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[ ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved another special allowance for top bureaucracy – the second in four years – and sanctioned Rs1.8 billion budget in the middle of a further extension in austerity measures and a 7% raise for all government employees. The decision was taken during the special cabinet meeting that approved the … Read more
The risk of continued fighting and a threatened blockade in the Red Sea added to uncertainty about the flow of energy from the region.
Immaculately realized and restored, Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s short story about a chance encounter on a bridge arrives at Film Forum.
Says threats challenge rules-based maritime order and jeopardise uninterrupted flow of global commerce Pakistan on Wednesday “unequivocally” condemned the continued threats issued by the Houthi militia against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and commercial shipping in the Red Sea, warning that such actions jeopardise global commerce and regional security, in a statement released by the … Read more
[ KSE-100 index falls over 1,000 points as broad-based selling grips market with trading underway KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) exhibited vulnerability to external shocks on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index coming under renewed selling pressure as investors adopted a cautious stance and reduced exposure to equities. The index struggled to sustain its … Read more
A jittery hiker signed up for a via ferrata tour on the cliffs of an Adirondacks gorge. Here’s what he learned on the ledges, rungs and exposed bridges.
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[The fledgling firm, run by the president’s oldest son and his partner Omeed Malik, has made investments in A.I. and defense technology that have tripled in value in just months.
As threats from Moscow rise and support from Washington dwindles, the German military is reinventing how it researches, funds and wields 21st-century arms.
[The economy of Laredo, Texas, has boomed under the president’s global tariffs. Now, his demands may threaten its success.