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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf negotiation team members meet Imran Khan at Adiala Jail

January 12, 2025

NC’s Nasir Aslam Wani appointed advisor to J-K CM Omar Abdullah

October 17, 2024

China, US take first step toward drawing down tariff tensions
WASHINGTON/BEIJING — The U.S. and China will come to the negotiating table on Saturday for the first cabinet-level talks on trade since Donald Trump started his second term, and after the U.S. president suddenly suggested on Friday lowering tariffs on China from the current 145% to 80%. The focus will be on how quickly the…
Treasury Dept. asks Congress to raise debt ceiling before August to avert default
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secret Scott Bessent told congressional leaders on Friday that the U.S. will likely run out of borrowing authority by August. In a May 9 letter, he urged them to extend the debt ceiling by July, before Congress leaves for its annual August recess, in order to avert economic calamity. Bessent said there…
Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Since taking office on Feb. 20, Patel appears to have made three flights on FBI planes to Nashville, Tennessee, where his girlfriend, a country singer, lives; two flights to Las Vegas, where he has a home; and one flight to New York, where he attended a professional hockey game. FBI policy in recent years has mandated that directors fly on government aircraft for…
Former Justice David Souter, the ‘stealth’ Supreme Court nominee who disappointed conservatives, dies at 85
WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a lifelong bachelor who was renowned for his love of a simple life in New Hampshire and dislike of Washington, died at home on Thursday at the age of 85, the court said in a statement. Plucked from relative obscurity to serve on the Supreme Court, Souter…
Death of John Elway agent Jeff Sperbeck caused by ‘blunt head trauma’ and ruled an accident
The agent for Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway was killed in an “accident,” Southern California investigators said Friday, nearly two weeks after a tragic golf cart fall. Jeffrey Sperbeck’s death was caused by “blunt head trauma,” according to a statement from the Riverside Sheriff’s Coroner Bureau statement, which also labeled the fatality an “accident.”…
Chicago residents celebrate ‘Da Pope’ as Leo XIV, formerly Robert Prevost, begins papal duties
Over at Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago, some 200 worshippers packed the pews at the 8 a.m. Mass, far more than usual for an early Friday morning. “Thanks for the gift of new Pope Leo XIV,” Bishop Lawrence Sullivan said after handing out Communion to dozens of attendees. Sister Mjane…
Top White House adviser Stephen Miller says ‘we’re actively looking at’ suspending due process for migrants
Top Trump adviser Stephen Miller told reporters Friday that the administration is “looking at” ways to end due process protections for unauthorized immigrants who are in the country. “The Constitution is clear, and that of course is the supreme law of the land, that the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended…
Kyoto tea farmers take global thirst for matcha in stride
KYOTO, Japan — Jintaro Yamamoto grows and sells green tea much in the same way his elders did before him since the family business began in the mid-19th century. For one, the family’s store in Uji, just southeast of the city of Kyoto, still sells tencha, the dried tea leaves that are ground up to make matcha,…
Newark mayor arrested at ICE detention facility in New Jersey for alleged trespassing
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey, was arrested Friday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on trespassing charges. His campaign spokesperson, Kabir Moss, said he did not know what crime Baraka had been charged with, but Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, said…