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WASHINGTON: US television networks staged an extraordinary revolt Monday when they effectively boycotted coverage of President Donald Trump in protest at his decision to ban three leading outlets from the White House. CNN, MS NOW and Politico also went to court after Trump on Friday ordered them to be barred, as the 80-year-old Republican stepped … Read more
President Trump should demand that North Korea freeze, not eliminate, its nuclear weapons program, President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview.
He won renown for his trilogy about the 1973 Pinochet coup, and later for another trilogy, about the legacy of the authoritarian regime that followed.
IT Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja formally inaugurates ‘The Innovation Hive’, established by the USEFP, alongside Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker. PHOTO VIA X/US EMBASSY ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Monday formally inaugurated “The Innovation Hive”, established by the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). The ceremony was … Read more
Trump claims pact grants US ‘permanent control’ over security in Greenland as key details not yet public The Greenland flag flutters in front of a house in Nuuk, Greenland, September 19, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Denmark, Greenland and the United States are set to sign a deal on Greenland’s security on Tuesday, an agreement Denmark says will put Arctic security under NATO’s watch rather than leaving … Read more
A collection of memorabilia linked to some of the world's most recognisable cultural figures, including Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, is set to go under the hammer in Abu Dhabi this December, with the currently announced highlights carrying combined estimates of up to Dh3.86 million. According to Gulf News, Julien's Auctions will host its inaugural … Read more
PSM incurs Rs57b in interest over 3 years; pays Rs3.9b in salaries, Rs9.1b in bills According to the Central Monitoring Unit, without reforms in subsidy governance, debt management, and operational modernisation, Pakistan’s trading SOEs and PSM will remain persistent fiscal liabilities. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The closed Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) cumulatively caused a whopping loss … Read more
The province claims in its lawsuit that the shooting at a rural school “could have been prevented” if OpenAI had shared concerns brewing internally with the police.
Trump administration strikes agreements with 35 countries, with at least $410m earmarked to support deportation deals The United States has deported more than 25,000 people under secretive agreements with 35 countries to take migrants with no ties to those nations, according to an investigation published Monday. Since US President Donald Trump took office in January … Read more
Few seem totally satisfied by the settlement that will let Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery move forward.