Delivery firm DPD could face disruption to its services after some of its drivers began three days of action in a dispute over payments. The drivers involved are refusing to work for three days after DPD said it was cutting the amount it pays for deliveries of small parcels by 65p. One driver told the…
October Prime Day 2025 has arrived and it has brought a slew of discounts across the entirety of Amazon’s online storefront. As expected, Amazon’s site is pretty overwhelming at the moment and will continue to be throughout the duration of the two-day event. Even if you came prepared with a wishlist of items you hope…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday welcomed Bloomberg’s recent positive report on Pakistan’s economy, saying that the notable decrease in the price of Pakistan’s Credit Default Swap (CDS) reflected a consistent increase in global investors’ confidence in the country’s economic outlook. According to the report, there has been a significant reduction of 2,200…
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again raised the issue of imposing additional taxes on fertiliser and introducing an excise duty on the use of pesticides to partly offset a shortfall in the annual tax target, which the government has requested to defer until next year. The global lender has asked the government…
Alistair Petrie is no stranger to villains. The British star has played some of television’s most notorious, especially as the stone-faced, unfeeling headteacher Mr. Groff in smash hit series Sex Education, which saw his icy glare pierce through screens in over 55 million households worldwide across its four seasons. But as hardcore fans of Netflix’s…
Adam RittenbergOct 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. ARCH MANNING HAS been taunted and has clapped back. The Texas quarterback has been booed by road and home fans alike, and has also brought snippets of joy to those wearing Burnt Orange, but not enough…
France’s new prime minister resigned on Monday after less than a month in office, sinking the country further into a political crisis and piling pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the deadlock. Sebastien Lecornu stepped down just 14 hours after naming his government, and had been due to hold his…
Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led protests against his rule. He said the nation needed a premier “capable of restoring order and the people’s trust” before naming Gen Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo to the post. Coming days after the president expressed…
ISLAMABAD: “Wow wow,” filmmaker Jawad Sharif reacted as his film ‘Moklani – The Last Mohanas’ won Pakistan’s first-ever Jackson Wild Media Award in the United States last week – an honour often dubbed the ‘Nature Oscars’. In an Instagram post announcing the win, Sharif dedicated “this award to the Mohana fisherfolk, to Pakistan, and to…
SiriusXM and SmartLess Media are launching a new podcast from Jenny Slate, Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman. The longtime friends and comedians will host I Need You Guys, in which the three catch up on each others’ lives and also welcome guests into the chat. The guest lineup so far includes John Mulaney, Nick Kroll,…
