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US, UK, EU express concerns over Pak's Military courts sentencing PTI activists

US, UK, EU express concerns over Pak’s Milit courts sentencing PTI activists

December 27, 2024

Pak’s Karachi reports around 9,000 accidents, 771 deaths in 2024

December 25, 2024

Pak's Punjab Assembly leader questions Maryam Nawaz's China visit

Pak’s Punjab Assembly leader questions Mam Nawaz’s China visit

December 23, 2024

Critics question Trump baby bonus proposal: ‘It’s just completely bananas’
President Donald Trump’s administration has been exploring ways to increase the country’s birth rate, with the president himself saying he wouldn’t mind being known as the “fertilization president.” But congressional Democrats and activists say Republicans have long overlooked the growing cost of having and raising children and ignore policy solutions that are readily available. “If…
Angus King III, son of the Maine senator, launches a run for governor
Angus King III, an energy executive and a son of independent Sen. Angus King Jr. of Maine, will run for governor as a Democrat, he announced Tuesday. King wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served two terms as governor from 1995 to 2003. And he’s vying to replace term-limited Gov.…
American climber dies on world’s fifth-highest peak in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program, officials said Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation’s climbing season that began in March. The world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu’s peak is 28,000 feet high — almost as tall as Mount Everest, the world’s…
U.S. and Philippine forces cancel ship-sinking drill after World War II-era target prematurely sinks
MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be canceled, U.S. and Philippine milit officials said. The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was decommissioned by the Philippine…
Germany’s Merz fails to be elected chancellor by parliament in historic first
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliament majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday in a first round of voting in an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the center-left Social Democrats. Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to win a federal election in Febru and since secured a coalition deal with the center-left…
Olympians revamp the sport of track with new professional league
MIRAMAR, Fla. — The homestretch of a track is a familiar place for American sprint legend Michael Johnson. That’s where he broke nine world records. And at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, it was where he pulled away from the competition for two of his four Olympic golds. Now, near Miami, he can reflect on…
McDonald’s, Wendy’s and other burger joints are leaning into chicken
Chicken: It’s what’s for dinner — even at major restaurant chains long known as temples to beef. The first permanent menu item McDonald’s has rolled out in four years consists entirely of white meat. In introducing McCrispy Strips last month, the fast-food giant acknowledged that diners “have made one thing clear: they want more chicken.”…
Man goes on trial accused of 8 killings in metro Phoenix in 2017
PHOENIX — The key to cracking a series of fatal shootings in the Phoenix area in 2017 came when police were called to a blood-spattered apartment where they arrested a man who was suspected of killing his mother and stepfather. Authorities say evidence found there linked Cleophus Cooksey Jr. to four other killings. Police found…
COAS takes responsibility for treatment of Pakistanis children sent back by India
COAS takes responsibility for treatment of Pakistanis children sent back by India ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir took responsibility for the treatment of two Pakistani children who were sent back from India. After the Pahalgam false flag attack, the Modi government, in an inhumane move, deported patients undergoing treatment in India…