‘Go Get Your Kicks’: The Europeans Obsessed With a U.S. Highway
[As Route 66 turns 100, tourists in search of Americana try to keep war, inflation and politics in the rearview.
Elections in Germany Could Produce First Far-Right State Government Since Nazi Era: What to Know
Elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in the country’s east, could result in an outright majority for the Alternative for Germany party.
China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I.
[A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the technology begins to upend the work force.
In Germany, Ulrich Siegmund Is Bringing the AfD to the Cusp of Power
Ulrich Siegmund, 35, once sold air fresheners. Now his far-right party is the favorite to win a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday.
Balochistan Assembly halts forest dept recruitment
. The Balochistan Assembly. PHOTO: EXPRESS QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday ordered an immediate halt to appointments in the provincial Forest Department and constituted a special committee, headed by the Opposition Leader, to investigate allegations that government posts were being sold for millions of rupees. The decision came after Provincial Minister Noor Muhammad Dummar … Read more
CHIKF outbreak triggers health emergency
200 suspected cases reported as authorities launch spraying, treatment and awareness campaign Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral fever. PHOTO: AFP PESHAWAR/NOWSHERA: A suspected outbreak of chikungunya has triggered a major health response in the Ziarat Kaka Sahib area of Nowshera district, where more than 200 patients have been reported during the past several days, prompting … Read more
Protest against SHO Steel Town
. KARACHI: Employees of the CNS and Anti-Terrorism Courts staged a protest at the Karachi Central Jail’s anti-terrorism complex on Saturday, accusing Steel Town SHO Javed Abro of unlawfully detaining and assaulting an anti-narcotics court staffer. The protesting employees chanted slogans against the police officer and alleged that court employee Shafqat Channa was taken into … Read more
U.S. Military Sinks Boats Said to Aid Drug Smuggling Near Ecuador
Unlike dozens of similar strikes, no one was killed after people suspected of drug smuggling were removed from what the U.S. military described as a floating refueling station.
Rescuers reach ship’s wreckage off Istanbul
. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s navy has located the wreckage of a cargo ship that sank off Istanbul after colliding with an oil tanker, leaving 10 crew members missing, officials said Saturday. In a pre-dawn collision earlier this week, the ALSU, an empty oil tanker, struck the Tugberk Imamoglu, a cargo vessel carrying rolled steel, in the … Read more
Asif slams PPP’s ‘dual policy’
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. PHOTO: APP/ File ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the devolution of power is “inevitable” and questioned PPP’s ‘contradictory position’ on the creation of new provinces and administrative units, saying the concentration of power had rendered the existing system obsolete. Asif argued that the principle of devolution had already … Read more