UNDP head says international development cooperation is critical to build foundations of peace Spending on aid is essential to promote peace in times of global turmoil and deep cuts to foreign assistance, the head of the UN Development Programme said Sunday. In an interview on the eve of a four-day UN conference in Spain that…
Closure poses risks to world’s second-largest garment manufacturer’s textiles exports Operations at Bangladesh’s biggest port were suspended on Sunday as a strike by customs officials brought shipping activity to a halt. The shutdown at Chittagong Port is part of an ongoing dispute between tax authority employees and the government, which is trying to overhaul the…
Authorities say they cannot specify whether corpses belonged to victims of criminal violence Police have found 381 corpses piled up in a private crematorium in northern Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, the local prosecutor’s office said Sunday, attributing the grisly find to negligence. “Preliminarily, we have 381 bodies that were deposited irregularly in the crematorium, which were…
Beijing, European bloc must “keep world peaceful, stable, safeguard multilateralism,” says Chinese FM spox China’s top diplomat heads to Europe on Monday for a visit which Beijing said will highlight ties as an “anchor of stability” in a world in turmoil. Wang Yi’s tour will take him to the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels as…
District fire official says 12 bodies recovered from debris, search continues at the blaze site A powerful explosion at an Indian chemical factory killed at least 12 people and injured several others on Monday, turning chunks of the building into rubble, a fire officer said. “We have recovered 12 bodies so far,” said B Nagehswara…
Jessica Simpson prepares to hit back with truth if ex-husband Nick Lachey does not shut up Jessica Simpson is seemingly ready to drop a bombshell tell-all on ex-husband Nick Lachey. According to Radar Online, the 44-year-old American singer and actress is extremely angry at her ex-husband Lachey, as he is bringing up the past. However, Simpson…
Maximum temperature expected to range between 32, 34 degrees Celsius, while minimum temperature was 29° KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast partly cloudy and humid weather for Karachi over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of light drizzle in some areas. The maximum temperature is expected to range between 32 and 34…
Jhelum police gets recognition from British influencer, who said Scotland Yard would not have done this for him ISLAMABAD: Jhelum police have successfully recovered a pair of AirPods belonging to British social media influencer Miles Routledge, better known as “Lord Miles,” a year after they were lost in Dubai. Routledge, who had inadvertently left his…
“Everything should be banned… cricket, films, everything,” says Indian actor Suniel Shetty While conflict raged between the powerful militaries of India and Pakistan, a battle was also fought on the cultural front lines despite years of shared love for films and music. The deadly fighting in early May — the worst in decades — affected…
Pakistani duo’s project was born from ambition to make complex geospatial data and satellite imagery easily accessible Two ambitious students from Islamabad’s Institute of Space Technology, Ahmed Iqbal and Hanzila Bin Younas, have transformed their final-year academic requirement into an award-winning innovation. Their project, GeoGemma — an open-source Large Language Model (LLM) integrated with the…
