AI could transform economies faster than the Industrial Revolution, experts warn of job losses An AI sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS More than 200 researchers and economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, have called for governments and technology…
Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her quarter-final match against Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy at the Washington DC Open tennis tournament. Photo: AFP TORONTO: Naomi Osaka is hoping her success last year in Montreal, where she finished runner-up to Victoria Mboko, will translate as the WTA’s 1000 event in Canada shifts to Toronto. The four-time…
December 30 deadline set for implementation, violations to be treated as punishable offences A giant kite model is displayed in the Liberty Chowk on the eve of Basant celebrations. Photo: NNI The Punjab government on Friday announced new rules and regulations for kite flying for next year’s Basant festival, setting December 30 as the deadline for…
The Pakistan Economic Survey on Thursday showed that the government missed three major macroeconomic goals but it maintained the external sector stability and a broad-based recovery in the outgoing fiscal year despite adverse impacts of the Middle East war. According to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, the government could not achieve the targets of 4.2% economic…
Submits call attention notice in upper house, asks IT minister when licences will be issued ISLAMABAD: Prolonged delay in issuing licences for satellite-based internet services will be debated in the Senate as a senator has submitted a call attention notice seeking explanation from the federal minister for information technology. “I would like to draw the…
Hardik Singh (left) trains with the India squad in Bengaluru. “Every nation has a time and I believe India has arrived,” says the 27-year-old. Photo: AFP INDIA: Under the gaze of men’s coach Craig Fulton, India’s hockey players run, dribble and sweat buckets at an intense training camp in Bengaluru. Once the undisputed kings of…
Sunrisers Hyderabad (PTI Photo) Sunrisers Hyderabad’s commanding 41-run win over Punjab Kings has shaken up the IPL 2026 points table, pushing them to the top in a tightly contested season. Riding on strong performances from Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan, SRH posted a daunting 235/4 before restricting PBKS to 202/7. The result not only handed…
LONDON: Arne Slot said on Friday he and Mohamed Salah both want what is best for Liverpool after the Egyptian appeared to take aim at the Dutchman on his way out of the club. Salah’s storied nine-year spell at Anfield will come to a close after Sunday’s clash against Brentford. Liverpool still need a point…
. MIRANSHAH: A joint intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district entered its third consecutive day on Sunday, during which one suspected terrorist was killed and eight other suspects were taken into custody. According to police, the operation was led by Bannu District Police Officer (DPO) Captain (Retd) Muhammad Furqan Bilal. Personnel from the district…
KARACHI: For the past few years, we have been celebrating this so-called period of “stabilisation”, characterised by the temporary compression of current account deficits, primary fiscal surpluses and corrections of inflationary pressures under multilateral adjustment programmes. This stabilisation, which remains highly vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, global commodity spikes and climate catastrophes, has been achieved after…