Rihanna said she owes her prestigious billionaire status and all the success that has come with it to her beauty line ‘Fenty beauty.’ On Wednesday, the world’s wealthiest female musician said her achievement is is because of her all-inclusive cosmetics range. “Being inclusive for me always came second nature,” Rihanna told Entertainment Tonight. “I see how women become so emotionally invested …

Flu vaccination may lower the risk for severe illness from the coronavirus, including life-threatening sepsis infections and strokes, according to a report in PLoS One on Tuesday. The researchers studied nearly 75,000 COVID-19 patients, half of whom had received the most recently available flu shot. They also found fewer patients who had flu shots had to be admitted to intensive …

TOKYO: Italy capped the most amazing week in their athletics history on Friday by winning a shock gold in the men’s sprint relay, as Jamaica’s women underlined their Tokyo dominance by romping home in theirs. On a night when American Allyson Felix also became the most decorated track and field athlete in Olympic history and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan’s dream of …

TOKYO: Beach volleyball players roasted on the sands of Tokyo Bay on Friday, while organisers removed two Belarusian officials after sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya defected. With solar and political heat clinging to athletes in their final three days of the Games, US claimed the women’s beach volleyball gold for the birthplace of the sport, as did Japan for karate. Belarus’ athletics …

BARCELONA: Money came between Barcelona and Lionel Messi. Barca said the player wanted to stay. The club wanted the same. They even shook hands on a deal. But in the end the club’s dire financial situation made it impossible. Letting Messi go was the only way of saving the club, and just like that Messi’s era at Barca came to …

The Kashmir Premier League 2021Twenty20 tournament kicked off in Muzaffarabad Friday and Twitter users are pumped. One of the many reasons they’re excited, though, is Shahid Afridi. Here’s the complete lineup of the players participating in the KPL. The six-team event, which will continue till August 17, features Muzaffarabad Tigers, Rawalakot Hawks, Bagh Stallions, Mirpur Royals, Kotli Lions and Overseas Warriors. Overseas …

With hope and a sense of nervous anticipation, millions of Pakistanis will be looking towards one man to end the country’s 29-year medal drought at the Olympics on Saturday: Arshad Nadeem. On Wednesday, the man from Mian Channu kept the country’s flailing hopes of a maiden medal at the Tokyo Olympics alive as he qualified for the final of the men’s javelin with …

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Auth­ority (Ogra) on Friday set the average sale price of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) at about $13.22 per million British thermal unit for the current month, an increase of 2.33 per cent from last month’s $12.91 per unit. The regulator had last week notified the RLNG sale price at $13.61 for August, about …

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed K-Electric to charge its consumers an additional cumulative cost of Rs3.64 per unit in three months (Aug-Oct) to add almost Rs5 billion to its revenue. On the other hand, it has asked ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) to refund about 19 paisa per unit to their consumers through negative adjustment in …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has started the process for the sale of additional spectrum to mobile phone companies — an exercise expected to bring the government around $1 billion from the auction. The new spectrum will be applicable for enhancing telephony and broadband services in Pakistan only as these frequencies will be applicable for the Azad Jammu & …