(WASHINGTON) President Joe Biden spoke to the nation in his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday — just one day shy of his 100th day as president — where he discussed the challenges the nation faced before he was sworn in as well as the early breakthroughs of his young administration. “A hundred days since I took …

BEIJING: China launched an unmanned module on Thursday containing living quarters for three crew on a permanent space station that it plans to complete by the end of 2022, state media reported. The module, named “Tianhe”, or “Harmony of the Heavens”, was launched on the Long March 5B, China’s largest carrier rocket, at 11:23 a.m. (0323 GMT) from the Wenchang …

Samsung Electronics snatched back the crown from Apple as the world’s biggest smartphone producer, accounting for a fifth of overall global sales in the first quarter, market research firm Canalys said. China’s Xiaomi clocked its best quarterly performance ever, with shipments surging 62% to 49 million phones and market share to 14%, taking it to the third position after Samsung …

Kebab chef Kadir Oner hoped to boost his new business by accepting payment in cryptocurrencies, but a ban by Turkish authorities will force him next month to fall back on payment methods as traditional as his spit-roasted meat. Interest in cryptocurrencies has boomed in Turkey, where double digit inflation and a tumbling lira make them an attractive alternative investment, and …

MELBOURNE: Australians involved in the Indian Premier League are ‘anxious’ about how they will get home from the tournament as the Covid-19 crisis continues in India but they are not looking for any ‘free rides’, the head of the players’ union said on Wednesday. Three Australian players have pulled out of the IPL but two remain stranded in India following …

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars opted for premier Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan while Karachi Kings brought in belligerent New Zealand opener Martin Guptill as HBL Pakistan Super League franchises on Tuesday night announced replacements of their foreign players for the remaining games of PSL-2021 scheduled to be held in Karachi in June. Lahore Qalandars are the most hit franchise of the …

LAHORE: Pakistan have qualified for the baseball event of the 2022 Asian Games scheduled to be held from Sept 18-22 in Hangzhou, China. Pakistan Federation Baseball president Syed Fakhar Ali Shah said Pakistan would be among the 12 baseball teams which will participate in the 19th edition of the Asian gala. The countries that will feature in the baseball event …

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Wednesday admitted the unfamiliar conditions of Zimbabwe offer a new challenge for his side in red-ball cricket when the two-match Test series begins in Harare on Thursday. Addressing a virtual media conference on eve of the first Test at the Harare Sports Club, Babar expressed optimism about Pakistan doing well over the course of …

ISLAMABAD: The gap between actual prices of essential food items and rates fixed by the district administrations has widened sharply in Punjab during Ramazan. However, it remained the third province after Balochistan and Sindh in terms of difference between market and official prices.With the start of Ramazan, prices of essential food items posted a rising trend which pushed Punjab to …