TOKYO: DNA analysis has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who confessed on his hospital deathbed last month to being one of Japan’s most-wanted fugitives was indeed the suspect, police said on Tuesday. Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of a Japanese radical leftist group behind deadly bomb attacks in the 1970s, was wanted for nearly 50 years, with his bespectacled, smiling …

Lahore Qalandars’ troubles were further compounded after they received another beating at the hands of Multan Sultans at Qaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a mammoth target of 215, thanks to a superb 96 off 55 by Usman Khan who played his first game of this year’s Pakistan Super League edition, Lahore got bundled out for 154, primarily because of Multan’s …

LAHORE: Lahore Qalandars, desperate to end a five-match losing run, got the start they needed, only for Usman Khan and then Usama Mir to pile further misery on the two-time defending champions. Playing their last game of the HBL Pakistan Super League on home turf, once again in front of a packed Gaddafi Stadium, skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi sent the crowd wild …

ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador Donald Blome has emphasised the need for strengthening Pakistan’s capacity to identify and investigate trafficking crimes besides raising awareness of the risks and consequences of human trafficking. Speaking at the ‘Inte­r­n­ational Conference on Co­m­­bating Trafficking and Bonded Labour of Women and Girls in Pakistan’ here on Tuesday, Ambassador Blome remarked, “We are making progress, but there …

One-hundred and forty three percent. This is how much Pakistan’s technology exports have grown over the last five years, climbing from just $1 billion in fiscal year 2018 to almost $2.6 billion in 2023, according to data provided by the State Bank of Pakistan. And while Pakistan’s policymakers have been drawing attention to this growing sector, setting big targets and highlighting the …

WELLINGTON: New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could die as a result. Set to take effect from July, the toughest anti-tobacco rules in the world would have banned sales to those born after Jan 1, 2009, cut nicotine content …

JERUSALEM: Hamas on Tuesday said a US airman who died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington would “remain immortal” for his shocking anti-war protest. Footage of the self-immolation was widely shared online, and the group said it was “an expression of the growing state of anger among the American people” over the Israeli aggression in Gaza. The …

PARIS: International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons has told AFP he hopes the Paralympics in Paris will take place in full stadiums and predicted the TV coverage would be the most extensive in history. The 16th Summer Paralympics take place in the French capital from Aug 28 to Sept 8, just over two weeks after the Olympics. In an interview six months …

WELLINGTON: An emotional Neil Wag­ner announced his retirement from international cricket Tuesday, after the fast bowler was left out of New Zealand’s team for the first Test against Australia this week. Wagner fought back tears as he told reporters he had decided to call time on a 64-Test career after New Zealand Cricket said he would not be in the …