TikTok goes dark for US users as company pins hope on Trump – World
TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect on Sunday requiring the shutdown of the platform used by 170 million Americans. President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban […]
21 Pakistanis among survivors in Moroccan boat tragedy: FO – Pakistan
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that 21 Pakistani nationals have been identified among the survivors of the Moroccan boat tragedy. The Atlantic Ocean migrant boat tragedy occurred in the waters between Mauritania and Morocco earlier this month. As per media reports, 44 out of a total of 65 Pakistani immigrants on board […]
Dacoits kidnap journalist, seek Rs10m ransom in Sindh – Pakistan
SUKKUR: A local correspondent of KTN News and daily Kawish, Fayyaz Solangi, who had gone missing on Sunday on his way from Hingorja town to Malirani Solangi village, turned up in a video clip shared on the journalist’s own Facebook account on Friday showing a chained and shirtless Solangi begging for his release from kidnappers’ […]
Upper Chitral records first-ever licensed hunt of ibex – Pakistan
CHITRAL: Upper Chitral marked a historic milestone in the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity with the successful execution of the district’s first-ever licensed Himalayan Ibex trophy hunt by a local the other day. Divisional forest officer of Chitral Gol National Park Rizwan Yousufzai told Dawn that the ibex was hunted in the rugged and unforgiving […]
Trump hints at 90-day reprieve for TikTok as deadline looms – World
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban after he takes office on Monday, as the app with 170 million American users buzzed with nervous anticipation ahead of a shutdown set for Sunday. “The 90-day extension is something that will be most […]
WELCOME TO SMOGISTAN
Smog season is here to stay. For four long months, from October to January, a heavy pall shrouds the hills and plains, from Peshawar in the north all the way down to Larkana in the south, choking the life and spirit out of millions of hapless souls. Social media is abuzz. News articles describe the […]
Scientists hope satellite data will help head off future wildfires – World
PARIS: As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope growing availability of satellite data will help in the future. Tech-focused groups are launching new orbiters as space launches get cheaper, while machine learning techniques will sift the torrent of information, fitting it into a wider […]
Police detain second suspect in Saif Ali Khan stabbing incident – World
MUMBAI: Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Saturday detained a second person suspected of involvement in a knife attack in which Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was wounded. Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home in Mumbai early on Thursday. He had surgery […]
Gaza’s defiance spurs hope – World
FINALLY, a ceasefire in Gaza is in place as of 0800 local time this morning as a result of a peace deal that, Qatari interlocutors say, is the same as the first one agreed to by Hamas last May and from which Israel walked away. The only major difference between May last year and January […]
Kurram conundrum – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE validity of the claim by state functionaries that the violence in KP’s Kurram district stems from a ‘tribal dispute’ has been severely put to the test by recent events. After an attack on a convoy in the Bagan area on Thursday led to the loss of security personnel, a counterterrorism operation seems imminent, and […]