The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will launch its safeguarding programme for District Football Championship safeguarding focal persons with the first online workshop on August 11, marking an important step in strengthening player welfare and embedding safeguarding standards across football in Pakistan. With the District Football Championship set to feature under-18 players as well, the federation…
When an autonomous AI escapes its sandbox to hack a major tech company, science fiction becomes science fact. It is time for executives to take rogue foundation models incredibly seriously. I have spent decades analyzing the technology industry, observing the pendulum swing between transformative innovation and catastrophic risk. Right now, we are witnessing a systemic…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Brampton, Ont., man is facing an impaired driving charge after police say he was operating a fully-loaded dump truck that was swerving into oncoming traffic in Wellington County. Officers received a traffic complaint at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday about a gravel dump truck crossing the centre…
Thai footballer Sofwan Awae, 24, died on Aug 4, 2026 after he was struck by lighting during a match in Narathiwat. — Facebook/@FC Yala A Thai footballer was killed, and 12 players sustained wounds after lightning struck a ground in the Sungai Golok town in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province, the Independent reported. The police said…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 13–15, but some of the best conversations aren’t exclusive to the stage or held within workshops or the halls. They spread into happy hours, rooftop mixers, breakfast meetups, and pitch nights across the city throughout the week of October 10-16. Many of…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three people are facing charges following a firearms investigation connected to the death of one man and an investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog. Toronto police say a 23-year-old, a 19-year-old and a 17-year-old are facing a total of 42 charges, including occupying a motor vehicle with a…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Under-21 hockey team suffered a 6-2 defeat against South Korea’s senior national side in the fourth and final match of a four-match Test series on Friday. Pakistan had already wrapped up the series with victories in the opening three fixtures. The exhibition match, played at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad, featured…
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A beauty pageant queen who was recently crowned Miss North Carolina has been stripped of her title after a series of racist posts reportedly linked to her social media surfaced online. Brittany Boltinhouse, 27, had her title revoked on Wednesday after A Blaze Productions — the pageant organizer — said it had conducted a thorough…
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan celebrates the wicket of Afghanistan’s Najibullah Zadran during ICC Cricket World Cup between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at The Ageas Bowl, Southampton, Britain, June 24, 2019. — Reuters Bangladesh said on that Friday former star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan had no prospect of returning to play after he joined a media event…
