The Raffles’ Singapore Sling Costs $40. There’s a Reason Tourists Still Love It.
The Singapore Sling was said to have been invented more than a century ago in a colonial-era hotel, where it now goes for about $40 a pop.
Recreational Aerial Craft Become Weapons in Myanmar’s War
Years after a coup, the military is increasingly using motorized paragliders and gyrocopters to bomb towns and villages in rebel-held territory.
Women Sluggers Are No Longer in a League of Their Own
[As a group of players from an all-women’s baseball league in the 1940s and ’50s gathered at a recent reunion, the future of women’s baseball looks bright again.
Minor boy among three die in accidents
. KARACHI: Three people including a five-year-old boy were killed in separate traffic accidents in different areas of the city. A five-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a Mazda truck in Machhar Colony. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital where the victim was identified as five-year-old Murshid. In another incident near City … Read more
The Surprising Reasons China Is Skeptical of A.I. Safety Calls
In China, A.I. doomsday warnings can feel distinctly Western or like a ploy to stop Chinese A.I. companies from trying to overtake their U.S. rivals.
Cops flag poor facilities ahead of long march
Complain of inadequate toilets, water and stale food while seniors stay in luxury RAWALPINDI: Around 32,000 police personnel brought from distant districts of northern Punjab and deployed at different points in Attock district to stop the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) long march are reportedly facing a shortage of facilities, severe lack of washrooms, inadequate drinking water … Read more
13 martyred in DI Khan checkpoint suicide blast
Women, a child, Customs inspector among dead 2 rescue personnel carrying injured also martyred Security tightene DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A suicide bomber struck a joint Customs, police and Excise checkpoint in Darazinda tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan on the inter-provincial highway on Saturday, killing 13 people, including two women, a young girl and a Customs … Read more
Dar warns against altering East Jerusalem status
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chairs a meeting to review wheat stocks in the country on Thursday. Photo: X ISLAMABAD: DPM/FM Ishaq Dar on Saturday expressed concern over the continued violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif and attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo in Occupied East Jerusalem. He reiterated Pakistan’s … Read more
Russian Foreign Minister Vows Russia Will See Ukraine War Through
Russia’s foreign minister met with his German counterpart during the U.N. General Assembly but spent part of his address defending his country’s war on Ukraine.
Pakistan seeks more investment, trade with Portugal
ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and Ambassador of Portugal Paulo Domingues on Saturday discussed ways to enhance bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation, with particular focus on textiles, agriculture, information technology, pharmaceuticals and Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The SIFC hosted the ambassador for a wide-ranging discussion focused on strengthening economic, trade and investment … Read more