Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, announced a new partnership with Microsoft, leveraging its latest tools and technologies to advance its sustainability goals. Under the agreement, the companies will be working together to use advanced analytics and AI to measure and benchmark Etihad’s environmental footprint, allowing the business to implement and assess carbon efficiency savings across …

South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling urban air mobility vehicles (UAM) on Thursday, which it hopes will serve as taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel time by two-thirds. Last year, South Korea announced a roadmap to begin commercial urban air travel by 2025. The transport ministry estimates such services could cut travel …

Saudi Arabia announced that it will grant citizenship to talented individuals from different fields for helping the kingdom achieve its Vision 2023 goals. A foreign news agency reported that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has given the green signal. The individuals having expertise and specialization in the religious, medical, scientific, cultural, sports …

ABU DHABI: As New Zealand celebrated wildly upon beating England in the T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, all-rounder James Neesham gave a quiet reminder of the side’s determination to erase past heartbreaks by winning the decider. Neesham, who thrashed 27 runs off 11 balls to help them reach their first world T20 final, sat with arms crossed and a …

AUSTRALIA destroyed Pakistan’s hopes in a thrilling heavyweight contest in Dubai. Pakistan played their part, and showed why they have come so far in this tournament, but the bowling wasn’t quite at its best and that was enough to give Australia sight of victory. It was a painful defeat for Babar Azam’s team who looked invincible in this World T20, but the …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board hopes to launch a women’s version of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 tournament, newly-appointed chairman Ramiz Raja said this week. Ramiz made the comments in a video posted on Twitter, where he also announced that the board plans to launch an Under-19 men’s edition of the PSL. The Pakistan cricket board launched the PSL …

Cricket figures and fans have hailed wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan as a “warrior” after officials revealed he was in hospital with a severe chest infection before taking the field to score a brave half-century in defeat to Australia at the T20 World Cup. Rizwan top-scored for Pakistan with 67 from 52 balls in Thursday’s semi-final in Dubai to help the Green Shirts post …

Pakistan captain Babar Azam offered consolation to teammate Hasan Ali whose costly mistake in the field allowed Matthew Wade to secure Australia’s thrilling victory in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final on Thursday. Having conceded 44 runs in four wicketless overs, Hasan had more disappointment to face in the dramatic closing stages of the see-saw match at the Dubai International Stadium. With Australia …

ISLAMABAD: The Nati­onal Electric Power Regul­atory Authority (Nepra) is likely to absorb about 20 paisa per unit reduction in quarterly tariff adjustment in various tariff increases. The regulator on Thursday conducted a public hearing on a petition of the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) for refund of paisa 20 per unit to consumers of power Distribution Comp­anies (Discos) under the …

ISLAMABAD: Influential foreign investors have asked Pakistan to deregulate every segment of the energy chain as early as possible and ensure sanctity of contracts currently being tampered with in the upstream petroleum sector to protect business confidence in the country. Speaking at a news conference, Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) representatives — Abdul Aleem, Ghias Khan and …