. BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA: The streets of the Colombian city of Barranquilla turned into a carnival on Sunday night, after hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella beat his leftist rival to win the country’s presidential runoff election. Thousands of people celebrated the victory of De la Espriella, who calls himself “The Tiger” and his followers “the pack,”…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to discontinue the fuel subsidy following a sharp decline in international petroleum prices; the decision was taken with the approval of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar chaired the seventh meeting of the National Steering Committee on fuel subsidy, which reviewed the…
BENGALURU: Elon Musk’s X was largely back up after thousands of ?users reported issues with the social media platform globally on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. The outage began around 9am ET, peaking at over 25,000 issues being reported in the US before cooling to about 620 reports, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating…
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday (today) on a visit carrying added significance in the wake of the recent Iran-US war and Islamabad’s role in facilitating diplomatic efforts that culminated in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. The visit comes days after Iran and the United States signed the Islamabad…
Pakistan, Qatar report ‘encouraging progress’ at Lucerne Negotiators chart 60-day path to final accord PM welcome ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Qatar on Monday reported “encouraging progress” in the first high-level talks between the United States and Iran held under the framework of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), announcing the establishment of mechanisms aimed at steering…
House also elects its speaker and deputy speaker from PPP and PML-N, respectively Newly-elected G-B Chief Minister Amjad Hussain Advocate. Photo: APP GILGIT: In the first session of the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Monday, PPP-nominated candidate Amjad Hussain Advocate was elected unopposed as chief minister of the region. The PML-N’s Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman was also elected…
. NAIROBI: Kenya’s high court found the country’s health minister in contempt on Monday over the continued construction of an Ebola facility for US patients, despite an earlier court order halting the project. Kenyans have strongly opposed the plan and there have been deadly protests since the facility was announced in May for potential US…
Palestinians take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer day, in Gaza City. Photo: REUTERS. MADRID/ PARIS/ LONDON: Thirteen drowned in France on Sunday and overnight into Monday as people sought relief from the heat, a spokesperson for the Civil Safety service said, and three elderly people died as a result of…
Messi scores twice against Austria to break Miroslav Klose’s World Cup scoring record Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their second goal with Leandro Paredes. Photo: Reuters Lionel Messi added to his legacy Monday afternoon by scoring his record-breaking 17th career World Cup goal in the first half before adding his 18th in second-half stoppage time…
. KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has cancelled the authorisation of M/s Time Exchange Company (Pvt) Limited with immediate effect due to serious violations of its regulatory instructions, according to a statement issued on Monday. The central bank said the exchange company, including its head office and all branches, has been prohibited from…