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Japan relief pitcher Tatsuya Shimizu came up huge in a 9-6 Premier12 victory over Taiwan on Saturday in an appetizer for Sunday’s championship game. Japan and Taiwan entered the game having already clinched their spots in the final by virtue of the United States’ 6-5 victory over Venezuela earlier in the day at Tokyo Dome. […]
Iraq is holding its first nationwide census in nearly four decades this week, a long-awaited count in a nation that has been blighted by sectarian and ethnic divisions. The census is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, and will provide sorely needed up-to-date demographic data for the country which has an estimated population of around 44 […]
With COP29 underway, the rift between climate action and climate justice has only deepened. The youngest nation in Asia, Timor-Leste, exemplifies this complex dynamic: Considered both a Least-Developed Country (LDC) and a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), its economy centers on fossil fuels but also requires outside interests for it to be able to access […]
Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (local time) held a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Brazil. PM Modi stated that their discussions focused on strengthening ties in defence, security, trade, and technology. He remarked, “India-Italy friendship can greatly contribute to a […]
The Brazilian stock market, Ibovespa, maintained its position above 127,000 points for the sixth consecutive trading session. This stability comes as investors await fiscal measures and react to Petrobras’ performance. On Monday, November 18, 2024, the main index closed with a slight decrease of 0.02%, ending at 127,768.19 points. The US dollar weakened against the […]
Growing up with dreams of becoming a car designer, the first-generation Toyota Celica coupé was one of my all-time favourite designs. In fact, I still have an A3-sized drawing of a green Celica GT, complete with over-fenders, stashed away somewhere. But I don’t think my 10-year-old self could have ever imagined a build quite like the 1976 […]
Protesters called for an end to the war in Ukraine and the ouster of Russian President Vladimir Putin in a demonstration in Berlin on Sunday afternoon. Three prominent opposition figures now in exile — Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya, and Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin, both of whom were released in the August 1 prisoner […]
Trying to find a job is tough these days, so when you find a good one, hold on tight! But if you have a gap in your resume—for whatever reason—that makes the search nearly impossible. This guy in our next story exposed a flawed and discriminatory system by recording the conversation that pushed his patience […]
A cloth fragment discovered in a royal tomb in Greece could be the remains of a tunic once worn by Alexander the Great, according to recent claims by Professor Emeritus Antonis Bartsiokas of Democritus University of Thrace. Found in a tomb near Vergina, a site historically tied to Macedonian royalty, this garment is now believed […]
ISLAMABAD – Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar Friday said that the Supreme Court Constitutional Bench holds authority to take suo motu notice, if necessary. The apex court judge, a member of the six-member constitutional bench, made these remarks during the proceeding of the anti-terrorism case. The bench conducted hearing of 16 cases pending for a long […]