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NASA, ESA astronauts set for spacewalk to replace key antenna

Spacewalk to replace high-speed antenna outside International Space Station expected to last 6.5 hours NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman works outside the space station’s Quest airlock aboard the International Space Station. Photo: REUTERS/NASA Handout/file National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot are set to conduct a … Read more

US rates likely to stay higher for longer, squeezing consumers

[ Sticky inflation, cooling labour market leave Fed facing choice between fighting prices and risking sharper slowdown A teller counts US dollar bank notes at a money changer in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: REUTERS/file US interest rates are likely to remain elevated for longer as stubborn inflation and signs of a weakening labour market complicate the … Read more

Syria condemns Israeli strikes on airbase as ‘flagrant violation’ of sovereignty

US envoy to Syria says Washington ‘deeply concerned’ over airstrikes, describing them as ‘unnecessary escalation’ Syria condemns Israeli strikes on airbase as ‘flagrant violation’ of sovereignty. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Syria on Tuesday strongly condemned Israeli airstrikes targeting Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in the eastern countryside of Idlib province as a “flagrant violation” of the country’s … Read more

Sanaullah calls SC order on Imran’s hospital transfer ‘merit-based ruling’

JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman welcomes court’s order but says decision had come too late Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday described the Supreme Court’s decision to transfer Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan to Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital as a “merit-based ruling”, saying it would be … Read more

Qatar pushes for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire plan

Foreign ministry spokesman says Doha wants agreement on reopening Strait of Hormuz and ceasefire at the same time Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. Photo AA Qatar said on Tuesday that it is pushing for the full implementation of the agreed ceasefire plan in the Gaza Strip despite Israeli “intransigence.” Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed … Read more

PM Shehbaz meets Google delegation, inaugurates company’s Pakistan office

Google VP announces to make Google Gemini subscriptions free for one year for all Pakistani students Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a meeting with the Google delegation, during the inauguration of the company’s local office in Pakistan. — PHOTO VIA X Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met with a Google delegation as part of … Read more

Kushner urges Netanyahu to ‘not create obstacles’ in Gaza peace plan: report

US envoy and Trump’s son-in-law presses Israeli leader to accept 15-point roadmap US President Donald Trump’s Envoy Jared Kushner urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid hindering the Trump administration’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip, according to US media reports. Kushner pressed Netanyahu to move forward with the plan, CNN reported on Monday, … Read more