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Pakistan’s central bank has repaid $1 billion in Eurobonds, it said on Saturday, a scheduled payment ahead of the South Asian nation seeking a long-term bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The bond, launched in 2014 and repaid on Friday, was maturing this month. “The payment was made to the agent bank for onward distribution to the bond holders,” the central bank said in a statement. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. Islamabad has been struggling with a balance of payments crisis, record inflation and steep currency devaluation since an IMF standby arrangement…
Record-setter Esha Oza will lead the UAE team in the Women’s T20 Quadrangular Abu Dhabi and ICC Women’s T20 Qualifier events that will be played in Abu Dhabi from next week. The Quadrangular featuring the hosts UAE, Netherlands, Scotland and USA will be followed by the all-important 10-team Qualifier. The squad includes 15 players. The two Qualifier finalists will earn their spots in this year’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup which will be staged in Bangladesh between September and October. UAE are placed in Qualifier’s Group B and will play their opening match of the tournament against Ireland on 25…
I take thousands of photos each year, but to my knowledge, I’ve never taken a photo of a ghost before. That is, until now. I unwittingly captured a series of creepy images when out taking pictures with a new smartphone and they showed something so spooky, so unearthly, so bone-chillingly terrifying that I couldn’t believe my eyes. But what actually was this anomaly? I wanted answers, and I knew the truth was out there. How I captured it I hadn’t intentionally gone ghost hunting. I took the photos when I was testing the Xiaomi 14 Ultra and its Photography Kit.…
Gunmen killed 11 people in southwest Pakistan, officials said Saturday, with police searching for suspected separatist militants after migrant labourers were singled out for execution. Police said six gunmen stopped a bus near the city of Naushki in Balochistan province around 8pm (7pm UAE time) on Friday and checked ID cards, abducting nine workers from the eastern region of Punjab. Their bodies were later found two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the highway having been “fired upon at point blank range”, senior local police officer Allah Bakhsh told AFP. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp…
Nvidia’s RTX 3060 is the most popular GPU around, and it’s not even close. According to the latest Steam hardware survey, the 2021 GPU is in close to 7% of gaming PCs. That’s a huge slice of the pie. For reference, the second most popular GPU, the RTX 2060, sits at just under 4%. It’s easy to see why the GPU is popular, too. You can pick it up for between $250 and $300 — and for even less used — and it comes with a critical 12GB of VRAM. It’s the go-to GPU for maxed-out 1080p gaming in 2024,…
Did you know that you can now request a recall of goods that are defective, harmful, and dangerous? For the first time, the Ministry of Economy (MoE) has made the right to recall service available to consumers as well. Earlier, the service was limited only to the supplier of the commodity and the relevant party in the UAE, or in the country of origin, or in any other country. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. According to the Ministry of Economy, there are three steps for consumers to submit a recall request for…
The juices are flowing for players like 48-year-old Tiger Woods who has made the cut at Augusta for a record 24th consecutive time and has overtaken Fred Couples and Gary Player By Nick Tarratt, Khaleej Times Guest Golf Writer LIVE at The Masters At the start of the week, and as we have spoken about before, the writer is immediately struck by the history and tradition of The Masters. Walking around the grounds at Augusta you casually bump into legends of the game and not just former Masters’ champions. Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Andy North, Greg Norman, Rodger Davis, and…
A major purchase from gaming PC deals deserves a top-of-the-line screen like the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor, which you can currently get with a $300 discount from Samsung. Instead of $1,300, you’ll only have to pay $1,000 for this display, which is a pretty reasonable price for its specifications and features. You’re going to have to hurry if you want to make the purchase with this level of savings though, as there’s no telling how much time is remaining before this offer ends. Why you should buy the 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor Your gaming…
Traveling with your furry best friend can be stressful, for you as well as them. Dogs are usually allowed to fly in the cabin or if they can fit in a carrier you can stow them under the seat in front of you. Either way, you don’t breathe easy till you touch down. Well, relief has finally arrived and it’s called BARK Air– the world’s first jet charter company designed specifically for dogs. Bark, the company well-known for subscription of dog treats, has partnered with a charter airline to make a dog owner’s life easier. According to the company, BARK…
Filipinos expats in the UAE, who are travelling home with their children, have expressed concerned over the rising cases of whooping cough in the Philippines — especially since recent deaths involved babies. Whooping cough, or pertussis, is a highly contagious respiratory infection that mainly affects young kids and can be deadly for those under two years old. Like Covid-19, it can be spread easily through airborne droplets by coughing and sneezing. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. From January 1 to March 30, Philippine authorities have recorded 1,112 cases of the disease —…