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PARIS: Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday. Government action on climate change could determine whether the world loses 2,000 or 4,000 glaciers annually by the middle of the century, … Read more
Election commission announces Feb 14 polls for union, district councils; assembly elections set for Jan 24 Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission. Photo: ecgb.gov.pk/ Elected local bodies are set to return to Gilgit-Baltistan after a 21-years. The region’s election commission has announced that polls for the local government will take place on February 14, 2026, from 8.00am to 4.00pm. … Read more
A column of fire and smoke erupts following Israeli bombardment of areas east of the Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City on June 18, 2025. Photo: AFP THE HAGUE: Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought by Israel against the court’s probe into its … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said two gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration were motivated by the Islamic State.
The city and surrounding region have some of the highest levels of flu-like illness in the United States.
Residents claim “building mafia” is responsible for circulating rumours about property in an attempt to seize it In Lyari’s Naya Abad Liaquat Colony, cracks appeared in a residential building, Baba Arcade, immediately after the earthquake, prompting residents to evacuate and gather in open spaces for safety, according to Edhi officials. A 5.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded … Read more
Dhammika Ranatunga, then chairman of the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, was arrested on Monday COLOMBO: Authorities in Sri Lanka plan to arrest World Cup-winning cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga on corruption charges relating to his time as petroleum minister, a court was told Monday. Ranatunga and his brother are accused of changing the procedure for awarding … Read more
[ KCCI, KATI, SAI say high borrowing costs threaten competitiveness, jobs and investment a stock broker uses his phone while monitoring share prices during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange. PHOTO: INP KARACHI: Despite the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cutting the policy rate by 50 basis points, contrary to market expectations, the … Read more
He said the people in the house were relatively new to the area and largely kept to themselves.
[ Officials link price cuts to planning changes, updated engineering regulations, Rs150b annual savings likely ISLAMABAD: Owing to consistent efforts and timely actions by the Power Division to promote transparency and competition, the prices of smart meters for power distribution companies have been reduced by up to 40%. “This reduction will result in estimated annual … Read more