0:37Watch: Afghanistan taxi drivers use handmade coolers to beat the heat In a sweltering city in Afghanistan, taxis have been spotted with scrubby barrels and exhaust tubes mounted to their roofs. These are the hand-made air coolers that taxi drivers have cobbled together in their desperate efforts to beat the heat. Temperatures regularly exceed 40C…
“Deeply regrettable” is how Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has described US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat – a 25% levy on Japanese goods. Tokyo, a long-time US ally, has been trying hard to avoid exactly this. It has been seeking concessions for its beleaguered car makers, while resisting pressure to open its markets…
US President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 35% tariff on Canadian goods starting on 1 August, even as the two countries were days away from a self-imposed deadline to reach a new trade deal. The announcement came in the form of a letter published on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, along…
Yoon will be housed in a 10 square-metre solitary cell SEOUL (Reuters) – Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was back in a solitary jail cell on Thursday with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to impose martial law last year. The Seoul…
Over 158,000 children to be vaccinated in high-risk districts KARACHI (Web Desk) – Pakistan will launch a targeted five-day polio vaccination campaign next week, aiming to immunise more than 158,000 children in high-risk districts of the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, health authorities said on Wednesday. The campaign will be conducted exclusively…
The campaign will select one organisation to receive a produced short film at no cost ISLAMABAD: Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Wednesday launched a new initiative through her production house, SOC Films, to highlight the work done by grassroots projects and nonprofit organisations in Pakistan through storytelling. The campaign, titled Frame It Forward,…
Minister Shah contacted the Additional IG Karachi to discuss the burial arrangemen KARACHI (Web Desk) – Provincial Minister for Culture and Tourism, Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, has announced that the Sindh Department of Culture will take responsibility for the burial of actress Humaira Asghar. According to reports, Minister Shah contacted the Additional IG Karachi to…
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) registered significant recovery a day after it lost 826 points due to profit-taking by investors. During intraday trading, the KSE-100 index benchmark climbed by 1,313.91 points to reach 133,890.89, marking a 0.99% increase from the previous close of 132,576.98. Investor sentiment appeared upbeat in early trading, pushing the index to…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been at loggerheads since late 1980 BAKU (Reuters) – The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan held substantive talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, their governments said, in what amounted to the most serious direct negotiations yet in a fitful process to end almost four decades of conflict. The two sides said…
Green Shirts top Group A standings with 12 points coupled with 21-goal difference by scoring 25 and conceding four goals DAZHOU: Continuing their unbeaten run in the Men’s U18 Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan secured a commanding 2-1 victory over China at the Dazhou National Hockey Training Centre to qualify for the semi-finals. The Green Shirts…
