Ukrainian President Zelensky to meet Biden and Harris, plans to see Trump ahead of US Elections – World
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President and Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris next week and plans to see Donald Trump as he visits the United States to shore up support before November’s crucial presidential election. Zelensky will be covering all political bases in what could be his last such […]
US accuses social media giants of ‘vast surveillance’ – World
A years-long analysis shows that social media titans engaged in “vast surveillance” to make money from people’s personal information, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A report based on queries launched nearly four years ago aimed at nine companies found they collected troves of data, sometimes through data brokers and could indefinitely retain […]
Ukrainian President Zelensky to meet Biden and Harris, plans to see Trump – World
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President and Democratic Nominee Kamala Harris next week and plans to see Donald Trump as he visits the United States to shore up support before November’s crucial presidential election. Zelensky will be covering all political bases in what could be his last such […]
PM Shehbaz to attend UN General Assembly session from Sept 23 to 27 – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York from September 23-27, 2024, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday. He will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar and senior government officials, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra […]
Umerkot doctor accused of blasphemy shot dead in ‘encounter’: police – Pakistan
A doctor hailing from Umerkot accused of sharing blasphemous posts on social media was shot dead during a gun battle with the police in Mirpurkhas on Thursday, authorities said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asad Chaudhry told Dawn.com that the suspect, who was astride a motorcycle with another suspect, was killed by the police. According […]
Shahzaib Rindh becomes Pakistan’s first-ever world champion in Karate Combat event – Pakistan
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Shahzaib Rindh made history when he won the Karate Combat Championship (KC-49) in Singapore on Wednesday, becoming the first-ever world champion from Pakistan. He defeated Brazil’s Bruno Roberto De Assis in the final, according to Karate Combat, which describes itself as the “world’s premier full contact striking league”. Mixed martial […]
Supreme Court ruling on reserved seats cannot be implemented under new law: NA speaker – Pakistan
In a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Thursday stated that the Supreme Court’s judgment on reserved seats “cannot be implemented under the Amended Election Act, 2017”. In July, the SC declared Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) eligible for seats reserved for women and […]
Turkish doctors successfully separate 11-month-old Pakistani conjoined twins in marathon 14-hour surgery – Pakistan
A team of 60 medical professionals in the Turkish capital Ankara successfully separated 11-month-old conjoined twins from Pakistan after complex, two-stage operations lasting some 14 hours. The twin girls, Mirha and Minal, were born in Pakistan with their heads fused. Unable to find suitable treatment, the family’s plea for help caught the attention of Turkish […]
How Israel sketched out its ‘extensive plan’ of device blasts across Lebanon – World
While Hezbollah aimed to secure itself by switching to pagers, little did it know that Israeli machinations, according to officers and experts, could make even the low-tech devices a deadly tool. As two waves of explosions in pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon killed 37 and injured thousands, security officials have said Israel sketched out the […]
India probing EY’s ‘work environment’ after death of young employee – World
India is investigating the work environment at Big Four accounting firm EY, the labour minister said on Thursday, after the death of a 26-year-old associate worker was blamed on stress by her mother who demanded accountability. Anna Sebastian Perayil died in July and was overworked with a “backbreaking” load as a new employee, which affected […]