Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met in Beijing on Sunday with China’s number two official, Premier Li Qiang, who promised the country would “always” be open to foreign firms. Musk — one of the world’s richest people — arrived in China earlier the same day on his second trip in less than a year to the world’s biggest …

SAN FRANCISCO: Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States. Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods. “It’s …

THE best of times and arguably the worst of times. This is how an important new book sees what advanced artificial intelligence and biotechnology can mean for the future of humanity. The Coming Wave joins a growing body of literature on one of the defining dynamics of the 21st century — the transformative impact of new technology. Its author Mustafa Suleyman, is …

Arsenal held on to beat battling local rivals Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 away and move four points clear at the top of the Premier League after an emphatic first-half display and a nervous second period in an electric derby atmosphere on Sunday. An own goal by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and efforts from Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz put the Gunners in control …

ISLAMABAD: After resolving the controversy over two training camps, a selection committee announced an 18-member Pakistan hockey squad for the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, which will be held in Malaysia from May 4 to May 11. Seasoned Ammad Shakeel Butt will lead the team with defender Abu Bakar as his deputy. The three-member selection committee consisting of head coach …

LAHORE: While acknowledging that his team need to lift their game overall ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has said that the batsmen need to lift their game in middle overs. “We are struggling significantly to get quick runs in middle overs. To improve in this area, we tested Iftikhar Ahmed, [all-rounder] Shadab Khan and …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) is facing stark criticism on social media for not getting the premises of a boxing academy vacated from the Frontier Corps (FC), a paramilitary force, whose personnel have been residing at the place for almost two years. Several years ago, Amir Khan, a prominent Britain-born Pakistani boxer, established an academy at the Pakistan Sports …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s hopes of bouncing back from the One-day International series whitewash at the hands of West Indies were dealt with another blow when the visitors registered a seven-wicket victory in the second Twenty20 here at the National Bank Stadium on Sunday. Following their 3-0 ODI series win over Pakistan, West Indies had edged the hosts by two runs in …

ISLAMABAD: While simultaneously working on proposals for expenditure control, the government is ready to hire around one and a half dozen technical experts and consultancy firms from the market at special remuneration packages, starting with the ministries of energy and finance. The recruitment model for ‘technical advisers’ would subsequently be replicated in 10 other economic and technical ministries in due course, …