Formula One drivers welcome rule tweaks

Oscar Piastri tells a Miami press conference that Formula One rules need a fundamental overhaul. Photo: AFP MIAMI: Formula One’s drivers on Thursday welcomed rules tweaks made on safety grounds, but warned that more was needed to improve the racing at this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix. Speaking at an official news conference, most drivers said…

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IPL 2026: Hardik Pandya set to link up with Mumbai Indians in Raipur on Thursday; Suryakumar Yadav doubtful for RCB game | Cricket News

Hardik Pandya (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya is likely to join the squad in Raipur on Thursday for their fixture against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Sunday. The all-rounder didn’t travel with the first batch of players on Wednesday and will link up with the squad later.It is reliably learnt that…

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Serena Williams blasts drug test rules

Serena Williams reacts to drug testing rules ahead of her Wimbledon return. Photo: AFP/FILE LONDON: Serena Williams has slammed the drug test rules that force tennis stars to declare their location to doping officials, claiming the “unprofessional” system stopped her coming out of retirement sooner. Williams will play her first singles match since 2022 when…

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Rate hike risks overcorrection

SBP faces dilemma as supply-side pressures clash with need to protect 3.89% GDP growth KARACHI: Brokerage houses have suggested ahead of the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting that a policy rate hike would be counterproductive and lead to overcorrection. In its latest preview, Arif Habib Limited (AHL) argued that…

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Robot tracks sperm whale conversations

. NEW YORK: Deep beneath the ocean surface, sperm whales swim through the dark waters, clicking to each other in bursts of sound that can travel for kilometres. Now, scientists say they are beginning to follow those exchanges in real time using an autonomous underwater robot that can track whales by listening to their voices….

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IRSA okays 15% Kharif shortfall

View of the Sukkur Barrage formerly known as the Lloyd Barrage, as flood water passes through, following monsoon rains and rising levels of Indus River in Sukkur, Sindh province. Photo: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has approved a projected water shortfall of up to 15 per cent for early Kharif 2026, while…

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Coloured ice balls, drinks raise health concerns

Vendors sell unhygienic flavoured ice treats outside schools and in neighbourhoods SUMMER TREAT CAVEAT: A vendor sells flavoured ice balls to children at his stall in a Rawalpindi neighbourhood. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: With the onset of summer, brightly coloured ice balls and flavoured drinks being sold in streets and outside schools have started raising health…

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El Nino is here and could reach historic intensity

WASHINGTON: The phenomenon El Nino has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength. El Nino is a natural climate occurrence that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific…

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