Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region. A wave of exceptionally hot weather blasted Thailand in recent weeks, prompting authorities to issue warnings about scorching hot weather on a near-daily basis. The health ministry said Friday …

The Pakistan hockey team was given a hero’s welcome on their arrival in Lahore on Sunday following their silver medal finish at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, where they narrowly lost in the final to a defensively stoic Japanese side on penalties. Pakistan remained unbeaten en route to the final but were left ruing their missed opportunities in the final where Japan …

Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday to move back top of the table. Leandro Trossard scored the only goal in 20 minutes as Arsenal won for just the second time in 17 games away at United to go a point clear …

LE MANS: MotoGP cham­­p­ionship leader Jorge Martin of Pramac Racing won the French Grand Prix on Sunday to complete a weekend double while Gresini Ducati’s Marc Marquez finished sec­o­nd with a final-lap overtake of reigning champion Fran­cesco Bagnaia at Le Mans. Bagnaia led for most of the race before pole sitter Martin regained the lead and powered to victory following …

DHAKA: Sikandar Raza and Brian Bennett hit half-centuries as Zimbabwe secured an eight-wicket consolation victory over Bangladesh in the final Twenty20 Inte­rnational in Dhaka on Sunday to avoid a 5-0 whitewash. Captain Raza hit an unbeaten 72 off 46 to guide Zimbabwe to 158-2 after they restricted Bangladesh, who won the first four matches of the series, to 157-6. Bennett …

DUBLIN: Belligerent half-centuries by Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan steered Pakistan to a series-levelling seven-wicket victory over Ireland in the second T20 International here at Castle Avenue on Sunday. Chasing a testing 194, the tourists came home in just 16.5 overs as Fakhar and Rizwan — named player-of-the-match — combined for a match-winning partnership, with some luck, to help their team square …

HYDERABAD: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has ruled out any change in the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, saying neither the federal government nor any other official has discussed any such amendment. He made these remarks while talking to reporters at the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday. When asked about reports of an IMF suggestion to renegotiate the resource distribution formula among provinces, …

ISLAMABAD: As unaffordable power supplies affect demand and push consumers out of the nati­onal grid, question marks are being raised over the procurement of imported coal for power plants in the long term despite the government’s and the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) overall policy direction for localisation and import substitution. The power plants are getting into long-term coal import — …

Bullish momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as shares gained more than 700 points. The benchmark KSE-100 index was up by 788.56 points, or 1.08 per cent, at 1:55pm, reaching 73,874.06 points from the previous close of 73,085.50 points. Finally, the index closed at 73,799.1, up by 713.61 points from the previous close. During intraday trade, …