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At least 307 people have died and 23 injured across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) after heavy rains and flash floods devastated multiple regions over the past 48 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Saturday. Buner was the worst-hit district with 184 fatalities, followed by Shangla with 36, Bajaur 21, Mansehra 23, Swat 22, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with Washington. With the punishing tariffs imposed on Indian exports by US President Donald Trump expected … Read more
A game bearing strong similarities to Palworld has appeared on the Nintendo eShop, drawing attention as Palworld’s developer, Pocketpair, continues to face legal action from Nintendo. Palworld, released in January 2024, became widely known for blending monster-taming elements with survival gameplay and combat involving firearms, leading to frequent comparisons with Pokémon. Its rapid success was … Read more
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LAHORE: The Senior Executive Committee Member of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Ali Imran Asif, has warned that Pakistan’s economy is heading into another testing year, with fiscal year 2025-26 expected to be full of serious challenges. He pointed out that the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) sharp rise in revenue collection, … Read more
[ KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves recorded a slight improvement during the week ended August 8, 2025, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) holdings rising $11 million to $14.243 billion. According to data released by the central bank, the country’s total liquid foreign reserves stood at $19.497 billion. Of this, commercial banks held net … Read more
LONDON/WASHINGTON: Russia is preparing to test its new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile and if successful, plans to use the results to bolster its negotiating position with the West, Ukrainian military intelligence said on Friday. Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for the service, issued the written statement to Reuters just before US President Donald Trump was due … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The government has decided against granting a concessionary gas tariff to the zero-rated and export-oriented sectors. It made the decision while considering litigation pertaining to tariff reduction for such industries. In a recent meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), it was observed that concessionary gas tariffs had already been exhausted in 2023 … Read more
The woman wasn't real. She was a generative artificial intelligence chatbot named "Big sis Billie," a variant of an earlier AI persona created by the giant social-media company Meta Platforms in collaboration with celebrity influencer Kendall Jenner. During a series of romantic chats on Facebook Messenger, the virtual woman had repeatedly reassured Thongbue "Bue" Wongbandue … Read more
To South Koreans weary of the political polarization that led briefly to martial law, President Lee Jae Myung is showing a more human touch than his predecessor. But his biggest challenges lie ahead.
