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Pakistan and England will lock horns in a three-match Test series from 19 August till 13 September with the first match beginning at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds on Wednesday. The second Test match will be played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground from 27 August, while the third will begin on 9 September at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham. Pakistan will be without Babar Azam after he was hit by a ball during Pakistan’s three-day warm-up match. Salman Agha will stand-in for Babar, becoming the 36th man to lead Pakistan in Test cricket. After having made his Test…

Pakistan and arch-rivals India will face off in a crucial match of the FIH Hockey World Cup today, with Pakistan needing a win to keep its hopes of reaching the next stage alive. Pakistan began its campaign with a 4-1 defeat against England before battling Wales to a 3-3 draw in its second match. India, meanwhile, defeated Wales 3-1 in its opening game but suffered a 4-2 loss to England in its second outing. England has already secured a place in the next stage after winning both of its matches. A victory over India would take Pakistan’s tally to four…

Apple (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it will charge a 5% commission on digital transactions in apps distributed outside its App ​Store, replacing a more complex system as it seeks to comply with ‌the European Union’s Digital Markets Act. The company last year changed App Store rules and fees in the EU after the bloc’s antitrust regulators ordered it to remove commercial barriers that they said hindered developers from directing customers ​outside the store. The regulators criticised Apple’s conditions, including a new Core Technology Fee, ​saying they discouraged developers from using alternative app distribution channels on its ⁠iOS mobile operating system.…

Apple has announced a new set of App Store business terms for developers in the European Union, replacing its controversial Core Technology Fee (CTF) with a revised commission structure. The changes follow discussions with the European Commission and are aimed at resolving Apple’s disagreements with EU regulators over alternative app distribution and payment options. Under the new framework, developers across the EU will operate under a single set of business terms. Developers can opt into the new terms immediately, with the changes taking effect on October 1. Previously, developers who distributed apps outside Apple’s App Store could be subject to…

Meta Platforms (META.O) rejected accusations by US states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit, at the start of a trial that could reshape some of the most popular apps on the planet. A bipartisan group of 29 US states is suing Meta, seeking potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties and changes to how Meta does business. Four lead states — California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey — accuse Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fueling anxiety, depression and even suicide, and…

US President Donald Trump announced late on Tuesday night that he was putting a three-day pause on new 50% tariffs set to go into effect on Canadian goods on Wednesday, saying the two countries had reached an agreement. The pause was “based on the fact that Canada and the USA, subject to the finalisation of documents, have a DEAL,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. An hour later, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement that “substantial progress has been made, although there is important work still to be done.” Trump added in his social media…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended all trade activities, exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, citing regional escalation that it said undermined regional and international peace and security. The announcement came after the UAE’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that it had detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran, the first such incident reported since a May 4 strike on the Fujairah port. In a statement later, the ministry said the missiles targeted “maritime traffic” based on its assessments. Both missiles fell into the sea, it said.…

Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, drawing condemnation from Turkey and criticism from a U.S. envoy who called it an “unnecessary escalation”. Syria’s state-run Ekhbariya television, citing a military source, said Israel carried out eight airstrikes on the runway and storage facilities at the Abu al-Duhur base near Aleppo in northwest Syria. A separate military source and a civilian who lives near the base said there were no casualties. The attack appeared to be Israel’s first strike on Syrian government assets since March. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said the attacks violated Syria’s territorial unity…

South Korea and the United States will cut short annual joint military drills to five days from 11 and scale back some field training, the allies said on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in U.S. participation. The change in the drills comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits South Korea on Wednesday and Thursday for regional security talks expected to cover developments on the Korean peninsula. The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which began on August 17, will now run through August 21, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Pentagon official said, instead of…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will visit the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Indonesia from August 19 to 22 at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROK Cho Hyun and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Sugiono, respectively, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday. During his visit to Indonesia, Wang will chair the first Conference of China-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, and attend together with Defense Minister Dong Jun the Second Ministerial Meeting of China-Indonesia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial…