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AHMEDABAD: A hungry South Africa will “keep wanting more” after their statement victory over co-hosts India at the T20 World Cup earmarked Aiden Markram’s side as serious title contenders. India were swept aside by 76 runs as 80,000 fans in Ahmedabad were silenced on Sunday and their 12-match win streak at the T20 World Cup, stretching back to 2022, came to a crashing halt. India, batting second for the first time in the tournament, collapsed to 111 all out in their Super Eights opener after South Africa posted 187-7. David Miller showed India’s much-vaunted line-up how to bat on a…

LAHORE : A judicial magistrate at District Courts Lahore has ordered the restoration of frozen bank accounts of renowned YouTuber Saad Rehman, popularly known as Ducky Bhai, in a case related to the alleged promotion of gambling applications. The court also granted him conditional permission to upload videos on YouTube. The hearing was conducted by Judicial Magistrate Naeem Wattoo. Saad Rehman appeared before the court accompanied by his wife Aroob Jatoi and his legal counsel, including Barrister Amrit Sheikh and Advocate Usman Latif. During the proceedings, the court directed that the accused’s frozen bank accounts be restored. He was also…

KATHMANDU: A passenger bus fell from a hilly road in west Nepal before dawn on Monday, killing 19 people including a British national, police said. Only nine of the dead have been identified so far, they said, adding that the bus was carrying 44 people in all. A New Zealander and a Chinese national were among the 25 injured when the bus headed to the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, from the tourist town of Pokhara fell 200 metres (650 feet) from the road at Behighat in Dhading district, 80 km (50 miles) west of Kathmandu, a police statement said. The injured…

LAHORE : The Lahore High Court has declared all decisions of the DRC committees null and void while hearing more than 1,500 petitions filed against actions taken under the Punjab Property Ownership law. The court ordered that all pending petitions be transferred to the relevant tribunal for further proceedings. A three-member full bench headed by Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, and comprising Justice Jawad Zafar and Justice Abhar Gul Khan, heard the case. During proceedings, Punjab’s Advocate General Amjad Pervaiz presented a new amending ordinance related to the property ownership law, informing the court that significant amendments had been introduced while…

BRUSSELS: EU countries will likely not reach an agreement on the proposed new package of sanctions against Russia on Monday, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. Continued resistance from Hungary has made it clear that consensus on the proposed measures will not be reached at a meeting of EU ministers of foreign affairs on Monday, Kallas told reporters before the meeting.

On the Western Sichuan Plateau at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the world’s largest hybrid pumped-storage power station under construction – the Lianghekou hybrid pumped storage project – reached two major construction milestones on Sunday. Excavation of the underground powerhouse was completed while concrete pouring began for the downstream reservoir. It uses the Lianghekou Reservoir, Sichuan’s largest super reservoir, as the upper reservoir and the Yagen Level-1 Hydropower Station reservoir as the lower reservoir. The Lianghekou hybrid pumped-storage project under construction. /CMG The plant is equipped with four reversible units of 300 megawatts each. Operating jointly with the 3,000-MW conventional…

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated Kim Jong Un on his election as the general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

China on Monday called on the United States to cancel its unilateral tariff measures on trade partners after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tariffs imposed under emergency powers were unlawful. Responding to media inquiries, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said Beijing will closely monitor Washington’s latest tariff actions and firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests. The ministry also urged the U.S. to remove additional unilateral tariffs imposed on its trading partners. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled ruled 6–3 on Friday that President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were illegal.…

China’s railways have witnessed 258 million passenger trips so far during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, as the travel period passed its halfway mark, the national railway operator said on Sunday. On February 21, the 20th day of the 2026 Spring Festival travel season, about 17.19 million passenger trips were recorded, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The operator expected the passenger volume to remain high on Sunday, with an estimated 17.93 million trips. A total of 2,203 additional passenger trains have been scheduled to meet surging demand. Railway authorities have increased transport capacity on…

RAWALPIDI : Two soldiers were martyred when a convoy of the security forces was targeted by terrorists in Bannu while an intelligence based operation was being conducted on reported presence of Indian-sponsored terrorists, including a suicide bomber. A vehicle borne suicide bomber was intercepted by the leading group, foiling his nefarious design to target innocent civilians/ Law enforcement personnel in Bannu City, averting major catastrophe, Inter Services Public Relations said in a press release. During the conduct of operation, terrorists locations were located and after intense fire exchange, five militants were eliminated by the security forces. However, in desperation, the…