Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan Will Step Down, Reports Say
Mr. Ishiba’s party is threatening to split over a right-wing political surge, a weakened economy and turbulent trade relations with the United States.
Month: September 2025
Pakistan to witness lunar eclipse blood moon today
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) announced that a total lunar eclipse will be visible across Pakistan on the night of September 7, offering astronomy enthusiasts, students and the public a chance to witness the celestial spectacle. According to SUPARCO, the eclipse will begin at 8:30pm and reach its peak at 1:55am, … Read more
Russian Strike Breaks Through Most Protected Part of Kyiv
The attack set a government building on fire in an area of the Ukrainian capital that is rarely damaged.
DC residents protest against Trump’s deployment of troops
Several thousand protesters marched in Washington, DC, on Saturday to demand that US President Donald Trump end the deployment of National Guard troops patrolling the capital city’s streets. With Trump vowing crackdowns in other Democratic-led cities as well, he appeared to threaten Chicago with migrant deportations in a social media post with an image that … Read more
Trump grants tariff exemptions to US trade partners
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order offering some tariff exemptions as soon as Monday to trading partners who strike deals on industrial exports such as nickel, gold and other metals, as well as pharmaceutical compounds and chemicals. Trump has spent his first seven months in office building up massive tariff increases to reorder … Read more
Aura farming & the attention economy
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: It began with a boy on a boat. A grainy video, barely thirty seconds long, posted by a festival-goer in a small Indonesian fishing village, showed a boy, 11 years old, dancing as if possessed by something both ancient and absurdly modern. His hips swayed in exaggerated loops, arms slicing … Read more
SCO builds bridges as the West walls its ‘garden’
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: With nearly half the world’s population and a quarter of global GDP, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has matured into a platform that challenges the very grammar of international politics, offering a vision that stands in stark contrast to the West’s increasingly fenced-off, crisis-ridden order. At its recent summit in … Read more
Why France’s Financial Woes Are Pushing Its Government to the Brink
[The French prime minister has proposed drastic spending cuts and tax increases to shore up the country’s accounts, but his plan could backfire.
Homeless and Hungry, Gazans Fear a Repeat of 1948 History
Israel’s war in Gaza has displaced most of the 2.2 million Palestinian residents from their homes. Many of them fear it will be permanent, a reprise of the Nakba.
Diamonds, dividends & a Swift engagement
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: Millions of hearts must have broken with the official Instagram announcement of Taylor Swift’s engagement, after a two-year relationship, with football player Travis Kelce. The newly engaged couple’s joint social media post not only sent fans buzzing, but also set some stocks and prediction markets on the roll, sparking the … Read more
