SA look to seal semifinal spot in clash against England
As the battle for the semifinals intensifies in Group B, top-ranked South Africa will aim to assert their dominance and secure a spot in the final four when they face a struggling England in a high-stakes Champions Trophy clash here on Saturday.
Senior Pak players to skip New Zealand tour
Some of the senior Pakistan players could withdraw from the next month’s New Zealand tour in the aftermath of the team’s embarrassing exit from the Champions Trophy, sources said on Friday.
CT: Australia in semis after 15 years
Australia qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy for the first time in 16 years.
Buttler steps down as England`s white-ball captain
Jos Buttler has resigned as England’s white-ball captain following his side’s early exit from the ongoing Champions Trophy.
5 killed, 20 injured in blast at mosque in Pak
A powerful blast killed at least five people and injured 20 others during Friday prayers at Madrassa-e-Haqqania, Akora Khattak, in Nowshera district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
OpenAI launches GPT-4.5
OpenAI has released GPT-4.5, but despite its large size, the company does not consider it a “frontier model.”
India slams Pak at UN
India has slammed Pakistan after it raked the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the UN Human Rights Council, saying the “failed state” that survives on “international handouts” “dutifully” spreads “falsehoods handed down by its military-terrorist complex.”
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in DOGE job cuts
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said.
Russia offers to restore direct air links with US
Russia has offered the United States to restore direct air links between the two countries during the latest round of consultations with Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
