ISLAMABAD: Moody’s on Wednesday upgraded Pakistan’s credit rating to the speculative grade of Caa1, lifting it from the brink of default, and noted that while debt affordability has improved, it remains the weakest among peers. The rating agency — one of the world’s top three — raised Pakistan’s standing for the first time in a…
Harry Farley Political correspondent Getty Images As Sir Keir Starmer made his address inside Number 10, I was standing outside in a noisy – deafening even – Downing Street. Gaza protesters were making themselves more than heard with drums, sirens and whistles. It was a visible, visceral demonstration of the public pressure the prime minister…
But where is the transition from the BlackBerry keyboard to the touch-screen iPhone? Where is the assisted GPS and the API for location services that enables real-time directions and gives rise to companies like Uber and Grindr and lets me order a taxi for my burrito? Where are the real breakthroughs? In fact, following the…
The 2025 Premier Lacrosse League regular season is complete, and the playoff bracket is set. While the Denver Outlaws, New York Atlas and Carolina Chaos had clinched their spots previously, the final weekend in Boston was the setting for the Maryland Whipsnakes, Philadelphia Waterdogs and California Redwoods to punch their tickets to the postseason tournament….
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Every week, Arizona’s Family looks up restaurants recently inspected by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of “risk factors,” considered major health code violations by inspectors, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County’s website….
HUNZA: A fresh wave of flash floods on Wednesday forced authorities to halt repair work on the Karakoram Highway (KKH), leaving thousands of passengers, including local and foreign tourists, stranded at multiple points across Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). Rescue 1122 confirmed the flood situation in Gulmit Gojal in Hunza, stating that the restoration work on the KKH…
The Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference has officially adopted girls flag football as a sanctioned conference sport for the 2025-2026 school year, the conference commissioner’s office announced Monday. Girls flag football is a spring sport. “This moment is bigger than a game,” said Josh Hardin, CMAC commissioner and CPS district athletic director. “It’s about opportunity, equity…
Henry Zeffman Chief Political Correspondent Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer is familiar with Emily Damari’s ordeal. Over the 15 months that she was held hostage in Gaza, the prime minister mentioned her several times when talking about the war, including describing phone calls he held with her British mother Mandy when she did not know…
There may well be a few sighs of relief from senior finance company and banking executives following the Supreme Court’s ruling, but it is unlikely you will hear the champagne corks popping. The verdict does almost certainly reduce the potential compensation bill significantly. Lenders no longer face the prospect of having to pay £30bn to…
