Elon Musk once laughed off Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD (Build Your Dreams), scoffing in 2011, “Have you seen their car?” That mockery turned into a rude shock on Friday, as BYD dethroned Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles (EVs) on a calendar-year basis. In a statement released Thursday, BYD reported […]
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City and parts of southwestern Guerrero state on Friday, the national seismological service confirmed. President Claudia Sheinbaum was forced to evacuate the presidential palace during her regular morning press conference, along with the journalists in attendance, when the earthquake alert sounded. They returned minutes later. Sheinbaum said the earthquake’s epicenter […]
Elon Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok’s public media tab filled with images that users said had been […]
A 14-member caretaker cabinet was officially notified in Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday, ending over a month of administrative uncertainty since the caretaker chief minister took charge. The appointments came more than five weeks after caretaker Chief Minister Justice (R) Yar Mohammad was sworn in on November 25, 2025. The new cabinet includes twelve ministers and two […]
At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalised in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhoea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according to a lawmaker and local health authorities. Kailash Vijayvargiya, a lawmaker, said nine people had died in Indore. Indore’s chief medical […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) unleashed unrelenting bullish momentum on the second day of the year, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index surging 2,679 points (+1.52%) to close over a historic mark of 179,000 points – blasting through the 177,000, 178,000, and 179,000 psychological barriers in a single electrifying session. PSX continued to witness strong bullish […]
Canada’s transport regulator has asked Air India to investigate an incident in which a pilot was removed from an aircraft before takeoff after being found under the influence of alcohol, a person familiar with the matter said. Two breathalyser tests conducted by Canadian police at Vancouver International Airport showed the pilot was unfit for duty, […]
Pakistanis spent nearly two out of every three rupees on food and housing related expenses, while reliance on foreign remittances and financial assistance increased to support household spending, according to a new government survey. The Household Integrated Economic Survey 2024 to 2025, released by Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday, stated that household […]
A clip from ARY Digital’s popular game show Jeeto Pakistan, hosted by Fahad Mustafa, has gone viral for all the right reasons. In the clip, Mustafa shares a sentiment many Pakistanis are familiar with — how far ahead Punjab, especially Lahore, is in terms of basic infrastructure, greenery, and public transport. This Lahore special edition […]
Veteran Pakistani actress Asma Abbas has strongly criticized social media platforms for spreading misleading and sensational content involving her sister, Bushra Ansari, and actor Feroze Khan. Speaking out, Asma Abbas explained that Bushra Ansari’s innocent and affectionate remarks were deliberately taken out of context to create controversy. In a clip, Bushra, who is currently filming […]