally settled his divorce with Miley Cyrus and is gearing up to get in the spirit of festivities this holiday season. The actor was all smiles as he spent his Christmas with family, one day after settlement of his divorce with the Wrecking Ball singer. The actor took to Instagram to share a sun-kissed picture of himself flashing a …

FAISALABAD: The Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation (Inland Revenue), Faisalabad, has detected a dummy unit allegedly involved in million of rupees tax fraud. The directorate has unearthed a scam of issuing/adjusting fake and flying invoices involving tax fraud of millions of rupees. On a tip-off, the IR section initiated a probe into the issue and found M/s Arrow International involved …

TOKYO: Nissan shares hit an eight-year low on Wednesday after the senior executive in charge of plans to revive crisis-hit Nissan has decided to quit just weeks after taking the job, sending the carmaker’s stock plunging more than three per cent on Wednesday. Jun Seki, 58, number three at Nissan, had informed them of his decision to leave and the …

CHENGDU: China made overtures on trade to Japan and South Korea and offered support for an infrastructure initiative as it hosted the leaders of its two neighbours this week amid strained ties with the US. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Beijing was willing to strengthen economic cooperation with …

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from the divided Neutral Zone, but stressed this would not change their OPEC commitments to crude oil production cuts. The allied Gulf Arab nations signed the agreement in Kuwait City on Tuesday. Local media reported that about 300,000 …

KARACHI: Despite auto assemblers’ reservations regarding the National Electric Vehicle Policy (NEVP), the government has aimed at making it operational by January 2020. The federal cabinet approved NEVP on Nov 5 and the Ministry for Climate Change (MoCC) has summoned an inter-ministerial meeting on Thursday in Islamabad to discuss the same. The MoCC has informed relevant ministries and government departments that the …

More than 20,000 New Zealand fans are expected to throng the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday to watch their side play their first Test at the iconic ground since 1987 when they face Australia in the second match of the three-game series. Cricket Australia said last week more than 16,000 tickets had been sold to New Zealanders based in Australia, …

Australia could play five specialist bowlers against New Zealand during the second Test, captain Tim Paine said Wednesday, with the decision being left until the last moment. The Melbourne Cricket Ground track has been lifeless during the past two Boxing Day Tests, making it hard to take 20 wickets, although a Sheffield Shield match there this month was abandoned due …