Month: October 2023

Messi’s possible return injects excitement into Inter Miami’s playoff bid

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With Inter Miami’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread, all eyes are on Lionel Messi as the team prepares to host FC Cincinnati on Saturday.  Messi has been sidelined since aggravating a leg injury during a World Cup qualifying match for Argentina on September 7. Despite initial attempts to return, he hasn’t played since his early exit in Miami’s match against Toronto FC on September 20. During his absence, Inter Miami has struggled, losing ground in the playoff race. They also suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Houston Dynamo in…

Woman killed, 15 others injured as Hamas launches rocket barrages on Israel

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Palestinian gunmen infiltrated parts of southern Israel while over 5,000 rocket barrages were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday, Hamas’ armed wing said, declaring the initiation of “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, AFP reported. One person in Kfar Aviv was injured when their vehicle was hit as a result of the attack, and a building in southern Ashkelon was damaged, Haaretz reported. A woman, who was in her 60s, was critically wounded by a rocket attack on southern Israel and later died. Additionally, 15 others were injured in the central Israeli city of…

Admiral Naveed Ashraf takes charge as Pakistan’s 23rd naval chief

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Admiral Naveed Ashraf Saturday took charge as the 23rd naval chief of the country following a change of command ceremony in Islamabad. The outgoing naval chief Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi handed over the command to the newly-appointed head of the navy, Radio Pakistan reported. Earlier this week, the Director General Public Relations (Navy) made an announcement regarding the appointment, stating that the change of command ceremony will take place on October 7 (today).  The DGPR added that the vice admiral would be given the four-star rank on the same day as well…

ECP tasks authorities to strip Sindh ex-ministers of protocol immediately

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered immediate compliance to its guidelines concerning the official protocols and appointment of government officials in provinces after the dissolution of assemblies. In separate letters to the provincial secretaries of Sindh and Balochistan, the top election governing body sought the withdrawal of protocols and privileges accorded to the former Sindh ministers and cabinet members, and the reshuffling of the provincial secretaries in Balochistan. The directives came in light of the completion of the provincial government’s tenure and impending general elections, which are set…

ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan not included in Tendulkar’s semi-finalists

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Former Indian skipper Sachin Tendulkar believes that Pakistan may not be able to reach the semi-final stage of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023. The legendary cricketer, to the surprise of many, excluded the Green Shirts from the top four despite the team’s rankings. Tendulkar tipped the four semi-finalists on Thursday after carrying the World Cup trophy out onto the pitch to signal the start of the event in India. The World Cup winner thinks that India can repeat their historic effort on home soil from 2011. “I hope so,…

More than 100 killed as drone attack destroys Syria military academy

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Over 100 people were killed Thursday in a lethal drone attack on a Syrian military college, according to a war monitor, with state media attributing the drone hit in government-held Homs to “terrorist organisations.” Separately, after Ankara vowed revenge for a bomb assault, Turkish airstrikes in the northeast of the nation, which is controlled by Kurdish forces, claimed the lives of at least 11 people. In the central city of Homs, “armed terrorist organisations” targeted “the graduation ceremony for officers of the military academy”, an army statement carried by the…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus, Alexei Ekimov awarded for developing ‘quantum dots’

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Moungi Bawendi from France, Louis Brus of the United States and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday creating tiny “quantum dots” that are used to light up TVs and lamps. The trio brought advances on tiny particles that “now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons when they remove tumour tissue,” the jury said. But a rare leak led to the winners´ names being mistakenly sent to media outlets hours before they were officially announced, prompting an apology from…

‘May 9 riots aimed at army chief’s ouster’: Usman Dar parts ways with PTI

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“May 9 incidents planned in a meeting chaired by Imran Khan at Zaman Park,” politician claims By Web Desk October 04, 2023 Current Time 0:15 / Duration 0:48 Loaded: 100.00%Fullscreen In a major revelation and another blow to the Imran Khan-led party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar said that the riots of May 9 — the day when PTI workers ransacked state installations the ex-premier’s arrest — were aimed at removing the army chief from his post, while he announced quitting the former ruling party. Presenting a “charge sheet” against PTI Chairman Imran Khan,…