Rain fury claims 25 lives in Swabi

SWABI: Flash floods triggered by a powerful cloudburst and lightning struck the remote mountainous region of Gadoon-Amazai in Swabi district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) early Monday, leaving at least 25 people dead and 35 others injured. Entire villages were submerged as torrential waters swept away homes, livestock, and infrastructure, adding to the mounting toll of this year’s … Read more

Nearly 90% of videogame developers use AI agents, Google study shows

A Google Cloud survey showed that 87% of videogame developers are using artificial intelligence agents to streamline and automate tasks, as the industry focuses on optimizing costs following a wave of record layoffs. Most of the respondents in the report, published on Monday, said AI was helping automate cumbersome and repetitive tasks, freeing developers to … Read more

Normalising pollution

Plastic bottles greeted me everywhere I went last week. In the wedding halls of Lahore and Islamabad, the hotel rooms in twin cities, the coffee shops and the restaurants, the living rooms of family and friends. Asking for water now means asking for a plastic water bottle. The final journey of the empty plastic bottles … Read more

6,000 student visas revoked under Marco Rubio, US State Dept confirms

The US State Department has revoked 6,000 student visas since Secretary of State Marco Rubio took office seven months ago, it said Monday. Rubio, to the delight of President Donald Trump’s right-wing base, has proudly moved against students using an obscure law that allows him to rescind visas for people deemed to counter US foreign … Read more