Biden, Harris tour storm areas as deaths surpass 160
ASHEVILLE: US President Joe Biden witnessed firsthand the catastrophic destruction of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday and Vice President Kamala Harris distributed aid to families in need as thousands of…
Huge protests in Argentina over public university cuts
BUENOS AIRES: Several thousand Argentines joined major student-led protests in Buenos Aires on Wednesday over President Javier Milei's cuts to free university education. The second large-scale demonstration in six…
Tunisia readies for vote as incumbent Saied eyes victory
TUNIS: Tunisians head to the polls Sunday for a presidential election in which analysts say incumbent Kais Saied is poised for victory with his most prominent critics behind bars.…
Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to overturn 2020 election: special counsel
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump launched a "private criminal effort" to subvert the 2020 US election and should not be shielded by presidential immunity, Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a…
Mexico’s new president offers apology for 1968 student massacre
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered an official apology Wednesday for the massacre of students by the army in 1968, in one of her first acts after taking…
Carpe diem: the Costa Rican women turning fish into fashion
COSTA DE PÁJAROS: On a beach in Costa Rica, as fishermen land the day's catch, two women are hard at work on a slimy sea bass skin, rubbing, scraping,…
Singapore ex-minister sentenced to 12 months in prison in rare graft trial
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first political graft trial for…
APP IN SNAP Appoints Mr. Asher Yaqub Khan as New CEO
Islamabad: – APP IN SNAP (PRIVATE) LIMITED, one of Pakistan's top IT companies with a global presence, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Asher Yaqub Khan as…
CCP Hearing on PTCL-Telenor Merger Continues
Islamabad: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is actively progressing with the Phase II Merger Review of PTCL's proposed acquisition of 100 percent shareholding in Telenor Pakistan (Private) Limited…
CJP rejects PTI’s ‘baseless’ objection to Article 63-A bench formation
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan, led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, has rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) objections against the bench formed to hear the review petition on…
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