Key feature of the event was the Youth-Led Action (YLA) Showcasing Event The four-day Youth Leadership for Climate Change workshop, commenced on June 24 at the Makli Ghunghat Khana in Thatta, brought together young climate leaders to address climate adaptation and environmental sustainability actions. The event organised by Sindh Community Foundation (SCF) under the Pakistan…
Plan to expand fleet, grow cargo handling, build local vessels unveiled, and push for green, digital transformation ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) aims to generate an estimated $700 million in freight earnings by expanding its fleet to 34 vessels over the next three years, according to a statement released on Friday. The announcement was…
Israeli Minister Ron Dermer to visit Washington for talks on Gaza, Iran and Netanyahu’s potential trip United States President Donald Trump said a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could be reached “within the next week”, even as Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza continues, with at least 14 people killed in recent attacks across the besieged…
Waste wood scraps, changed at the molecular level, could become heavy-duty building materials—and even replace plastic, aluminum and carbon fiber in our vehicles and gadget Samples of Superwood, which is made from tree species that are otherwise unusable for construction, such as poplar, at InventWood’s facility in FREDERICK, Md.—Inside a cavernous warehouse, in the midst…
1519 ET – Three sessions of modest gains aren’t enough to avoid heavy weekly losses in crude oil as the Israel-Iran cease-fire and avoidance of supply disruptions take much of the geopolitical risk premium out of the price. Oil futures are “moving into a consolidation pattern” with support from tighter U.S. stocks, a weaker dollar…
Here are the key events on day 1,220 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, June 28: Fighting Ceasefire deal NATO Sanctions
A truck collided with a minibus carrying day labourers, two of whom were 14-year-old girls, to their workplace. A truck has collided with a minibus carrying workers on a road in Egypt, killing 19 people, most of them teenage girls, according to local officials. The collision occurred as the workers were heading to work in…
US president’s claim greeted with surprise as deaths spiral in Gaza and Israeli forces accused of more ‘war crimes’ for shooting starving people seeking food aid. United States President Donald Trump said he believes a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas could be reached within a week. Trump came out with the surprise comment…
Investigators described finding decaying bodies stacked atop each other throughout a dilapidated, bug-infested building. A judge in the US state of Colorado has handed a funeral home owner, who stashed 191 dead bodies on his premises, a 20-year prison sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government. Federal prosecutors had sought a 15-year sentence…
The latest census puts India’s wild lion population at 891 lions, a 32 percent increase from 2020. But is it all good news? On May 21, the forest department of the western Indian state of Gujarat released results of the country’s first lion population estimation since 2020. According to the census, India’s wild lion population…
