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VIENNA: In her decades-long career, star Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca has seen the ups and downs of the music industry first hand. But the business has changed drastically with the rise of social media, even impacting the way many people inside and outside the industry approach classical musicnamely “without patience or time”, she told AFP. … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Jason Collins, the former NBA player who became the first openly gay man to play in a major US pro sports league in 2014, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor, the league said in a statement on his behalf on Thursday. “NBA Ambassador and 13-year NBA veteran Jason Collins is currently undergoing … Read more
Pakistan has sought the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) consent to impose a new tax in the capital territory to fund a Rs213 billion medical complex, as Islamabad struggles to find fiscal avenues to complete the project within three years. As an alternative, the government is also considering exhausting the contingency pool of the budget to … Read more
[ KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves recorded a marginal rise during the week ended September 5, 2025, with the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) reserves increasing by $34 million to $14.3 billion. According to data released by the central bank on Thursday, the country’s total liquid foreign reserves stood at $19.7 billion. Of this, commercial … Read more
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
Belarus on Thursday freed 52 political prisoners, including an EU staff member, journalists, and dissidents — a release mediated by the United States as Minsk seeks closer ties with President Donald Trump. Tens of thousands of Belarusians took to the streets in 2020 to protest what they called a sham presidential election in which Alexander … Read more
LONDON: Chelsea were charged by the Football Association on Thursday with 74 alleged breaches of rules related to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. The FA said the charges primarily relate to the period between the 2010/11 and 2015/16 seasons. The Premier League club has until September 19 to respond. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich … Read more
QUETTA/ISLAMABAD: An ATC in Quetta on Thursday extended the physical remand of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group on the police’s request, according to her lawyer. Mahrang, along with other BYC members, was arrested on March 22 on allegations of “attacking” the Quetta Civil Hospital and “inciting … Read more
The start-up reached a tentative deal with Microsoft, its biggest investor, and said it would give a $100 billion stake to the nonprofit that manages it.
The United States, ordinarily a protector of Israel at the United Nations, signed on to a statement expressing deep concern about its attack on Hamas in the Qatari capital.
