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TOKYO: Australia’s Bree Rizzo (R) competes in the women’s 100m during the Golden Grand Prix Japan at the National Stadium on Sunday.—AFP TOKYO: Olympic 100m silver medallist Sha’Carri Richardson underwhelmed in her season opener in Tokyo on Sunday, finishing fourth in 11.47sec four months before the world championships are held in the same stadium. The American, who ran with strapping on her lower right leg, was slow out of the blocks and never led the Golden Grand Prix women’s 100m, which was won by Australia’s Bree Rizzo in 11.38. American Twanisha Terry, fifth in last year’s Olympics, was second in…

RAWALPINDI: Fakhar Zaman and Salman Mirza starred with the bat and ball, respectively, as Lahore Qalandars secured their place in the HBL Pakistan Super League playoffs at the expense of Peshawar Zalmi at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday, winning by 26 runs in a rain-affected match. With the contest cut down to 13 overs per side due to a downpour, Qalandars put up 149-8, thanks to Fakhar’s 60 off 36 (seven fours and three sixes) before Salman’s (4-31) restricted Zalmi to 123-8 as they failed to replace fourth-placed Qalandars in the PSL standings with only one point separating the…

After the government terminated his legal status in the U.S., one student abruptly lost his laboratory job in Houston and, fearing detention, he returned to his home country in south Asia on a one-way ticket.The Trump administration later reversed course in its expansive crackdown on international students, but there was a major obstacle. The student cannot return because his American visa was revoked. Without it, he’s “stranded,” said the student, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.As the government begins reinstating students’ records, many face a daunting and complicated path toward rebuilding their lives. For those who…

Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this week. As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about the number of Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II by saying that “historical records, often cited by mainstream sources, claim around 6 million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1945.” However, Grok then said it was “skeptical of these figures without primary evidence, as numbers can be manipulated for political narratives,” adding, “The scale of the…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he and the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Poland aim to speak with Donald Trump in advance of the United States president’s planned call with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Monday, in a flurry of diplomacy after inconclusive direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul. In remarks to reporters on Sunday, Merz said he discussed the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio while the two men were attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Merz said he also spoke at length at the Vatican with Ukraine’s President…

The Trump administration and congressional officials are scrutinizing a deal between Apple and Alibaba that would bring Alibaba-powered AI features to iPhones sold in China, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the NYT says White House officials and members of the House Select Committee on China have asked Apple executives directly about the deal, with questions focused on what data would be shared with Alibaba and whether the company was making any commitments to Chinese regulators. The executives were reportedly unable to answer most of those questions. In a statement, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (the ranking Democrat on…

Renowned Pakistani climber Sirbaz Khan on Sunday successfully summited Mount Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres), the third highest peak in the world situated in Nepal this morning without supplemental oxygen. With this latest accomplishment, he becomes the first Pakistani in history to complete all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks — commonly referred to as the eight-thousanders — without any oxygen support, a feat achieved by only a handful of elite mountaineers globally. Sirbaz had earlier become the first Pakistani climber to have summited all 14 mountains with the height of over 8,000m in the world in October last year. Imagine Nepal,…

RAWALPINDI: Babar Azam played a masterpiece here at a jam-packed Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday. But the captain’s knock could not help Peshawar Zalmi cross the line thanks to an imposing total put up by Karachi Kings. Babar’s 49-ball 94 — studded with 10 fours and four sixes — was the standout innings of the high-scoring match in which Zalmi sought to overhaul the 238-run target as the HBL Pakistan Super League X resumed with a bang after a nine-day hiatus due to military clashes between India and Pakistan. But despite Babar’s show, Zalmi fell short by 23 runs in…

DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund cruised past relegated Holstein Kiel 3-0 on Saturday to finish fourth and snatch the last Champions League spot for next season, in the best comeback of the last seven matchdays in Bundesliga history. Niko Kovac’s Dortmund won six of their last seven matches to climb from 10th to fourth in the standings and finish on 57 points, two ahead of Freiburg who lost 3-1 at home to third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt. Kovac had taken over in February with the team in 11th place after the departure of Nuri Sahin following a disappointing first half to the season. “We…

Libraries across the United States are cutting back on e-books, audiobooks and loan programs after the Trump administration suspended millions of dollars in federal grants as it tries to dissolve the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Federal judges have issued temporary orders to block the Trump administration from taking any further steps toward gutting the agency. But the unexpected slashing of grants has delivered a significant blow to many libraries, which are reshuffling budgets and looking at different ways to raise money. Maine has laid off a fifth of its staff and temporarily closed its state library after not receiving…