The international system was always anarchic, but the current shift in the balance of global influence is making it more turbulent and uncertain. For good or for bad, the global geopolitical landscape is experiencing a shift, and the great responsibility of all stakeholders, including the state practitioners and policymakers, is to correctly read these changes […]
The recent conflict between Pakistan and India has drawn global attention. The rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, both furnished with cutting-edge conventional and non-conventional military competences, have elevated serious apprehensions, especially given their combined share of a substantial portion of the world’s population — 20.8 per cent. It is vital to highlight that such […]
The United Arab Emirates recorded its highest temperature of the year so far on Saturday, with the mercury soaring to a blistering 51.6°C at 1:45pm, according to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM). The temperature was recorded in Sweihan, Al Ain, and marks one of the highest ever temperatures recorded in the country this season, […]
A powerful weather system brought intense thunderstorms, heavy rain, and hail to Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Gujranwala, and surrounding regions on Saturday, breaking a days-long heatwave and significantly dropping temperatures. Cool winds began sweeping through Islamabad by late morning, followed by dense cloud cover that turned day into night around 11 AM. Soon after, torrential […]
DJ Khaled has teamed up with viral “morning routine” influencer Ashton Hall for a humorous fitness collaboration that’s captured fans’ attention. The Grammy-winning producer shared a video on Instagram showcasing an outdoor cardio session where he sprinted alongside Hall, sporting a weighted vest and Black Cement 3s sneakers. The footage is a playful take on Hall’s […]
Nvidia will launch a new artificial intelligence chipset for China at a significantly lower price than its recently restricted H20 model and plans to start mass production as early as June, sources familiar with the matter said. The GPU or graphics processing unit will be part of Nvidia’s latest generation Blackwell-architecture AI processors and is […]
Social media platform ‘X’ – formerly known as Twitter – is experiencing a large-scale service disruption, affecting users in Pakistan and several other countries. The sudden disruption occured around 6 PM today, leaving thousands of users unable to access their feeds or send messages. According to outage tracking site DownDetector, over 2,300 users reported issues […]
The city of Cannes experienced a large-scale power outage on Saturday morning, only hours before the Cannes Film Festival’s highly anticipated closing ceremony. Despite the disruption, festival organizers confirmed the ceremony will “proceed as planned,” with the Palais des Festivals now operating on an independent power supply. According to Variety, the blackout affected multiple parts […]
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi chaired an important meeting in Islamabad. It was decided during the meeting that FIRs would be registered against deported individuals and their passports would also be canceled. It was further decided that deportees would be placed on the Passport Control List for five years. On the instructions of […]
A powerful dust storm followed by heavy rainfall struck parts of Lahore on Saturday evening, enveloping the city in near-total darkness well before sunset as dense clouds and strong winds swept in from Islamabad. The storm began around 4 PM when dark clouds started gathering over the city. Within minutes, Lahore was engulfed by a […]