A four-man crew including Turkiye’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday for a two-week stay in the latest such mission arranged entirely at commercial expense by Texas-based startup company Axiom Space. The rendezvous came about 37 hours after the Axiom quartet’s Thursday evening liftoff in a rocketship from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape …

NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end. Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became the first motorized craft to fly autonomously on another …

Sandra Nyendwa used to drink unfiltered water in Zambia’s capital Lusaka without concern, until she and her seven-year-old son got cholera in an outbreak sweeping the country. Both fell badly ill last week, joining more than 10,000 people infected by the disease that has killed at least 432 since October, according to government figures. Nyendwa’s son complained of stomach pain, …

LAHORE: At least eight more children died of pneumonia in Punjab during the last 24 hours due to an increase in cold weather quoting the Punjab health department. A staggering 779 cases of pneumonia in children have been reported on Sunday alone. This brings the total number of cases in Pakistan’s largest province to 7,700. The high number of cases …

DOHA: Jordan were denied a first ever victory over South Korea when a 91st-minute own goal from Yazan Al-Arab gifted their opponents a 2-2 draw in their second Asian Cup Group ‘E’ game at Al Thumama Stadium on Saturday. The result leaves both teams on four points from two games and opens up the group after Bahrain moved up to …

MELBOURNE: Steve Smith’s first outing as a Test opener may not have gone to plan but Australia coach Andrew McDonald said he had the full support of the team and that it would take time for him to build a relationship with Usman Khawaja at the top of the order. Smith, who moved up from number four following David Warner’s …

MELBOURNE: World number one Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Australian Open at the hands of Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the third round on Saturday to further deplete an already weakened women’s draw heading into the second week at Melbourne Park. While only three of the top 10 women’s seeds remain, the main contenders for the men’s title have …

EAST LONDON: A fine century by opener Shahzaib Khan and fast bowler Ubaid Shah’s impressive four-wicket haul steered Pakistan to a massive 181-run victory in their opening match of the ICC U-19 World Cup against Afghanistan here at Buffalo Park on Saturday. Electing to bat first proved a right call for Pakistan who piled up a huge 284 for nine …

Pakistan’s spinners ran through New Zealand to pick up a consolation 42-run win in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday and avoid a series clean sweep. The tourists lost the five-match series 4-1 but it ended on a positive note as they dismissed the Black Caps for a paltry 92 in defence of 134-8. Part-time offspinner Iftikhar Ahmed …