The North Korean leader’s daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as likely next in line to run the nuclear-armed dictatorship. The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and […]
Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two people ?and injuring about 25 more, officials said. Russia denied the attack had taken place, suggesting that an explosion at the site was caused ?by Ukrainian ammunition. Photographs and videos ?posted […]
The owner of the bar in a Swiss ski resort town ravaged by a deadly fire during New Year’s Eve celebrations insisted to Swiss media Friday that safety norms had been followed. Jacques Moretti, a Frenchman who manages the Le Constellation bar with his wife Jessica, told the Tribune de Geneve daily that the establishment […]
Last year was Britain’s hottest and sunniest on record, the national weather service confirmed on Friday, calling it a “clear demonstration” of the impacts of climate change. The previous record of 10.03C was set in 2022. “2025 now joins 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years since 1884,” the Met Office said in […]
An 18-year-old US man with a history of mental health issues was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly planning a knife-and-hammer attack in the name of the Islamic State armed group, US authorities said Friday. A North Carolina judge ordered Christian Sturdivant, who was arrested on December 31, to remain in custody until a […]
Pakistan has booked over $19 billion trade deficit during the first half of the current fiscal year as exports further plunged and imports increased faster than projections on the back of trade liberalisation, keeping the external sector stability under pressure. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday that the gap between imports and […]
Pakistan’s largely informal gold market is eroding economic value, weakening consumer confidence and discouraging investment, with more than 90% of trading taking place outside formal channels, the Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has warned. According to a statement issued on Friday, the Forum said Pakistan consumes an estimated 60 to 90 tonnes of gold annually, yet […]
Matt and Ross Duffer, creators of Stranger Things, addressed the backlash following the penultimate episode of the series, which dropped on Netflix on Christmas Day. The episode, titled “The Bridge,” features Will Byers, played by Noah Schnapp, coming out as gay to his friends before confronting Vecna. The scene sparked online review bombing, with the […]
After spending three days in Lahore, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is now set to travel to Sindh as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) intensifies preparations for its planned February 8 protest. The visits are being carried out on the instructions of the incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, who has tasked the young K-P chief minister […]
Amid a grinding political deadlock, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had set no “minus Imran” precondition for political engagement, clarifying that the government remained open to dialogue with no names struck off. “Prime Minister Shehbaz has not set any condition of minus Imran Khan […]