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Listen to article As a nation, we often show little regard for the rights of animals, with the mistreatment of working animals—particularly donkeys—ranking high on the list. Now, it appears that in a couple of years, donkeys, like dinosaurs, will become fictional animals from books thanks to the government’s haphazard decision to initiate commercial donkey slaughtering in … Read more
In Syria, Israel launched rare attacks on forces of the new government, while in Lebanon it took aim at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
[Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.
Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.
[ Listen to article Due to Kabul’s assurances to Islamabad on the TTP and other key issues, trade between the two sides has reached $1 billion in the first six months of 2025. The latest report published by the Afghan Ministry of Commerce shows increasing interest in bilateral trade. According to the data, Afghanistan recorded $277 million … Read more
The United States government has awarded a defence contract worth up to $200 million to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, just a week after its flagship chatbot, Grok, came under intense scrutiny for controversial posts. The award, made through the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), names xAI as one of … Read more
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight.
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today.
Arsenal are preparing to open talks with Crystal Palace over the potential signing of England international Eberechi Eze, as the club’s summer transfer strategy gathers pace. Sources indicate that preliminary discussions have already taken place on the player’s side over the past fortnight, involving senior figures within Arsenal’s recruitment and football operations teams. Eze, 27, … Read more
