CENTURION: Pakistan will face Australia in key match in the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to begin at 1.30 P.M. (PST) today. The national team, which has already qualified for the semi-final, this match is more of ceremonial for them, but for the rival Australia, it is of vital importance for their reaching in the semi [...]
APIA: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami warning and sending coastal residents fleeing to higher ground. The quake was strong enough for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a tsunami warning for a large swathe of the South Pacific including [...]
TOKYO: Japan’s meteorological agency on Wednesday issued a tsunami alert after a massive quake struck off Samoa, warning waves of up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) would reach Pacific shores. The first waves would hit the Ogasawara island chain, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of Tokyo, at around 11:00 am (0200 GMT), the agency said. [...]
ROME: Leading Italian investors, business executives and industrialists evinced keen interest for investment in diverse fields including agriculture, transport, oil and gas, textile, infrastructure and other sectors at an Investment Conference presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari here Tuesday. Addressing the Investment Colloquium, President Zardari said Pakistan is a hub of future economic ventures [...]
A strong quake triggering tsunami in the South Pacific killed at least 100 people in the Samoa, totally devastating the islands, giving rise to the fears that death toll might exceed one hundred valuable lives. An 8.3-magnitude quake struck at 1748 GMT, generating 15ft (4.5m) waves in some areas of Samoa and American Samoa. The [...]
Let me be absolutely clear – I have no sympathies for characters like Hafiz Saeed who have eroded the Pakistani society and have pushed us in a state of profound crisis. These fundamentalists have pushed us in a crisis that is complex, and multi-dimensional with facets that touch every aspect of our lives: our health [...]
Sportswear giant Nike has managed to report a slight rise in quarterly profits after cost-cutting work helped to offset a fall in revenues. The US group made a net profit of $513m (£322m) in the three months to 31 August, its fiscal first quarter. This compares with $511m a year earlier. Nike’s revenues declined 12% [...]
US President Barack Obama stressed that the Afghan war was not purely an “American battle”, as he met Nato leader Anders Fogh Rasmussen for talks. Destroying al-Qaeda and building Afghan security were vital, he said, and the US would work with Nato “every step”. Mr Rasmussen – who had urged the US not to doubt [...]
A senior UN official in Afghanistan has been removed from his post following a row about how to handle the country’s disputed election, the BBC has learned. Peter Galbraith had angered Afghan President Hamid Karzai by criticising the country’s election commission. Mr Galbraith, from the US, was said to have called for a complete recount. [...]
SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose to near $67 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as regional stock markets rebounded and investors awaited a slew of data on the U.S. economy. Benchmark crude for November deliver was up 2 cents at $66.86 by late morning Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract [...]
