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The Janss Steps at UCLA in Westwood, CA on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Myung J. Chun | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesWith the start of fall semester just weeks away, sky-high college costs are an extreme pain point for most students and their parents.A recent report by Citizens Financial Group found a growing “confidence gap.” While 59% of parents said they were confident about managing college expenses when their child was accepted, just 21% said they felt prepared for the actual cost once tuition bills arrived.”We know the cost of attendance continues to grow, and a lot of forms…

LISBON: Former captain Jorge Costa has died aged 53 after a cardiac arrest at the team’s training ground, FC Porto announced on Tuesday, paying tribute to “a key figure in the club’s history”. “The legendary FC Porto captain and current director of professional football, passed away this Tuesday following a cardiopulmonary arrest,” the club said in a statement. The former Portuguese international defender collapsed on Tuesday morning at the club’s training ground. He was rushed to hospital, where he died shortly after arriving, according to local media. Costa spent most of his playing career with the club, winning eight league…

SYDNEY: A group representing Brisbane’s two Indigenous peoples lodged an application with the Australian federal government on Tuesday for the permanent protection of the site where the city plans to build the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics. The Yagara and Magandjin peoples want the inner city Victoria Park, known to them as Barrambin, to be protected for perpetuity under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act as a “significant Aboriginal area”. “Barrambin is living country, possessing sacred, ancient and significant relationships within our cultural heritage systems,” elder Gaja Kerry Charlton said in a statement on behalf of…

DUBLIN: Pakistan captain Fatima Sana (L) and her Ireland counterpart Gaby Lewis pose with the T20I series trophy at the Clontarf Cricket Club on Tuesday.—courtesy PCB DUBLIN: Pakistan women will look to kickstart a packed international calendar — featuring two white-ball World Cups — with a winning performance when they take on Ireland in the opening fixture of a three-match T20I series at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground on Wednesday. This will be the fifth bilateral T20I series between the two sides. The record so far stands even, with both Pakistan and Ireland having won two series each. However, the…

State broadcaster Pakistan Television on Tuesday announced that it had secured domestic broadcasting rights to all Asian Cricket Council (ACC) events from 2025 to 2027. “PTV Sports proudly announces the acquisition of television rights in Pakistan for all ACC events from 2025 to 2027!” it said in a post on Instagram. It said the events included in the package were the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 and 2027, Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and the U19 and Emerging Asia Cup tournaments. The Men’s Asia Cup is scheduled to be held from September 9 to 28 at its new venue — the United…

Beau Lark | Corbis | VCG | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” enacted trillions in tax breaks that could benefit wealthy Americans — but some will see a smaller deduction for charitable gifts starting in 2026, experts say.  When you itemize tax breaks, you can claim the charitable deduction, depending on earnings and type of asset given. But Trump’s spending package added two key changes for itemizers.Starting in 2026, there will be an itemized charitable deduction “floor,” which only allows the tax break once it exceeds 0.5% of your adjusted gross income. The new legislation also caps the benefit…

State broadcaster Pakistan Television on Tuesday announced that it had secured domestic broadcasting rights to all Asian Cricket Council (ACC) events from 2025 to 2027. “PTV Sports proudly announces the acquisition of television rights in Pakistan for all ACC events from 2025 to 2027!” it said in a post on Instagram. It said the events included in the package were the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 and 2027, Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and the U19 and Emerging Asia Cup tournaments. The Men’s Asia Cup is scheduled to be held from September 9 to 28 at its new venue — the United…

Credit card balances are ticking higher in 2025, according to a new quarterly report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Balances rose by $27 billion in the second quarter to a collective $1.21 trillion — in line with last year’s all-time high. The total is up 2.3% from the previous quarter.At the same time, “we are still seeing elevated delinquency rates for credit cards,” the New York Fed researchers found, with 6.93% of balances transitioning to delinquency over the last year.”This looks to be a little bit of catch up,” the researchers said on a press call Tuesday, in…

EUGENE: Noah Lyles surged past Kenny Bednarek to win a heated 200-metre race in a world-leading time at the USA Track and Field Championships on Sunday, turning to stare down Bednarek as the sprint rivals crossed the finish line. Lyles, the three-times world champion in the event, trailed coming off the bend but stormed to the front to cross in 19.63 seconds, the fastest time in the world this season in a huge statement ahead of next month’s World Championships in Tokyo. Bednarek — winner of Friday’s 100m — finished in 19.67, and then shoved Lyles in the back after…

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has secured an extension from the International Hockey Federation (FIH) until Aug 20 to confirm the country’s participation in the upcoming FIH Pro League, as it awaits a formal response from the government regarding the provision of required funding. Speaking to reporters at the National Hockey Stadium here on Monday, PHF president Tariq Hussain Bugti said the federation had requested the FIH to extend the original Aug 12 deadline due to the pending government approval. “We asked the FIH to extend the deadline for confirming Pakistan’s participation to Aug 20 because we are still…