Pakistan unveils National Climate Finance Strategy on sidelines of COP29
Pakistan’s delegation to the COP29 global climate change conference in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku unveiled the National Climate Finance Strategy (NCFS) on the sidelines of the summit, outlining Pakistan’s roadmap to access both international and domestic finance to address climate-related issues. Pakistan ranks among the top 10 most climate-vulnerable countries, having experienced a $30 billion loss […]
ICC in talks with boards over non-payment of T20 World Cup dues to players – Sport
The governing International Cricket Council (ICC) is in talks with several boards which have yet to pay prize money from this year’s Twenty20 World Cup to the players, sources told Reuters on Thursday. India beat South Africa in the final to win the tournament, which was co-hosted by the US and West Indies in June. […]
Parody website The Onion buys conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars platform out of bankruptcy – World
American parody news website The Onion has successfully purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars brand and website in a bankruptcy auction, according to court documents filed on Thursday. Jones filed for bankruptcy protection in 2022 after courts ordered him to pay $1.5 billion for defaming the families of 20 students and six staff members killed […]
Parody website The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars out of bankruptcy – World
Parody news website The Onion has successfully purchased conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars brand and website in a bankruptcy auction, according to court documents filed on Thursday. Jones filed for bankruptcy protection in 2022 after courts ordered him to pay $1.5 billion for defaming the families of 20 students and six staff members killed in […]
2 soldiers martyred, 3 terrorists killed in Balochistan operation: ISPR – Pakistan
Two soldiers were martyred, while three terrorists were killed during an operation in Balochistan’s Harnai district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “On 14 Nov 2024, on [the] reported presence of terrorists planning to target innocent civilians in Harnai District, security forces under Major […]
Nine tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Turkey in two weeks, say officials – World
Turkish officials have seized nearly nine tonnes of methamphetamine, half of it at the Iranian border, in the last two weeks, the interior minister said on Thursday. Ali Yerlikaya said 4.16 tonnes of methamphetamine were seized during this period, including 3.5 tonnes in Istanbul and the rest in other cities including Izmir in the west […]
Iran tells UN nuclear chief it won’t negotiate under ‘intimidation’ – World
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Iran will not negotiate under “intimidation” as he held crunch talks with the UN nuclear chief weeks before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said achieving “results” in nuclear talks with Iran was vital to avoid a new conflict […]
India’s toxic smog hides Taj Mahal, delays flights – World
Toxic smog obscured India’s famed monument to love, the Taj Mahal, as well as Sikhism’s holiest shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and delayed flights on Thursday, becoming too thick to see through in several places. The city of Lahore in neighbouring Pakistan ranked as the world’s most polluted in winter’s annual scourge across the […]
Iran activist kills himself after demanding release of prisoners – World
Human rights campaigners on Thursday paid tribute to an Iranian activist who killed himself hours after warning he would do so if four inmates seen to be political prisoners were not freed. Kianoosh Sanjari, an opponent of the Iranian clerical authorities, warned in a message on X late Wednesday that he would die by suicide […]
FO terms media reports on Pak-China joint security ‘motivated by agenda to create confusion’ – Pakistan
The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday dismissed reports of Beijing pushing Islamabad to join security efforts in Pakistan, terming them as “speculations […] motivated by an agenda to create confusion”. The statement by Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch comes amid heightened security concerns, with China’s envoy recently expressing frustration over the attacks, which Baloch […]