PARIS (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said France has information that the...
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Trump could learn Monday how NY wants to collect $457M owed in...
NEW YORK (AP): Former President Donald Trump could find out Monday how New York state aims to...
Israel says fighting Hamas around two Gaza hospitals
GAZA STRIP (AFP) : Israel’s army said it was battling Hamas militants Monday around two Gaza...
North Korea says Japan’s Kishida proposed summit with...
Philippines says Chinese envoy summoned over...
UN Security Council to vote on new Gaza ceasefire...
Macron warns Israel over any Rafah forced population...
Jordanian police clash with protesters near Israel...
Russia mourns Moscow concert hall attack victims as...
Global
Palestinians relaunch bid to become UN member state
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) : The Palestinians on Tuesday officially revived their bid for a full...
Janet Yellen to press China on ‘unfair’ trade practices during...
WASHINGTON (AFP) : US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves Wednesday for China, for the second...
Twelve killed in drone attack on key city in Sudan’s northeast
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AFP) : A drone attack killed 12 people and injured 30 on Tuesday in Atbara in...
Business
PTCL-Telenor: CCP begins review of pre-merger application
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: PTCL intends to acquire 100% shareholding of M/s. Telenor Pakistan (Private)...
Xiaomi SU7: CEO teases price on upcoming car
BEIJING (Reuters): Xiaomi’s CEO said on Monday that his firm’s first electric vehicle aims to be...
Nissan unveils plan to shrink EV production costs
Monitoring Desk TOKYO: Japanese auto giant Nissan said Monday it will slash production costs for...
Nigeria food banks cut back on handouts as prices soar
Asia private equity deals set for worst Q1 since 2015...
Japan hiked interest rates. Why is the yen falling?
Persistent fiscal deficit, debt repayments cause high...
Bikulon sees vast scope in pharma, textile sectors
Call for using quality seeds, modern farming practices...
Editorial
Military courts and theory of necessity
The Upper House of Parliament has recently passed a resolution against the Supreme Court’s...
UK’s biased minister
The UK’s former home secretary Ms Suella Braveman has been exposed to the world for her biases and...
UN assessment on Afghanistan
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recently presented an assessment of the situation in...
Pakistan
Pakistan will continue to raise its voice for Palestinians: PM
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured that Pakistan will continue to...
Ayaz Sadiq vows to cement parliament to parliament contacts b/w...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD : Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has reaffirmed to cement...
Pakistan announces four-day holiday for Eid al-Fitr
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Thursday announced a four-day holiday from April...
Pakistan wants to further strengthen trade ties with...
PML-N leader slams PTI for alleged interference with...
Muzammil vowsto bring private investment in KP
Threatening public servant to death: PTI MPA with 80...
Per month expense of PTI founder is Rs1.2m: AG
Ashrafi holds grand Iftar reception to strengthen...
Afghanistan
Deputy PM calls on Afghan traders abroad
KABUL (BNA): Mawlavi Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs, has...
Exhibition of Afghan products opens in Ashgabat
KABUL (TOLOnews): Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi said that Afghanistan...
Blast shakes Taliban security base in northeastern Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP): A blast shook a Taliban military base next to the airport in Faizabad, the capital of...
Entertainment
Senior Pakistani actor Khalid Butt passes away
F.P. Report LAHORE: The senior Pakistani actor Khalid Butt has lost his life. The news of his...
‘Oppenheimer’ leads SAG nominations as gala moves to...
NEW YORK (AFP): Fresh from its wins at the Golden Globes, Christopher Nolan’s...
Warner Bros teases more ‘Harry Potter’ games after ‘Hogwarts...
Monitoring Desk Los Angeles: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment confirmed they are developing...
Articles
High energy costs are a choice – and an act of national...
Nick Timothy Cruising up the Channel last week before docking in the Netherlands, was a Chinese...
Long-term pivot to East
Niu Xinchun In China-Arab economic relations, China used to be an investor in Arab countries, not...
Mike Johnson has worst job in Washington
Patrick T. Brown ‘‘One must imagine Sisyphus happy,’’ wrote the French philosopher Albert Camus...
UK Conservatives may lose badly, but extinction is...
US’ fading regional influence down to its lack of...
Aging populations a potential catastrophe
Our democracy is endangered when politicians give in...
Solidarity with the children of Sudan a moral...
Navigating challenges and solutions in mid-February to...
Arts & Literature
Japan’s historic ‘Nara Prison’ set to be...
TOKYO : A Japanese resort operator plans to convert a historic former prison in western Japan into...
German museum employee swaps painting for fake and sells...
(CNN): A German museum employee swapped out a painting with a fake and then sold the original to...
