LONDON: Advertisers who boycotted social media are not all rushing back, despite an agreement by Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on how to curb harmful content online. Unilever, one of the world’s biggest advertisers, told Reuters the move this week was “a good step in the right direction,” but would not say whether it would resume paid advertising on Facebook in …

PARIS: Three years after the match which turned out to be the “end of my hip” Andy Murray on Thursday was handed a Roland Garros rematch against Stan Wawrinka in the pick of first round matches at this year’s tournament. In 2017, Murray and 2015 French Open champion Wawrinka fought out a gruelling and thrilling five-set semi-final which saw the …

LONDON: Liverpool teenager Curtis Jones scored twice in a 7-2 victory over Lincoln City in the League Cup, and defending champions Manchester City edged past Bournemouth 2-1 on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp’s side advanced to a fourth-round meeting next Thursday with Arsenal, who also play at Anfield in the Premier League on Monday. Phil Foden’s late goal secured City’s progress to …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has set Wednesday as the next day of hearing in the case filed by all six franchises of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over some financial issues. Justice Sajid Mahmood Sethi on Friday issued notices to all the parties for Wednesday hearing. All the franchises have been asked …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has assailed the government for hike in power tariff and increase in prices of essential items at a time of high unemployment and extreme inflation. “The government has been up to nothing but dropping one inflation bomb after the other on the people,” PPP parliamentary leader in the Senate Sherry Rehman said while talking …

ISLAMABAD: The existing fisheries legislation in Pakistan needs to conform to the international standards for sustainable management and utilisation of fisheries resources as there is a need to establish an enabling environment and right policy and legal framework for investors, United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country Representative in Pakistan Mina Dowlatchahi said. Emphasising the need for policy formulation …

TOKYO: Athlete welcome ceremonies will be scrapped and flashy spectacles axed at a scaled-back Tokyo 2020 Games, organisers said on Friday, but a senior Olympic official insisted the event “has to happen”. Fewer free tickets and savings on banners, mascots and fireworks are among more than 50 cost-cutting measures agreed by organisers and Olympic officials, less than a year before …

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank approved $450 million in financing to support Pakistan’s transition to renewable energy resources that reduce its reliance on fossil fuel imports and lower costs of electricity production. The Khyber-Pakhtun­khwa Hydropower and Renew­able Energy Development Project will help shift the national energy mix to domestic clean resources by investing in renewable energy generation, including hydropower and solar …

ISLAMABAD: The clearance of Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) cargo posted a growth of nearly 54 per cent in the past couple of weeks, bringing down overall container congestion significantly at Pakistan’s ports and border stations, Customs official told Dawn on Friday. Pakistan’s closure of borders with Afghanistan led to a piling up of over 12,500 containers at port and border stations. However, …

Karachi: Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NAPHDA) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Anwar Ali Hyder on Friday said that banks will start offering loans for the scheme from next week. He said banks had been facing problems with providing house financing on low interest rates but the government took steps to provide house loans on 5-7 per cent interest rates …