Lahore Qalandars decided to bat first after winning the toss against Quetta Gladiators

Lahore Qalandars decided to bat first after winning the toss against Quetta Gladiators

In the fourth match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 9, defending champions Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators are competing. Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi and Quetta Gladiators captain Riley Russo entered the field for the toss of the match being played between electric fans in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. Lahore Qalandars have won the toss…

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Invention of compound to inactivate superbugs

Invention of compound to inactivate superbugs

Boston: Scientists have created a new antimicrobial compound that disables the superbugs’ mechanism that renders antibiotic drugs ineffective. Researchers from Harvard University have found that a new compound called chrysomycin is capable of killing multiple variants of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, it has yet to be determined how safe this compound or similar drugs are for…

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World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline

World News in Brief: Millions battle hunger due to Sudan war, human rights essential to peace, surge in fighting along Ukraine frontline

Thousands of families continue to be displaced and forced across borders into Chad and South Sudan each week while fighting between Government forces and the powerful RSF militia, which erupted last April, continues. WFP Regional Director Michael Dunford said the crisis impacting Sudan, South Sudan and Chad has created “the world’s largest displacement crisis”. Acute…

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Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’

Gaza: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’

Sigrid Kaag reiterated Secretary-General António Guterres’s concern that such an operation at present time would be potentially disastrous for innocent civilians. “There are more than a million people crammed in Rafah. It’s not intended for a million people in shelters, in random sort of plastic sheeted constructions. Health conditions are very worrisome,” she told correspondents…

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Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse

Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information they have received. Killed while fleeing  “We are shocked by reports of the deliberate targeting and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge, or while fleeing. Some…

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UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’

UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’

Catriona Laing, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed ambassadors on developments across eight areas, including politics, security, women’s political participation, and humanitarian affairs. She expressed the UN’s “unwavering support towards the state-building agenda” in Somalia, underscoring that the Council’s support is central to the country’s success. “Through our collective support,…

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UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief

UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief

“You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK Government to reconsider the bill in light of recent reports raising a range of concerns. “It is deeply concerning to carve out one group of people, or people in one particular situation, from the equal protection…

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