According to police, Faith Bailey and Christian Nwabuisi of Houston, Texas, are facing charges of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly firing shots at employees of two fast-food restaurants due to dissatisfaction with their orders. Charging documents allege that the couple shot at employees of the restaurants when they became upset about their orders. On …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of poliovirus in environmental samples from Badin district of Sindh. Samples analysed at the anti-polio laboratory established in the National Institute of Health (NIH) revealed the presence of the virus. Earlier this week, polio virus was found in nine sewerage samples of five cities of Pakistan including, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Chaman and Mastung. …

KYIV: Ukraine imposed emergency blackouts on three regions after Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones at its power stations late on Thursday night. Moscow has stepped up its aerial bombardment of Ukraine in recent weeks, targeting energy infrastructure in response to deadly Ukrainian assaults on Russia’s border regions. National grid operator Ukrenergo said its dispatch centre was “forced to …

NEW DELHI: The suspicious death of Mukhtar Ansari, a jailed politician from Uttar Pradesh, will be investigated by a magistrate after his family claimed he was poisoned, reports said on Friday. A three-member team is expected to commence the investigation into his death shortly, an order by Chief Judicial Magistrate Banda said. Mukhtar Ansari was declared dead on March 28 …

LAHORE: While Babar Azam is all but set to return as Pakistan captain, his imminent reappointment may hurt the national side’s dressing room. It has already been volatile since Babar stepped down from the post after Pakistan dismal show in the Asia Cup and the 50-over World Cup last year, with Shaheen Shah Afridi replacing him as the Twenty20 captain and Shan Masood assuming the role …

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation stayed steady at 29.41 per cent year over year in the week ending March 28, official data showed on Friday. Weekly inflation, measured by the Sen­s­itive Price Index (SPI), has remained abo­ve 30pc for the past 18 weeks. The deceleration in the SPI is primarily due to a decrease in the prices of perishable goods. The SPI witnessed a …

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of Eidul Fitr, the petrol price is estimated to go up by about Rs10-11 per litre on Sunday (March 31) for the next fortnight, owing mainly to higher import premiums and global prices. However, the price of another key fuel, high-speed diesel (HSD), is likely to drop by up to Rs2 per litre. Given petrol’s current ex-depot price …

PAKISTAN’S ailing economy is undergoing a process of revival. The economic wizards have placed a lot of bets on IT in the hope that the enormous potential of this sector can help alleviate our economic woes. There have been claims by former federal IT ministers that Pakistan’s IT exports would reach between $10 billion to $20bn from the existing mark …

MIAMI: Carlos Alcaraz’s hopes for a Sunshine Double came undone in spectacular fashion as the top-seeded Spaniard fell 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to Grigor Dimitrov, who will move on to face Alexander Zverev in the Miami Open semi-finals. Dimitrov, the Bulgarian 11th seed, won 77 per cent of his first-serve points compared to just 56pc for Alcaraz, turned aside four …

PARIS: France has asked its foreign allies to send several thousand members of their security forces to help guard the Paris Olympics, officials said Thursday, underlining the strains caused by the sporting extravaganza which begins in July. “Several foreign nations are going to reinforce us in certain critical areas, such as dog-handling capabilities where the needs are enormous,” an official …