WASHINGTON: Cyber­crime is expected to cost the global economy more than $1 trillion this year, up more than 50 percent since 2018, a research report said on Monday. The report by McAfee Corp, in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), concluded that the cost of online criminal activity was more than one percent of global economic …

The announcement of the death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman was the most shared on Twitter worldwide in 2020, and got the most “likes” of any Tweet ever, the social media platform said on Monday. The Aug. 28 post by Boseman’s family saying the actor had died of colon cancer at age 43 was “liked” more than 7.5 million times, Twitter …

SYDNEY: With a mounting injury toll and all the momentum with India, Australia may press more Test players into duty for the day-night tour match against Virat Kohli’s team, head coach Justin Langer said. Australia slumped to a six-wicket defeat in the second Twenty20 International against India on Sunday, surrendering the three-match series with a game to spare and notching …

THE Athletes Commission of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) primarily works on the development of athletes’ skills and their adaptation to sporting characteristics. The Commission recently organised the first ‘National Athletes Forum’ in Lahore, the central idea of which was to educate athletes regarding sports injuries, remedial solutions, doping, etc and to provide guidance and knowledge to them for a better …

LONDON: Manchester United will travel to RB Leipzig for Tuesday’s Champions League match confident they can reach the knockout stages but knowing they have made life unnecessarily hard for themselves. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team looked certain to ease out of the group phase after an impressive win at Paris Saint-Germain followed by a 5-0 hammering of RB Leipzig at home. …

KARACHI: The new domestic season has crossed the half way stage but the competing players who signed the contracts with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are still waiting their monthly payments under fresh contracts which commenced three months ago. A number of players in regional outfits, on condition of anonymity, confirmed to this correspondent that they had not been paid …

It’s Amir (king) Khan’s birthday today and unlike the usual, where we’d get a dose of fun-filled pictures from a grand celebration, this year is a little different. The boxer, who makes headlines both based on his professional achivements as well as his personal life, turned 34 today. Here are some lesser known facts you might have not known about …

LAHORE: Punjab Sports Minister Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti has assured to allocate space for first ever baseball stadium in Lahore. The assurance was given to a joint delegation of Pakistan Federation Baseball (PBF) and Punjab Baseball Association (PBA) headed by Syed Fakhar Ali Shah during a meeting. Sheikh Mazhar Ahmed, Secretary PBF said that the president briefed the minister that …

elec UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has informed the international community that it’s working on a plan to ensure that by 2030 at least 30 per cent of the vehicles used in the country are electronic. Along with Denmark and Norway, Pakistan co-chairs a 32-nation Group of Friends on Sustainable Energy, which is committed to a transition from fossil fuel to renewable …

The Pakistan cricket squad has been allowed to leave managed isolation to begin its preparation for Twenty20 and Test series against New Zealand. All members of the squad tested negative on the 12th day of their 14-day stay in isolation and were allowed to travel to the South Island resort of Queenstown, where they can now train as a group. …