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Audit finds the hospital’s fire alarm system non-functional, while most smoke detectors are either faulty or inactive KARACHI: Sparks from a welding torch flew inside a nursery packed with newborns, some of them dependent on oxygen, at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), raising fresh and serious questions about fire safety at the city … Read more
Southwestern Syria has seen repeated Israeli raids, arrests, land clearing and shelling, Damascus says An Israeli tank crosses into a buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights on March 2, 2025. FILE IMAGE: AFP Israeli forces on Sunday blew up military sites formerly used by the former regime of Bashar al-Assad … Read more
Use of drone technology, timely response by the police plays a crucial role in monitoring the terrorists’ movements Ambulances are seen at the site of an explosion near the police headquarters in Kohat in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18, 2026. Photo: AFP PESHAWAR: Significant revelations emerged on Sunday from the initial investigation into … Read more
“I Play Rocky” and “Being Heumann” were the runners-up for the People’s Choice Award, which can be predictive of best picture at the Oscars.
The pathway takes young cricketers from district contests via divisional and provincial stages to the national level There is no doubt about the abundance of cricketing talent in Pakistan. This is a country where players have consistently emerged from streets, neighbourhoods and school grounds to go on to represent Pakistan at some of the … Read more
The chief minister said the programme was one of the world’s largest, covering cities and 25,000 villages LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said making the province clean and green and ensuring a healthy population was the government’s top priority. In her message on World Cleanup Day, she said a clean Punjab … Read more
Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
Italy’s central Mediterranean location makes it highly exposed to migrant arrivals, challenging governments Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on, as she and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever deliver joint statements following their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy, September 7, 2026. REUTERS Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and … Read more
Japan’s Takumi Hojo holds the first gold medal of the Asian Games after winning the men’s individual triathlon in Gamagori city near Nagoya. Photo: AFP NAGOYA: The first gold medal of the 20th Asian Games was won on Sunday by host nation Japan as a 13-year-old swimmer from China started in blistering form on the … Read more
Washington lawmakers fear AI risks, while Trump has downplayed concerns and opposed additional regulation US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with cryptocurrency executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 19, 2026.PHOTO: AFP US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that … Read more