Britain’s King Charles and Pope Leo prayed together in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534. Latin chants and English prayers echoed through the chapel, where Leo was elected the first US pope…
Paul Njie,BBC Africa, Garoua and Wedaeli Chibelushi Issa Tchiroma Bakary: ‘We will never accept stolen votes’ Cameroon’s opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has declared himself the winner of the 12 October elections, has told the BBC that he will not accept a stolen vote, with the results due to be announced on Monday. He…
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court judge Athar Minallah, in his dissenting opinion, has stated that individuals of law enforcement agencies involved in extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and custodial torture deserve the severest punishment under the law. “Enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, custodial torture and murders, and excessive use of force are the most intolerable crimes in a democratic…
KARACHI: Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained volatile on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index plunged nearly 2,000 points, driven by profit-taking ahead of futures contract rollover and unimpressive financial results of a few banks. In the morning, the market commenced proceedings on a positive note, reaching the intra-day high of 166,720 in…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday urged the Netherlands to expand trade and investment cooperation with Pakistan, saying the economy had moved from crisis management to reform-driven stability. According to an official statement, he made the remarks during a meeting with Robert-Jan Siegert, the new Ambassador of the Kingdom…
First, a confession: I’ve never read the manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto on which this film is based. Nor have I watched the hit animated television series adapted from it. So, like probably no one else at the promotional screening I attended, I came to Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc totally cold. Sure,…
State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File LAHORE: When the federal government together with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced a subsidised housing loan scheme for first-time home buyers, many breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time, families dreaming of a modest house in cities like Lahore finally had a government-backed path. But…
One of our favorite power banks is on sale for one of the best prices we’ve seen, period. The Anker MagGo Power Bank 10K has dropped to only $57, which is 37 percent off its usual price. To put it into perspective, the lowest we’ve tracked it is $54, and that only happened briefly at…
The government’s goal of moving care from hospitals into neighbourhood health hubs is at risk because community services are under too much strain, the health and care regulator says. In its annual report, the Care Quality Commission said waiting times were too long and staffing too stretched in areas such as mental health, GP care…
MICHAEL JOHNSON WAS trying to find a way home. In 2019, Johnson was the executive chef of the Seattle Seahawks, but he wanted to get back to Baton Rouge, where his children and their mother lived. One late night, Johnson dove into a job search that yielded a surprising result. “I googled ‘executive chef Baton…
