Forget Bingo. These 90-Year-Olds Just Want to Dance.
A Times reporter explored aging, loneliness and the joy of intergenerational connections.
Month: July 2025
Power generation stabilises after falling for two years
[ KARACHI: Pakistan’s power generation reached 127,159 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in financial year 2024-25, remaining almost unchanged as compared with previous year’s production of 127,059 GWh, according to a report released on Monday. The stability in power generation came following a decline over the past two years. Year FY25 could be divided into two parts – … Read more
‘Finally Dawn’ Review: A Night to Remember in Rome
This Italian drama, set in the 1950s and starring Lily James, Willem Dafoe and Joe Keery, sends a star-struck naïf through the looking glass darkly.
Chhipa’s leap into meme culture
KARACHI: When a video of veteran humanitarian Ramzan Chhipa went viral this July, the internet didn’t know whether to laugh, cringe, or applaud. In the now-famous clip, Chhipa surprises a young boy with a birthday cake at a shop. With a film director’s precision and an unmistakable performative flair, he instructs the shopkeeper: “Write on … Read more
Israel intercepts Yemeni missile
Yemen’s Houthi group said on Tuesday it launched a ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, escalating ongoing regional tensions. The Israeli military confirmed it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, following the activation of air raid sirens across multiple regions of the country. No immediate casualties or damage were reported. The … Read more
$10b UAE trade attracts private sector
[ LAHORE: Bilateral trade between Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has surged to $10.1 billion in FY25, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), marking a strong revival in economic ties between the two countries. This increase comes at a time when both sides are exploring new avenues of cooperation across trade, … Read more
Fragmented Pieces of Painted Wall Plaster From Roman London Form a Puzzle
Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.
PSX loses steam as investors book profit
[ KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) commenced the week with lacklustre trading on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index lost momentum owing to profit-taking by investors ahead of expiry of July-end contracts. After fluctuating within a narrow band throughout the day, the index recorded a decrease of 379.78 points, or 0.27%, and settled at … Read more
First Pill for Postpartum Depression Shows Varied Real-World Results
Some women’s symptoms improved quickly after taking the pill, but depression persisted in others. Doctors are trying to learn which patients benefit, and why some don’t.
Three of the wiliest, wildest witches you could ever meet
SLOUGH, ENGLAND: There is nothing like a juicy old-fashioned wicked witch to really spice things up. And by ‘juicy old-fashioned wicked’, I mean the type of individual powered exclusively by the glee that comes with committing nefarious misdeeds. Like the psychotic Bellatrix Lestrange from the Harry Potter series, for example, whose devotion to that other … Read more
