The United States has expressed interest in providing loan financing for the multibillion-dollar Reko Diq gold and mining project. This might be Washington’s first significant investment in Pakistan in many years. According to government and diplomatic sources, the US government’s sovereign export credit agency, the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of the United States, was eager to […]
As India’s northwest swelters in record-high temperatures, media outlets reported on Thursday that Delhi, the country’s capital, has registered its first heat-related death of the year. According to The Indian Express newspaper, a 40-year-old laborer passed away on Wednesday from heatstroke as a result of the heat. On Wednesday, the Mungeshpur neighborhood in Delhi saw […]
Following President Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash, Iran began the registration of candidates for an early election next month on Thursday, Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on state TV. Raisi’s unexpected passing has sparked a scramble among hardliners to influence the choice of Iran’s next leader. Raisi was formerly thought to be […]
The government has halted the demolition of the boards of eight power distribution corporations, putting a stop to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s plan to remove political control from these boards due to opposition from several sources. Days after the prime minister said that the boards should be fired for “alarming indicators of bad governance and […]
In a case involving an alleged robbery in Karachi’s Orangi Town, SSP Imran Qureshi, DSP Tariq Bajari, and other defendants were cleared on Wednesday by an extra district and sessions judge. In accepting their petition of acquittal, the court cleared SSP Imran Qureshi, DSP Tariq Bajari, and the other accused. The prosecution claimed that the […]
In the Washuk district of Balochistan, a bus fell and landed in a ravine on Wednesday, killing at least 28 people—including women and children, according to Express News. An accident happened when a passenger bus from Turbat to Quetta went off the road. According to rescue officials, the driver lost control of the vehicle due […]
In what is expected to be the most competitive election since apartheid ended, South Africans cast their ballots on Wednesday. After three decades in power, the African National Congress (ANC) may lose its legislative majority, according to polls. Voters queued at many places, including Hitekani Primary School in the large slum of Soweto in Johannesburg, […]
Prior to Tuesday’s game in Cardiff, the England squad announced that skipper Jos Buttler will miss their third Twenty20 International against Pakistan due to the birth of his third child. After leading England to a 23-run victory at Edgbaston on Saturday, which gave them a 1-0 lead in the four-match series after the first game […]
Soccer players with global fame such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are considered among the greatest. Millions of people follow them on social media as well. But in terms of social media presence, a new player has entered the fray and is rumored to be hanging out with the two athletes. Former New Zealand […]
Tuesday, only seconds before launch, India’s Agnikul Cosmos canceled the test flight of its maiden rocket, the fourth one in as many months. Three previous attempts at launching India’s second privately constructed rocket—the first utilizing a mixture of gas and liquid fuel—had been aborted due to technical problems, one of which was canceled just ninety […]
