Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. New Delhi: India’s former star all-rounder and stylish batsman Yuvraj Singh celebrated his 38th birthday on December 12. Many sports stars from the cricket fraternity took to micro-blogging website Twitter to extend birthday wishes …

A team of musicologists and programmers is racing to complete a version of Beethoven’s unfinished 10th symphony using artificial intelligence ahead of the 250th anniversary of his birth next year. AFP/Pawel Mazur A few notes scribbled in his notebook are all that German composer Ludwig van Beethoven left of his …

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce Friday that a near-term trade deal with China has been reached, according to media reports. Trump approved the first phase of the agreement on Thursday, nudging the two countries closer to the deal Trump initially announced in October. China has not made …

ISLAMABAD: The US envoy on Afghanistan’s peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday met with Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. According to the Army spokesperson, Khalilzad, Gen Bajwa, and the United States’ ambassador to Pakistan, Paul Wayne Jones, discussed regional security and exchanged thoughts on the Afghan peace …

Steven Gerrard guided Rangers into the final 32 of the Europa League. Photo: AFP Steven Gerrard has signed a contract extension at Scottish Premiership giants Rangers that will keep him at Ibrox until 2024, the club announced on Friday. The former Liverpool and England player, appointed in May 2018, led …

PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday called for the “immediate arrest” of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nephew Hassaan Niazi for his “involvement in the attack” by lawyers on Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) in Lahore earlier this week. Aurangzeb also urged the Punjab government to allow PIC — which has …

Mexican police officers exercise at a station in Mexico City, part of a program to tackle obesity in the police force. AFP/Rodrigo Arangua It’s a sunny morning in Mexico City and police officers drip with sweat as they do push-ups and squats, part of a program for overweight cops in …

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration and China are close to finalizing a modest trade agreement that would suspend tariffs that are set to kick in Sunday, de-escalating their 17-month trade war. “We’re close to a deal,” said Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s head of international affairs, who has …

Your browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. Bengaluru: No cricketer is in Bengaluru police custody pertaining to the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) betting scandal, following the release of C.M. Gautham and Abrar Kazi on Wednesday, a police officer said on Thursday. …

Photo: AFP The International Monetary Fund is likely to approve the release of $450 million to Pakistan on December 19 as part of its $6 billion bailout program for the country, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said Thursday. The IMF executive board will meet on December 19 to review the staff-level …