[ad_1] Listen to article Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s attempt to draw a line under a corruption scandal, was overshadowed on Saturday by the resignation over sexual harassment allegations of an official he had just promoted as part of a shake-up of his Socialist party. Francisco Salazar offered to step down as a deputy in the organization’s … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Sunday a group of buyers had been found for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, adding he could name the purchasers in two weeks. “We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way,” Trump said in an interview on Fox’s … Read more
[ad_1] Russian forces have taken control of the first village in the east-central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, Russian state media and war bloggers said on Monday, after Russia took 950 square kms of territory in two months. There was no immediate confirmation from Ukrainian sources or from the Russian Defence Ministry. As Moscow and Kyiv … Read more
[ad_1] An explosive new report from the Fake News Watchdog has cast a shadow of doubt over the authenticity of India’s much-publicised Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. The 65-page white paper, released recently, claims that the mission was largely a media spectacle rather than a scientific achievement. The watchdog reported that live visuals of the moon landing, which … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article The Pakistan Banks Association (PBA) rejected on Monday misleading assertions in recent press coverage suggesting that government subsidies to banks under remittance incentive schemes serve no economic purpose. In a detailed statement, the PBA cautioned that such narratives risk undermining public confidence in formal remittance channels at a time when financial stability relies on documented … Read more
[ad_1] Listen to article President Donald Trump said Sunday a group of buyers had been found for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States due to its China ties, adding he could name the purchasers in two weeks. “We have a buyer for TikTok, by the way,” Trump said in an interview on Fox’s … Read more
[ad_1] KARACHI: A 17-year-old student, Syed Ali Raza Shah, died of Naegleria fowleri, marking the fourth death due to the brain-eating amoeba, in Sindh, this year. The teenager, a resident of North Karachi, tested positive for the infection on June 27 and, according to the Sindh Health Department, was admitted to a hospital on June … Read more
[ad_1] LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department on Saturday categorically denied a report published in UK online newspaper The Independent about the “inhumane” treatment being meted out to PTI Patron-in-Chief Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi during their incarceration, stating that both husband and wife were “receiving full legal entitlements”. While speaking to the British … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from US strikes on Tehran’s nuclear programme over the weekend. US military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday local time using … Read more
[ad_1] Israel has stopped aid from entering northern Gaza but is still allowing it to enter from the south, two officials said on Thursday after images circulated of masked men on aid trucks who clan leaders said were protecting aid, not Hamas stealing it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a joint statement with Defense … Read more