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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures at a protest ahead of the Friday inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro for his third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 9, 2025. Maria Corina Machado, a fearless activist with rock-star appeal, is a key face of the opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s iron-fisted regime.Hailed as “la libertadora”, in an allusion to Venezuelan independence hero Simon “The Liberator” Bolivar, Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work. She was barred from challenging Maduro in 2024 elections, then detained and released after seeking to fire up resistance to the Venezuelan leader.In…

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles superstar LeBron James is set to miss the Lakers’ NBA season-opener after the team said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica, multiple US media outlets reported Thursday. The Lakers revealed the diagnosis of right-side sciatica after the team’s practice, where the 40-year-old James again was not a full participant. He missed the Lakers’ first two pre-season games with what Lakers coach JJ Redick called nerve irritation in his glute. Sciatica is pain or numbness that follows the path of the sciatic nerve from the lower back down the leg. The Lakers said…

A meeting of the jury to finalise the results of the “IIUI Student Reel Contest 2025 – The Silent Hercules: Builders Behind the Scenes” was held at the Council Hall, Administration Block, International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). The competition was launched under the vision and directives of the IIUI President, Professor Dr Ahmed Saad Alahmed, with the aim of recognising the dedication of the university’s unsung heroes — the labourers and custodial staff who work tirelessly behind the scenes. A total of 14 shortlisted video reels were evaluated in the final round. The jury included senior journalist and content creator…

Dove Cameron has marked her second anniversary with boyfriend Damiano David by sharing an emotional tribute on Instagram. The Descendants actress posted a series of photos with the Måneskin frontman to celebrate their relationship milestone on Thursday. “The 2 best years of my life,” Cameron began her caption, accompanying several affectionate pictures of the pair together. She added, “I am brought to tears at least once a week because life has become so beautiful with you in it. I love you in a way no words could ever express, but I will never stop trying. Buon anniversario amore mio.” Her post drew…

SYDNEY: Sam Kerr is poised to return to international football following a lengthy injury layoff after she was named Friday in Australia’s squad to take on Wales and England. But there was no indication whether the Chelsea striker — who has not played for the Matildas in almost two years — would again be handed the captain’s armband. Matildas coach Joe Montemurro said the 32-year-old’s “leadership and presence” were invaluable to the side. “Having Sam back in the squad is a special moment — not just for the team, but for Australian football.” Kerr returned to club football for Chelsea…

Failure to enforce the National Action Plan agreed upon.by all political parties is causing a surge in terrorism, said ISPR Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, addressing a press conference in Peshawar on the security situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Friday.  The K-P has been on the frontlines of Pakistan’s counterterrorism campaign for the past two decades, said DG ISPR. When the frequency of terrorist incidents increased again in 2021, security forces gave a “firm and effective” responsive, he said. More Khwarij have been killed in the recent past than in the last nine years combined, added Lt Gen Chaudhry.   Fitna al-Khwarij is a term the state coined…

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck offshore in the southern Philippines on Friday, its seismology agency said, with tsunami warnings issued in several countries and people in nearby coastal areas urged to move inland or to higher ground. Agency Phivolcs warned of aftershocks from the quake, which struck in the morning in waters off Manay town in Davao Oriental in the Mindanao region. At least one person was killed, civil defence official Raffy Alejandro said on Facebook. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an update around noon local time saying the tsunami threat in the Philippines had passed, having…

The Pakistani adaptation of Big Brother has finally reached its end. Viewers are eagerly waiting to see who will be crowned the winner. Since airing in August, Tamasha has had audiences hooked, and even those who weren’t watching couldn’t escape the viral clips flooding social media. The show’s host Adnan Siddiqui is ready to conclude the winner’s mystery and took to Instagram to pen a goodbye on Friday.  “Every day that I walked into the Tamasha Ghar, I witnessed a world within walls: a microcosm of emotions, alliances and raw human instinct,”  wrote Adnan. “Within those walls, I saw laughter…

Britain on Friday designated Google with “strategic market status” in online search, the first time it has deployed new powers to tackle the dominance of big tech and paving the way for interventions it deems necessary. The Competition and Markets Authority’s move enables it to compel the Alphabet-owned company to change the way it operates in Britain in the search market. “We have found that Google maintains a strategic position in the search and search advertising sector – with more than 90% of searches in the UK taking place on its platform,” the CMA’s Executive Director for Digital Markets Will…

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters during a campaign rally for the presidential election, in Merida state, Venezuela, June 25, 2024. — ReutersThe Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to Venezuela’s opposition leader and democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.Machado was honoured “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. Machado has been a “key, unifying figure in a political oppostion…