SHARJAH: An injured Darren Sammy single-handedly steered Peshawar Zalmi to a brilliant five-wicket victory in a nail-biting finish in their Pakistan Super League III match against Quetta Gladiators at Sharjah Stadium here on Thursday night. After being put into bat first, Quetta were in a strong position and at one …
Read More »United secure their second victory over Qalandars in a nail-biting super over match
SHARJAH: Islamabad United won a sensational nail-biting match against Lahore Qalandars in Sharjah cricket stadium. After winning the toss, Islamabad United scored 121 runs in 20 overs. In second innings, Lahore Qalandars chased level score in 20 over’s. The match was full of thrill, as wickets kept falling down. Lahore …
Read More »Evidence of universe’s earliest-known stars detected
WASHINGTON: A ground-based radio antenna in western Australia that resembles a dining room table has detected evidence of the earliest-known stars that illuminated an infant universe shrouded in darkness following its formation in the Big Bang. Scientists said on Wednesday faint signals of hydrogen gas spotted by the instrument indicated …
Read More »World’s biggest plane Stratolaunch takes next test flight
World’s biggest airplane, Stratolaunch, attempted its next test flight. The colossal appearing as a fabulous white passenger plane, isn’t destined to transport passengers. However, the twin fuselage airpad is a good news bearer in other capacities and it includes allowing payloads to reach space faster and at a lower cost …
Read More »Trudeau says Trump’s trade war will hurt U.S. ‘as much as they will hurt us’
OTTAWA— U.S. President Donald Trump boasted Friday that “trade wars are good, and easy to win,” after his threat to tax steel and aluminum imports marked the latest flashpoint in simmering tensions over cross-border commerce between Canada and its largest trading partner. The federal government, already at odds with Washington …
Read More »Ontario paper apologizes after AFN calls headline on egg attacks ‘insensitive’
ONTARIO — A newspaper in northern Ontario is apologizing for a headline on a story about a police investigation into two incidents where eggs were thrown from passing vehicles at two men believed to be Indigenous. The headline in Thursday’s print edition of the Chronicle-Journal referred to the alleged attacks …
Read More »Toronto Mendelssohn Choir conductor Noel Edison accused of sexual misconduct
Noel Edison, the long-time conductor and artistic director of both the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Elora Festival Singers, was abruptly put on “personal leave” by both organizations following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. In a joint letter posted on the Mendelssohn Choir website on Thursday, senior officials of both …
Read More »Russia probe: Did Trump campaign and Kremlin collude? Congress unlikely to provide answer
WASHINGTON — Did the Trump campaign collude with the Russians to try to ensure that Donald Trump would be elected president in 2016? It’s one of the central questions of congressional investigations into Russian meddling, but Congress is unlikely to answer it when their probes conclude in the next few …
Read More »Trump says he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports ‘next week’
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday he will soon place tariffs on steel and aluminum imports — a move that could trigger retaliation from trade partners who may target American products. “We’ll probably see you sometime next week — we’ll be signing it in,” Trump said after discussing tariffs with …
Read More »Saturn Photo-bombs Show New Images Of Mars Moons Phobos, Deimos
New images of Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, could help shed light on how the mysterious rock operates in their orbit. The photos, which the European Space Agency released this week, show the moons’ cratered surfaces and gave scientists a chance to update calculations about how they are positioned …
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