Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ‘really let me down’ after he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, the final day of the US president’s historic UK state visit. A day after King Charles III treated him to royal pageantry at Windsor Castle, Trump appeared at a news conference with Starmer […]
China’s Ministry of Commerce has reiterated that its position on the popular short-video app TikTok issue remains firm and unchanged, stressing that Beijing will not reach any agreement that compromises its principles, the interests of Chinese companies, or international fairness and justice. Ministry spokesperson He Yadong, speaking at a regular press briefing on Thursday, said […]
India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba doubled compared to last year in Kerala. Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to arrest the spread, told AFP that officials were “conducting tests on a large […]
Terrorism emanating from Afghanistan remains the “gravest threat” to Pakistan’s national security, a senior Pakistani diplomat has told the UN Security Council, as he exhorted the Taliban authorities to fulfill their international obligations on counterterrorism. “The TTP (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan), with nearly 6,000 fighters, remains the largest UN-designated terrorist group on Afghan soil,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar […]
A member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in an attack in the country’s restive southeastern region on Thursday, state media reported. “Reza Azarkish, a local Basij member, in the city of Iranshahr in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan was shot dead by a terrorist group,” the Revolutionary […]
Ryan Gosling is taking the galaxy far, far away out to sea. Director Shawn Levy unveiled the first image from Star Wars: Starfighter, showing Gosling alongside young actor Flynn Gray in heavy weather gear aboard a vessel that appears to be floating somewhere off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. Levy posted the still on Instagram […]
London Fashion Week (LFW) opened on Thursday under new leadership, with the hope of marking the beginning of a new era for British fashion. After 16 years at the helm, Caroline Rush stepped aside earlier this year, leaving Laura Weir, former creative director of Selfridges and Vogue journalist, with the task of reviving an event […]
Christian Louboutin of scarlet-stiletto fame has named Jaden Smith, who has followed in his superstar father Will’s footsteps as an actor and rapper, as artistic director of the French shoemaker’s men’s collection. “Jaden Smith will unveil four collections per year, including shoes, leather goods, and accessories,” the brand said in a statement. Louboutin, the head […]
In what could mark a turning point for modern medicine, European scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of predicting future illnesses years before symptoms emerge. The system, called Delphi-2M, was unveiled in a paper published in Nature on Wednesday. Drawing on the same “transformer” architecture behind consumer chatbots such as ChatGPT, the […]
Pakistani talent continues to shine on the global stage. On Wednesday, sound engineer Taurees Habib took to social media to remind fans that he had quietly made history earlier this year, becoming the first Pakistani sound engineer — and only the second Pakistani overall — to win a Grammy Award. “I’m so incredibly honoured to have received […]