. ACCRA: Torrential rains sparked flooding across Accra on Monday, killing at least three people, authorities and local media reported, with the president blaming climate change and unchecked urbanisation. Flooding is common during Ghana’s rainy season, but residents say inundations in the capital have become worse in recent years due to rapid urbanisation, the building…
Trump confirms high-level meeting in Qatari capital White House says Witkoff and Kushner to join talks Tehran denie DOHA/ WASHINGTON: The United States and Iran are set to hold high-level talks in Doha on Tuesday (today) in an effort to preserve a fragile ceasefire after days of renewed military exchanges threatened to derail an interim…
AUSTRIA: George Russell returned to winning ways after a series of disappointments on Sunday when he claimed a measured victory for Mercedes ahead of Red Bull’s four-time champion Max Verstappen in a thrilling Austrian Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Briton, the pre-season favourite for the drivers’ title and winner of the opening race, secured his second…
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz reviewing secuirty arrangements ahead of Muharram. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Monday ordered the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (PERA) to adopt a people-friendly approach, warning that arrogance, misuse of authority and corruption would not be tolerated, as the new force continues to face complaints from traders…
South Korea bow out of the World Cup in disappointment. Photo: AFP/FILE ATLANTA: South Korea’s dismal World Cup first-round exit has sparked fury at home and calls for a complete overhaul at the top have not been silenced by coach Hong Myung-bo’s resignation. South Korea, World Cup semi-finalists as co-hosts in 2002, limped out of…
Gabriel Martinelli celebrates his 95th-minute goal for Brazil in Houston. Photo: AFP HOUSTON: Substitute Gabriel Martinelli scored deep in injury time as Brazil beat a stubborn Japan 2-1 on Monday to roll into the World Cup last 16. Arsenal winger Martinelli struck in the 95th minute in Houston to break Japanese hearts in the most…
Canada players celebrate Stephen Eustaquio’s goal against South Africa. Photo: AFP/FILE TORONTO: Stephen Eustaquio’s stoppage-time winner fired Canada to a 1-0 win over South Africa on Sunday in the first match of the World Cup knockout rounds, as the co-hosts advance to the last 16 for the first time in their history. With both sides…
The South American country has received support from 24 nations, which have sent over 500 metric tonnes of supplies Members of the 7th Civil Security Training and Intervention Regiment exchange information with Brazilian rescue workers next to a damaged building in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, June 29. — REUTERS Some areas in…
Government claims the bill aims to combat hooliganism and online abuse by replacing the outdated 1959 law The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday expressed deep concern over and slammed the proposed Punjab Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, warning that it appeared to grant sweeping powers to the…
Masood Khan completes an extraordinary 808km ultra-run, setting a new benchmark in endurance racing. Photo: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Masood Khan, an 18-year-old endurance runner from Peshawar, has etched his name in the record books by completing an extraordinary 808-kilometre road race through the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges, finishing in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan. Masood began his record-breaking…