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[ NEPRA report reveals fiscal fixes cut circular debt, but utility performance remains poor ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s public-sector power distribution companies continued to miss key performance benchmarks in FY2024-25, as excessive transmission and distribution (T&D) losses and recovery shortfalls remained the main sources of financial stress in the electricity supply chain, according to the National Electric … Read more
Mr. Wine’s party said on X that “an army helicopter” had landed in his compound and “forcibly” taken him away ahead of election results in Uganda, during a nationwide internet blackout.
[The blowback set off by the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, has shaken up the race to replace him.
A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
He explains the idea grabbed him as a storyteller, even though it unsettled him on a personal level Ryan Coogler. Photo: file Ryan Coogler has revealed that one of the most striking creative choices in his film Sinners came from confronting a deep personal fear. The director admitted that he wrote twin characters into the … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), recorded a 3.87% year-on-year (YoY) increase for the week ended January 15, 2026, reflecting sustained pressure on essential household items despite easing prices of several food staples. The SPI, compiled on a weekly basis to assess short-term price movements, covers data on 51 essential … Read more
One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.
[ ISLAMABAD: Consumers are likely to bear an increase of up to Rs0.48 per unit in electricity tariffs on account of fuel cost adjustment for December 2025. Earlier, the reference price had been set at Rs9.14 per unit but the actual price came in at a higher level at Rs9.62 per unit, registering a rise … Read more
President Trump has María Corina Machado’s medal, but he is not recognized as the prize laureate. Ms. Machado did not win Mr. Trump’s endorsement to become Venezuela’s president.
Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.