New statues unearthed in Türkiye’s ancient Gobeklitepe...
ANKARA (AA): The first painted statue and one of the most realistic human statues were unearthed in...
6,000-year-old shoe found in Spanish bat cave
Russian painting exhibition opens in new culture park
Coins, stamps, 100-year-old lamp and a box camera: A...
Exhibition opens at National Library of China to...
Picasso masterpiece begins pre-auction tour in Dubai
The Story Teller: A closer look at Amrita Sher...
Sports
Bangladesh axe Liton for third Sri Lanka ODI
DHAKA (AFP): Bangladesh dropped Liton Das for Monday’s third and final one-day international...
Stop clocks set to become a permanent fixture from T20 World Cup...
Monitoring Desk DUBAI: The stop clocks are set to become permanent in all ODIs and T20Is from June...
PSL 9: Abrar Ahmed and Saud Shakeel fined for code of conduct...
F.P. Report KARACHI: Quetta Gladiators’ Abrar Ahmed and Saud Shakeel have both been fined five per...
Professional rugby player first in NZ diagnosed with...
Real Madrid file complaint after latest racist insults...
Imad inspires United to step up as Gladiators crash...
Pak to host NZ, SA for tri-series in January 2025
‘World-class’ Salah ready to wreak havoc...
PSL-9 edition matches ends in jam-packed Rawalpindi...
Technology
Russia, NASA agree to continue joint ISS flights until 2025
MOSCOW (AFP): Russian and US space agencies have agreed to keep working together to deliver crews...
Self-driving cars could be on UK roads by 2026 -minister
LONDON (Reuters): Self-driving cars could be on some British roads by 2026, the country’s...
Baidu’s ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has more than 100mn users ...
BEIJING (Reuters): Baidu’s (9888.HK) ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot has garnered more than 100...
Health
Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases...
HARARE (Reuters): Zimbabwe’s government has started restricting public gatherings and food...
Vaccinated people 4 times less likely to get long Covid, says...
Monitoring Desk Stockholm: Getting at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine before your first bout...
China grapples with respiratory illness spike; WHO says no...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) : China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit...
News in Picture
ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Gwadar Shipping Clearing Agents...
NEW YORK: People holding Palestinian flags and banners...
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irshad...
Travel
Six of the world’s most epic road trips, from the...
Katy Gillett While crossing a country by plane or train can be fun, nothing beats hitting the open...
US offers temporary residence, work permits to nearly 500,000...
WASHINGTON (AFP): The US government announced Wednesday that it will allow 472,000 Venezuelans to...
Airline cuts flights as pilots quit, flags shutdown risk
NEW YORK (Reuters): Indian budget airline Akasa Air has been forced to cut flights in the short...
Kids Corner
Switzerland extends fully funded scholarships to Pakistani...
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: In a move aimed at strengthening international academic ties and fostering...
French schools refuse dozens of girls wearing Muslim dress
PARIS (AFP): French schools sent dozens of girls home for refusing to remove their abayas – an over...
Lego braille bricks now up for public purchase — time for...
NEW YORK (Reuters): Lego has unveiled that its braille bricks, previously in high demand within...
Over 500 French schools under scrutiny after wearing...
Syrian children return to school amid deep economic...
‘Legacy admissions’ under fire at US...
Ukrainian children head below ground at start of new...
US graduates brace for return of student loan...
Scores of UK school buildings to shut over collapse...
Food
Afghan cook pours his heart into ‘teapot’ lamb stew
KABUL (AFP): In the kitchen of his Kabul restaurant, one of the last cooks to master the Afghan...
Eco-friendly? Perhaps not: US okays lab-grown chicken for sale
WASHINGTON (AFP): The United States has granted its first-ever approvals to two companies to sell...
How to make the perfect pissaladière – recipe
Felicity Cloake Visitors to the Côte d’Azur don’t need to set foot in a museum to clock that the...
Palestinian woman turns love for cooking into thriving...
Afghan cook pours his heart into ‘teapot’...
Hash: The barbecue dish that’s a delicious South...
Pakistan Hajj mission supervises food arrangement for...
Where we are going today: Fogo de Chao restaurant in...
Nigel Slater’s recipes for fried new potatoes and...
Al Gore says it’s ‘ridiculous’ that UAE hosted climate conference
Lauren Sforza Former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday said it was “ridiculous” that the United Arab...
‘Morally, this is obscene’: GOP divided over stripping...
Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk The exclusion of a measure to extend compensation for people exposed...
Green turtles struggle to survive in Pakistan’s growing...
KARACHI (AFP) : In the busy city of Karachi, with its heavy traffic and lots of construction, four...