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January 29, 2025

Hong Kong authority intervenes to check local currency’s rise
HONG KONG () — Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank said it sold 46.54 billion Hong Kong dollars ($6 billion) on Saturday to prevent the currency from strengthening beyond its official peg to the U.S. dollar, the first such intervention in more than four years. The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to a tight band between…
Security forces kill five terrorists in separate operations in KP
Security forces kill five terrorists in separate operations in KP RAWALPIND: Security Forces killed five terrorists (Khwarij) while two apprehended during three separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), on reported presence of terrorists (Khwarij), an intelligence based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in Bajaur…
Pakistan test fires ballistic missile as India bans import amid tensions over Kashmir terror attack
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pakistan test-fired on Saturday a ballistic missile as tensions with India spiked over last week’s deadly terror attack on tourists in Kashmir. The surface-to-surface missile has a range of…
Senator Sajid Mir passes away in Sialkot
Senator Sajid Mir passes away in Sialkot SIALKOT: Ameer of Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Senior Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Senator Prof Sajid Mir has passed away on Saturday. According to family sources Professor Sajid Mir suffered a heart attack. He was 86 years old. Born on October 2, 1938 in Sialkot, Sajid Mir completed…
BIEK seeks FIA assistance to curb cheating mafia
BIEK seeks FIA assistance to curb cheating mafia KARACHI: Chairman Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has sought Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) assistance against WhatsApp Groups involved in paper leaks. The Chairman of the Inter Board Karachi has written a letter to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) asking them to take action against WhatsApp groups…
Amazon angers the White House and a 49-year-age gap goes viral: The news quiz
Canada holds an election, a legislator gets disciplined, and oh boy are we doomed if this geologic event happens.
White House ‘influencer briefings’ bring conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials
White House press secret Karoline Leavitt tried something new on Monday. Instead of just addressing credentialed journalists in the storied White House briefing room, she held a separate “influencer briefing” for 10 people. “Tens of millions of Americans are now turning to social media and independent media outlets to consume their news, and we are…
Crimea is at the crux of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Here’s why it’s important.
All this is a far cry from the peninsula’s history as the home of the Crimean Tatars, a Turkic-speaking Islamic ethnic group whose roots in the region can be traced to the start of the 15th century. They were persecuted for centuries by the Russian Empire after it seized the peninsula in 1783. And following…
South Korea’s ruling party selects Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
SEOUL — South Korea’s conservative ruling party on Saturday named Kim Moon-soo as their candidate for the country’s upcoming presidential election in June, in which former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and left-leaning front-runner Lee Jae-myung will also run. With the two major parties selecting their candidates and an independent also in the race, some jockeying…