‘Brailled It’ Review: A Matter of Perspective
This experimental documentary follows three students as they compete in an annual Braille tournament in Los Angeles.
Hamilton hopes to boost title bid
MONZA: Lewis Hamilton will seek to boost his hopes of an unprecedented eighth drivers’ world championship with a record sixth Italian Grand Prix win on Sunday when he races on Ferrari’s home tarmac. As he bids to reduce local hero Kimi Antonelli’s 59-point advantage — the Italian having claimed six wins for Mercedes — the … Read more
Wahab says strikes hurt workers, businesses and Karachi’s economy
Says political parties should not put citizens through hardship to make a political point Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab speaks during a press conference in Karachi. SCREENGRAB Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Thursday slammed Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) nationwide shutter-down strike, saying the business closures caused financial losses and disproportionately affected people who relied on daily wages. A … Read more
Nepalis pin hopes on ‘wall of the missing’ in hunt for relatives after deadly flood
Some pictures are embedded in posters meticulously filled in with details of missing persons, contact numbers People look at photographs of missing and deceased people pasted on wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Reuters Sati Sigdel makes daily visits to a hospital wall in Kathmandu … Read more
Trump Administration Renews Push to Strip Schools of Tax-Exempt Status
[The Treasury Department released rules that would upend how schools qualify for tax-exempt status, a new front in the president’s campaign against higher education.
Houthis target Yemen’s western coast with 14 ballistic missiles: army
Air defences intercepted several drones in Taiz and western coast areas, says Yemeni Armed Forces Media Centre A Houthi follower looks on, during a pro-Iran demonstration, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen April 6, 2026. — REUTERS Houthi fighters targeted populated districts along Yemen’s western coast in Taiz and Hodeidah provinces … Read more
Rate Rise in Play as Fed Officials Await Inflation Data
[Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, sounded optimistic about inflation’s trajectory but indicated he would support higher rates if progress does not continue.
China Boycotts Top Art Festival Over Taiwan Exhibition
China said the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea was misrepresenting Taiwan as an independent nation. Beijing claims it as its own.
Polio-hit table tennis star finally boards the Asian Games flight
14-time national champion who stitches clothes by day secures long-awaited sponsorship PESHAWAR: For 14 long years, Abdullah Jan has been Pakistan’s most consistent table tennis champion in the Paralympic arena, and for 14 years the same cruel script has repeated itself. Selected for the national team, packed and ready, only to be told at the … Read more
JI strike over petroleum levy shuts hundreds of markets in Karachi
Party’s Karachi chief says lawyers, traders support strike as most major markets and commercial centres remain closed RAWALPINDI/ PESHAWAR/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: A strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) against the petroleum levy shut hundreds of markets and petrol pumps across Karachi on Thursday, while private schools and lawyers also supported the shutdown, JI Karachi Amir Monem … Read more