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People attend a rally outside of El Museo Del Barrio for the final public hearing and vote of New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board on rent-stabilized apartments, in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2026. Photo: Reuters A New York City housing board voted on ​Thursday to freeze rents for about 1 million regulated apartments … Read more

Charles will stay at nearby Clarence House; renovations budgeted to cost £369 million A person holds an umbrella to shield from the sun outside Buckingham Palace after it was announced that Britain’s King Charles will not live there after its 10-year refurbishment finishes next year, amid a heatwave in London, Britain. Photo: Reuters King Charles … Read more

Women run through a water spray from a public outdoor sprinkler system to alleviate high temperatures at Rudolfplatz square, amid a heatwave in Cologne, Germany, June 25, 2026. Photo: Reuters The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been “virtually ‌impossible” without human-caused climate change, which has made this week’s soaring night-time temperatures 100 times … Read more

Snipers, drones, CNIC scanning app, mobile service suspension among security measures in place Mourners offer Zuhrain prayer at Karachi’s Tibet Centre on June 26, 2026, on the occasion of Ashura. SCREENGRAB MURREE/ KOHAT/ RAWALPINDI/ PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE: Youm-e-Ashura was observed across Pakistan on Friday with mourning processions taking to the streets in cities nationwide … Read more

Iran’s deputy FM said Wednesday there were no plans to grant access to inspectors IAEA chief Rafael Grossi attends the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 12, 2024. PHOTO: AFP The interim US-Iran peace accord gives UN nuclear inspectors access to Iran, the watchdog’s top official said ​on Friday, after Tehran … Read more

Even as the administration has emphasised unity, ​differing worldviews are at times rising to the surface U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio standing behind him, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 23, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS President Donald Trump’s … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO: Memory chipmakers have for decades been trapped in boom-bust cycles, with capacity buildouts hitting the market just as demand craters. Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are now trying to convince investors this time is different, arguing long-term deals will keep cash flowing even if the datacenter boom bursts. Micron said on Wednesday customers … Read more

LAHORE: Pakistan’s economic growth stands at 3.1% this fiscal year, but a brutal global energy shock is threatening to drag that figure down further, with millions of the country’s poorest citizens already paying the price. That is the central finding of the Lahore School of Economics’ latest quarterly assessment for Financial Year 2025-26, released by … Read more

. BALTIMORE: Silver has lost roughly half its value since peaking at an all-time high in January amid a broad shakeout in precious metals prices. But it has also dropped by more than a third against gold, and data suggests it is knocking on the door of levels that could spark further losses against the … Read more

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a victory on Thursday by backing the federal government’s authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims. The court, in a 6-3 ruling powered by its conservative justices, overturned a lower court’s finding that the policy … Read more