. The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and policy commentator. Email him at write2fp@gmail.com By this time you must have encountered countless commentaries on the irrepressible victory of Zohran Mamdani in New York’s mayoral race, ranging from doting tributes to freaking out Islamophobic and socialismphobic diatribes. So, why write another piece on it? Because…
SAO PAULO — A major storm appears set to hit the Interlagos Formula 1 circuit ahead of Saturday’s sprint race, which might have major ramifications on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix schedule. Brazil’s National Institute of Meteorology has issued an orange alert for storms, predicting heavy rain and high winds in the morning. The inclement…
ABC has picked up a game show from comedian Nate Bargatze that shares a title with one of his stand-up specials. Bargatze will host and executive produce The Greatest Average American, a show that will ask contestants to “guess how everyday Americans think and live” through trivia questions and challenges. It will reward winners with…
. India’s unilateral act of putting the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) in abeyance is unlawful and devoid of rationality. Pakistan has rightly aired its concerns at every forum, soliciting the world community’s endorsement to stand up against this policy of ‘water aggression’, as it is tantamount to weaponisation of shared natural resources. Pakistan’s permanent representative…
. The relentless rise of power sector circular debt to nearly Rs1.7 trillion in the first quarter of the current fiscal year is a glaring alarm that stopgap financial measures are failing to cure the sector’s diseased core. The Rs79 billion surge from July to September this year reflects the persistent drain that circular debt…
Ikea just announced a bunch of super cheap, colorful Matter-over-Thread devices that will work with any platform, and it feels like Christmas came early for the smart home. The 21 new products include a line of smart bulbs starting at just £4 and two new remote controls that start at just £3 (US pricing is…
. The writer is the Head of Research at UCSI University, Malaysia. He can be reached at naveed.r.khan@gmail.com Ambitious and timely though it is, Pakistan’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy (2025) lacks comprehensible national data governance policy. We speak of machine learning before ensuring that the machines have anything reliable to learn from. The NAI policy…
National Army Museum Thousands of Kenyan soldiers fought in the British army during the world wars One day, some 85 years ago, Mutuku Ing’ati left his home in southern Kenya and was never seen again. The 30-something Mr Ing’ati had disappeared with no explanation – for years his family desperately tried to track him down,…
Lucy HookerBusiness reporter Getty Images A great leader is a huge asset for company, of course, but can anyone be worth $1 trillion? That is the pay packet Tesla shareholders have approved for Elon Musk, as long as he meets the targets they have set over the next 10 years. In the meantime he won’t…
This season, dominated by superstars Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, was a memorable and perhaps era-defining one on the ATP Tour. But there’s one more tournament to play — and there’s a lot on the line. While most professional tennis players have started their blink-and-you’ll-miss-it offseason, the elite men are still in action and focused…
