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Disney and director James Cameron have been sued in California federal court by an actor who alleges Cameron misused her ​likeness as the basis for the character Neytiri from the blockbuster ‘Avatar’ films. Q’Orianka Kilcher said ‌in the complaint filed Tuesday that Cameron “extracted, replicated, and commercially deployed her facial likeness” for Neytiri’s design, accusing him and Disney of violating her publicity rights. Spokespeople for Disney did not immediately respond to a request for ​comment on the lawsuit on Wednesday. “What Cameron did was not inspiration, it was extraction,” ​Kilcher’s attorney, Arnold Peter of Peter Law Group, said in a…

A ceremony was held at Air Headquarters Islamabad to mark the completion of one year of Marka-e-Haq. The Pakistan Air Force was praised for what officials described as its brilliant success, decisive response and historic role in defending the country’s air borders. Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu addressed the gathering and congratulated PAF personnel, especially the youth of the force, on their success in Marka-e-Haq. In his address, Air Chief Marshal Sidhu said India made baseless allegations against Pakistan after the Pahalgam false flag, adding that Pakistan had offered India an impartial investigation into…

Pakistan is likely to face intense weather conditions over the next three months, with heatwaves expected in southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, while northern areas may face the risk of glacial lake outburst floods. Authorities have also warned that major cities, including Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi, could see urban flooding due to above-normal rainfall. The Met Department has released its outlook report for May, June and July, warning that weather patterns in Pakistan could become highly dangerous during this period. The report points to serious effects of global environmental disturbances, with extreme heat, changing rainfall patterns and glacier melting…

Iranian soccer chief Mehdi Taj said on Wednesday he will have a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the next ​three or four days at which he would seek assurances that his country will be respected at the World ‌Cup in the United States. Canada, which is co-hosting the June 11 to July 19 World Cup with the US and Mexico, said it refused entry to Taj last week because of his links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Taj said on Tuesday that Iran would not take part in the tournament if ​FIFA could not guarantee respect for the…

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced today that the Australia men’s cricket team will tour Pakistan for a three-match ODI series, Australia’s first in Pakistan since March/April 2022. In a statement today, the PCB said that Australia will arrive in Islamabad on May 23, with the first ODI scheduled at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on May 30. The second and third ODIs of the series will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on June 2 and June 4 June, said the board. “All three ODIs are scheduled to begin at 4.30pm local time, with the toss taking place at…

A delegation of United States senators visiting Beijing has called for stability and peaceful cooperation between the world’s two largest economies a week before the countries’ leaders meet. “I strongly believe that we want to de-escalate, not decouple. We want stability, we want mutual respect,” Senator Steve Daines, who is leading the bipartisan delegation, said in opening remarks at a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to the Chinese capital to meet with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15. The Republican senator said he hopes the leaders’ meeting would result in Boeing jet…

Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan held a detailed meeting with a delegation led by Marco Mariotti, President, CIS & Central Asia, Philip Morris International, to discuss key challenges facing Pakistan’s tobacco sector, including illicit trade, regulatory gaps, and export potential, according to an official statement on Thursday. During the meeting, the delegation briefed the minister on the growing scale of illicit cigarette trade in Pakistan, noting that a significant portion of the market remains undocumented, resulting in an estimated annual revenue loss of around Rs350 billion, i.e. USD1.25 billion. It was highlighted that nearly 45 to 47 billion…

Adhering to the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, as well as honoring the commitments made by previous US administrations on the Taiwan question, are international obligations that the United States must fulfill, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday. “It is also a necessary prerequisite for the stable, sound and sustainable development of China-US relations,” Lin said at a regular news briefing when answering a related question. Lin said that the Taiwan question is the core of China’s core interests and the foundation of the political bedrock of China-US relations. “China’s determination to safeguard national…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday that current China-Japan relations are facing “serious difficulties,” attributing the situation to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous remarks concerning China’s Taiwan region, and said the responsibility “lies entirely with the Japanese side.” “We urge Japan’s ruling authorities to face up to the root cause of the problem, retract the erroneous remarks, and create the necessary conditions for normal exchanges between China and Japan,” Lin said at a press briefing.

The Chinese mainland will not allow die-hard “Taiwan independence” secessionists or their relatives to invest in or profit from business activities on the mainland, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a media query regarding a company linked to Yen Wen-chun, nephew of die-hard secessionist Liu Shih-fang. The company issued a statement a day earlier to announce the removal of Yen from all positions in both its Taiwan headquarters and mainland branches. “We will not allow Taiwan individuals who support secessionism and damage cross-Strait relations…