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PARIS – French lawmakers on Monday took a first step towards banning social media for under-15s, an effort championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time. The lower National Assembly backed key elements of the bill in a first vote after a lengthy debate. A second vote on […]
LONDON – Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is to join “The Great British Baking Show” as a judge, replacing the departing Prue Leith. The move was announced Monday night in a statement from Channel 4, which airs the TV baking competition in the United Kingdom. It said it was “delighted to announce” Lawson’s arrival on the […]
CUMNOCK – Teaching children how to milk cows, combat food waste or embroider linen are among the programmes on sustaina-bility offered at a charity founded by King Charles III two decades ago. Now the King’s Foundation based in Dumfries House, a sprawling 2,000-acre (809-hectare) estate in rural Ayrshire, south-west Scotland, will be at the heart […]
BEIJING – A tourist was mauled by a rare snow leopard in northwest China the other day after trying to get closer for a photo, ac-cording to authorities and state media. The tourist, a skier, was bitten in Kok-tokay town in China’s Xinjiang region, while on their way back to their hotel, ac-cording to the […]
LAHORE – A delegation of Probationary Assistant Commissioners from the Quetta Civil Services Academy, Balochistan, visited the Lahore Arts Council (Alhamra),here on Tuesday. The delegation was warmly received by Executive Director Lahore Arts Council,Muhammad Nawaz Gondal,who extended his best wishes to the young officers for their professional journey in the civil service. Addressing the delegation,Muhammad […]
Brooks Koepka revealed the first person he called when he was released from his LIV contract was Tiger Woods, to discuss his return to the PGA Tour. The five-time major winner ended his deal with the Saudi breakaway series a year early as he wanted to spend more time at home with his family. Woods, […]
LOS ANGELES – Two-time Grammy Award-winning reggae drummer Sly Dunbar, who fueled countless tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, announced the death to the Jamaica Gleaner. Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare – Sly & […]
Harry Brook’s winter has been dogged by unwanted headlines. First, there was his raft of injudicious shots during the Ashes series defeat with former England seamer Stuart Broad lamenting the batter’s lack of game awareness after one particularly brainless dismissal to Mitchell Starc in the day-nighter at Brisbane. Brook averaged a shade under 40 against […]
Sazgar Engineering Works Limited (SAZEW) posted a 27 percent year-on-year increase in profit during the first half of FY26, even as its quarterly earnings plunged sharply due to higher costs and weaker-than-expected sales performance. The automaker reported a profit after tax of Rs. 8.4 billion for 1HFY26, translating into an earnings per share (EPS) of […]
Aston Villa have signed striker Tammy Abraham from Besiktas in a deal worth £18.2m. Abraham, who has 11 England caps, returns to the club after he spent the 2018/19 season on loan at Villa Park and helped the club earn promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs. The forward moved to Roma from Chelsea […]
