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US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday ​that “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration ‌is getting ready to begin in Greenland. Trump did not share details about the exploration plans in ​Greenland but said, “there are experts who are saying that the amount of easily ⁠available oil is far greater than ​that of almost any land, anywhere in the ​world.” The United States, Denmark and Greenland last month signed an agreement, aimed at ending tensions after Trump’s repeated ​threats to take control of the ​strategically located and mineral-rich island. “Any…

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Vietnam and the US have nearly completed negotiations covering a trade deal, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc said on Wednesday at an event in Hanoi, though US officials appeared more cautious. Export-reliant Vietnam has been in talks for more than a year with the ​US, its main foreign market, to avoid punitive tariffs. Trump administration officials have repeatedly accused the country of being used as ​a transit point to lower duties on Chinese goods bound for the US. Vietnam has sent the final ⁠text of the agreement to…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, signed between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, was a historic milestone for peace, unity, and stability in the region. The prime minister said this in a meeting with Lieutenant General (retd) Nauman Mahmood, the first Secretary General to the General Secretariat of the alliance, pursuant to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, who called on him here. He expressed his best wishes for Lt. General (retd) Nauman Mahmood on assuming his position. The prime minister emphasised that under…

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Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer after surgeons removed a part of his right lung on ​Tuesday, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin, marking a significant health setback for the 71-year-old pontiff. The pope has lung adenocarcinoma, a common form of cancer, with tissue ‌tests conducted during the operation confirming what doctors had suspected from preparatory examinations, the bulletin said. Leo was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Tuesday for surgery to remove the growth that doctors had discovered in a recent routine health check. The pope’s lead…

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Vice Chancellor of the Federal Urdu University, Professor Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari (SI, TI), has been named among the world’s top 2% scientists for the seventh time. The latest list of the world’s top 2% scientists was released on October 7. Dr Zabta Khan Shinwari is included in the list for his research work in botany and plant biology. He had also made it to the list for six consecutive years from 2018 to 2023. Dr Shinwari has published around 700 research papers in international journals. His research work has…

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A new warning about artificial intelligence from Anthropic caused a stir in cybersecurity circles on Tuesday, a ​day after the company warned that AI models could be months away from self-replicating across the internet. In a post late Monday, Anthropic ‌raised the possibility that rogue AI could spin up a botnet, spread quickly, fight takedown attempts and even break into data centres to turbocharge its growth. Some experts said Tuesday that they shared the company’s concern, although at least one said the company appeared to be engaging in “vendor exaggeration.”…

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Taiwan has agreed to buy 30% of ‌the liquefied natural gas from a pipeline project in Alaska, US President Donald Trump told a rally in the state on Tuesday, but the deal terms were not immediately clear. Taiwan has committed to investing $4.4 billion in the development of the pipeline, said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, ​who also appeared at the rally organised by the Republican National Committee. Taiwan’s economy ministry, which is in charge ​of energy policy, had no immediate comment. Asked about Trump’s comments, Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai told…

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An Indian court ordered that two leaders ‌of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) be detained in jail for five days, the party said on Wednesday, a day after they scaled barricades to enter a historic site popular for protests and chanted slogans demanding the election chief’s resignation. The detentions risk triggering fresh ​protests by youth supporters at a time when opposition groups and student bodies are holding almost daily ​demonstrations to demand commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter list revisions that critics say favour Prime Minister ⁠Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya…

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Russian air strikes killed one ​person and injured one ‌more in Kyiv while also hitting energy facilities in ​the Ukrainian capital, Mayor ​Vitali Klitschko said on Wednesday. The ⁠ballistic missile attack was ​ongoing during the morning hours. The ​fresh strikes follow earlier Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure in ​Ukraine as temperatures start ​to cool down with the heating ‌season ⁠on the horizon. Reuters witnesses heard multiple explosions in Kyiv as air defences repelled overnight ​attacks. In the ​Volga ⁠River town of Balakovo in Russia, which ​invaded Ukraine in ​2022,…

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Torrential downpours flooded the Libyan capital of Tripoli ​on Tuesday, killing two people, ‌according to a statement by authorities and a local TV channel. Jumhouria Bank ​said an employee died due ​to an electrical shock. The ⁠Tripoli Red Crescent said in ​a statement it recovered the man’s ​body during the flooding. Rescue teams recovered the body of another man from his ​car, which was submerged in ​the floodwaters, according to a local TV ‌station. Fadel ⁠Abu Arqoub, the mayor of Central Tripoli, told the TV station that the rain lasted…

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