Diplomatic outreach comes after escalation in Middle East when Israel launched a surprise, unprovoked attack on Iran ISLAMABAD: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani arrived here on Monday as part of a broader push by Tehran and Islamabad to consolidate political, security and economic cooperation amid shifting regional geopolitics. “Today, I…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday ordered to immediate abolish the export development surcharge (EDS), taking a small but important step to lower the cost of doing business for exporters and responding to complaints about misuse of funds. The premier instructed to establish a committee to oversee the utilisation of the pending balance of…
A stock broker reacts while monitoring the market on the electronic board displaying share prices during trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, in Karachi on July 3, 2023. Photo: Reuters/ File KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced choppy trading on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index struggled to protect early gains and ultimately…
Immigration authorities in Colombia have taken 17 children into protective custody after they were rescued from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose members have been accused of sexually abusing and kidnapping minors in several countries. Gloria Esperanza Arriero, the director of Colombia’s national immigration service, said on Monday that her agency questioned nine members of the…
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Rupert Grint has confessed he doesn’t feel as though he’ll ever step out of Ron Weasley’s shadow. The British actor, beloved for his role in all of the Harry Potter films from 2001 to 2011, opened up about passing the baton in an interview with the BBC published over the weekend. Grint said he wrote…
The United States on Monday formally designated Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organisation, layering additional terrorism-related sanctions on the group it has said includes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other high-ranking officials. Venezuela’s government rejected what it called a “ridiculous” US plan to designate the “non-existent” group. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said…
The Trump administration has disbanded the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a controversial team of federal cost-cutters previously led by Elon Musk, despite months left of the unit’s mandate. Reuters first reported this weekend that DOGE had broken up, ending the months-long effort by Musk and his associates — many recruited from his various…
Pocket Casts, the podcast app owned by Tumblr’s parent company Automattic, launched a new feature that lets you create podcast playlists, allowing you to organize your favorite episodes in just the order you like. You can either create a playlist manually, or Pocket Casts can automatically create one for you. Playlists are designed to better…
AI chatbots have been linked to serious mental health harms in heavy users, but there have been few standards for measuring whether they safeguard human well-being or just maximize for engagement.A new benchmark dubbed HumaneBench seeks to fill that gap by evaluating whether chatbots prioritize user well-being and how easily those protections fail under pressure….
