US President Donald Trump has sent troops from California to Oregon after a court denied his attempt to deploy the National Guard in Portland. The deployment circumvents a judge’s order blocking the deployment by instead using National Guard soldiers already serving in Los Angeles. California Governor Gavin Newsom vowed to file a lawsuit over the…
Among the misuses of technology, one is its use for publicity stunts and self-advertising gimmicks. People who are the anthropomorphic expressions of TS Eliot’s hollow men resort to self-exhibitionism, which is perpetrated today through the digital rectangle, advertising panaflexes and billboards. They also adopt the avatar of influencers on social media to warp the public…
Once again, Pakistan has been hit by massive floods. Once again, our smartphones and TVs are full of pictures and videos of flood-affected areas; of displaced people carrying all their possessions on hand-drawn carts, animal-drawn carriages and on their heads; of ruined crops; of dead animals; and of abandoned vehicles. Once again, we have frightening…
Ike Turner Jr., a Grammy-winning producer who was the son of Ike and Tina Turner, has died. He was 67. Tina’s niece Jacqueline Bullocktold TMZthat Ike Turner Jr. died Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital from kidney failure. She also said he had battled heart issues for years and suffered a stroke last month. She…
Over the past three to four months, our universities have been caught up in a frantic race for admissions. Billboards, television spots and social media feeds are plastered with promises of success. The real measure of success, however, is less visible: filling classrooms to maximum capacity, often by lowering the bar of entry to anyone…
Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Oct 5, 2025, 12:00 PM ET The overriding trend of the…
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana skipped the customary handshake before a women’s cricket World Cup match on Sunday amid ongoing tensions between the rivals that plagued the men’s Asia Cup last month. India-Pakistan relations have significantly deteriorated followingmilitary conflictsin May that nearly escalated into a full-fledged war between the nuclear-armed neighbors….
Theo LeggettInternational Business Correspondent BBC The first day of September should have marked the beginning of one of the busiest periods of the year for Jaguar Land Rover. It was a Monday, and the release of new 75 series number plates was expected to produce a surge in demand from eager car buyers. At factories…
Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab’s recent demand for greater federal funding for the city’s development seems to be in conflict with his own recent decision-making to undermine federal projects for the metropolis. Wahab has been critical of Islamabad for offering Karachi only a “lollipop” and demanding a tenfold increase in federal support, yet he has no…
Pakistan’s latest debt review offers a sobering reminder of the structural weaknesses that continue to hobble the economy. The Ministry of Finance has reported that the country’s total public debt surged by 13% to Rs80.6 trillion in FY25, with the debt-to-GDP ratio climbing to 70% from 68% in the previous year. This rise, despite an…
