Giant Pandas, Icons of China’s Soft Diplomacy, Arrive in Atlanta
A male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang landed on Sunday, days after China’s leader said he would dispatch “envoys of friendship” to the United States.
Revenuecracy, tax policy and targets
[ Taxation must move from extraction to equity; parliament must determine tax policy rather than merely endorse revenue Research conducted by Australia’s tax authorities revealed that the first communication a new taxpayer receives affects their long-run compliance behaviour. photo: file LAHORE: Pakistan has a tax bureaucracy. What it increasingly needs is a rational tax policy. … Read more
Zuckerberg pushes back against industrywide AI slowdown
Zuckerberg said AI firms could pause development over safety concerns, with demand pushing firms to ensure safety Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents the Muse Charm during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, September 23, 2026. REUTERS Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of US-based social media giant Meta, … Read more
This Screw Is Needed for Missiles and Planes. Buying One Can Take Years.
[As the Trump administration scrambles to increase the production of munitions, these special screws are expensive and hard to source.
Six Dead After Explosion in Athens Tourist District
Officials said a gas leak might have caused the blast, which destroyed a building and rattled a part of the Greek capital that draws many visitors.
SpaceX’s Starship Is Set to Make Its First Orbital Flight
If successful, the 14th test flight will be a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars.
Brand New Day’ dethrones Star Wars at the domestic box office
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ overtakes Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing domestic movie ever Spider-Man: Brand New Day has overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens to become the highest-grossing movie in North American box office history. The Tom Holland-led Marvel film has earned $936.773 million domestically after 47 days in theatres, surpassing … Read more
Pakistan down Kazakhstan in volleyball opener
Pakistan on Sunday made a winning start to their men’s volleyball competition in the 20th Asian Games, beating Kazakhstan 3-1 in their Pool A opener at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Gymnasium. Pakistan took the match 25-16, 25-22, 17-25, 25-20 in one hour and 26 minutes, overcoming a Kazakhstan fought back in the third set … Read more
Speaker seeks records of MPAs’ arrests, raids
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati has directed the police to submit complete records of arrests, detentions, home raids, searches and attacks involving members of the provincial assembly, ministers, advisors, special assistants and parliamentary secretaries. A formal letter has been issued by the Assembly Secretariat to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police, conveying the … Read more
Should I Reveal That My Partner Died by Suicide?
Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who believes her partner’s family secrets may have contributed to his death.