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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaking at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP). Photo: Express BRASILIA: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that a 2°C increase in the global average temperature will effectively be a “death sentence for many”. He has further cautioned that global warming would trigger severe hunger worldwide. … Read more
[ A view of Chabahar port, Iran. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government urged India on Thursday to scale up trade and open cargo hubs in its territory, as it strengthens ties with New Delhi and seeks alternatives to Pakistan after repeated border clashes and closures. During talks, Al-Haj Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s Commerce … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The government has pushed the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) to accelerate its investigation into alleged cartelisation in the vegetable ghee and cooking oil industry. The issue was taken up in a recent meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) while reviewing prices of food items across the country. It was decided … Read more
A documentary argues that the U.S. government needs to divulge what it knows about the phenomena formerly called U.F.O.s.
[ KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves recorded a modest improvement during the week ended November 14, 2025, with the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) holdings rising by $27 million to reach $14.551 billion, according to data released by the central bank on Thursday. The SBP’s weekly report showed that the country’s total liquid foreign exchange … Read more
. Displaced Sudanese gather and sit in makeshift tents after fleeing Al-Fashir city in Darfur, in Tawila, Sudan, October 29, 2025, in this still image taken from a Reuters’ video. PHOTO: REUTERS CAIRO: The war in Sudan is increasingly being fought on the battlefield of social media, where competing factions trade fake news, doctored videos … Read more
. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of “seditious behavior.” Democrats immediately slammed the “absolutely vile” threats against the six senators and representatives, who made the comments in a video posted on X … Read more
[A sharp reversal in Asian stocks, after a rally fueled by Nvidia’s strong earnings, underscores how fears of an A.I. bubble are driving broad market swings.
. WASHINGTON: The United States is not taking part in this weekend’s G20 summit in Johannesburg, the White House said Thursday, denying comments from South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa who had said Washington wanted to participate. “The United States is not participating in official talks at the G20 in South Africa,” White House Press Secretary … Read more
[ . ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) Amir Mohyuddin chaired the weekly national coordination meeting on Thursday to review wheat seed movement, sowing progress and storage planning ahead of the harvest season. Officials from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), Balochistan and federal food departments attended. An official statement said, … Read more
