Apple on Thursday forecast a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue $6 billion below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit. This overshadowed overall fiscal first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ targets, powered by iPhone growth, sending Apple shares down 3% in after-hours trade. The results confirmed some analysts’ concerns that the company’s signature …

Israel has been plunged into a mental health crisis by the Hamas attacks of October 7, with the population reeling from anxiety and depression and at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, experts say. A study published in the Lancet medical journal on January 5 said, “all citizens in Israel were, in some fashion, exposed to this attack of unprecedented scope …

PARIS: Sebastian Korda and Davis Cup debutant Chris Eubanks won Thursday’s singles matches as the United States moved 2-0 up against Ukraine in their qualifier in Lithuania. World number 33 Korda overcame the challenge of Oleksii Krutykh, a player ranked 309 places beneath the American, to earn a battling 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 victory in the opening rubber. Eubanks stepped …

BARCELONA: Barcelona president Joan Laporta said on Friday that a European Super League project could begin as soon as next season, adding that he does not care if English clubs join or not. However, various clubs Laporta suggested might form part of the league later responded by dismissing interest in the potential new competition. Spanish giants Barcelona, along with Real …

WOLVERHAMPTON: Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford scored the opening goal and Kobbie Mainoo netted a superb late winner as they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-3 in a thrilling Premier League game at Molineux on Thursday. Left out of United’s 4-2 Cup win over Newport County on Sunday by manager Erik ten Hag, Rashford rattled home the opening goal after five minutes …

LAHORE: The rising inflation has added to the woes of employees of the cash-strapped Pakistan Hockey Federation. They’ve gone unpaid for the last six months and one of their lower-grade employees, Mohamamd Sadiq, suffered from a heart attack. Sadiq is currently recovering in a hospital but making ends meet is becoming difficult day by day. “We are coming to the …

GETAFE: Spanish forward Joselu scored twice to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win at local rivals Getafe on Thursday, propelling them back to the La Liga summit, two points ahead of surprise package Girona. Real had a game in hand after their match against Getafe was postponed due to the Spanish Super Cup and they did not waste the opportunity …

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation has been on a downward trajectory for the second week in a row, decelerating to 39.45 per cent year-on-year in the week ending February 1, official data showed on Friday. This comes after a consistent 11-week period of inflation above 40pc, which surged from 29pc recorded on Nov 8, 2023. In the first three weeks of January, …

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Friday signed an agreement with a US consortium for the joint venture development of the Roosevelt Hotel, a multi-million property owned by PIA Investment Limited, as the privatisation process of the loss-making PIA nears completion. The financial advisory services agreement with the consortium led by Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc (JLL) was signed at the …