KARACHI – The death toll from the tragic Gul Plaza incident has reached 29, while 85 people remain missing. According to rescue officials, hope of finding more bodies is diminishing due to the severity of the fire damage.The Mayor of Karachi stated that 70 percent of the rescue operation at the affected plaza has been…
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS – The United States has made a significant decision to reduce its personnel at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), triggering deep concerns among European allies. According to experts, while this move is militarily limited, it holds profound political and symbolic importance.Analysts suggest this decision could have far-reaching implications for the seven-decade-old defense relationship between…
China’s H‑6J maritime strike bomber, equipped with two reconnaissance pods, indicates it has enhanced long-range strike capabilities while supporting peacetime maritime surveillance, according to military analysts. Cai Suliang, identified as a member of an unspecified People’s Liberation Army bomber formation, said that in its external appearance the H-6J, a recent variant of the H-6 bomber…
Reading the political report delivered by Vietnamese General Secretary To Lam to the 14th Party Congress, and stripping away its layers of propaganda, a stark portrait emerges of a new power figure—more decisive and more ambitious, yet burdened by existential contradictions the Communist Party of Vietnam is choosing to ignore. Comparing the 2016 report by…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor Diabetes UK Thanks to the study, Imogen, who is 12, is now receiving medication to help delay her diabetes All UK children could be offered screening for type 1 diabetes using a simple finger-prick blood test, say researchers who have been running a large study. Currently, many young people go undiagnosed…
Philippa Roxby and Joe McFaddenHealth reporters Getty Images Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to exercise – doing a variety of different physical activities every week is the key to boosting your health and living longer, a study suggests. After tracking the weekly exercise habits of 110,000 men and women…
Aviation safety campaigners in the United States say they have evidence a plane that crashed in India last year had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including an in-flight fire. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed on 12 June, shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London, killing 260 people. The Foundation for…
Spain’s king and queen visited the site of the collision of two high-speed trains that killed at least 42 people on Tuesday, as the country began three days of national mourning. The country’s deadliest rail accident in more than a decade took place late on Sunday when a train operated by rail company Iryo, travelling…
Katy Austin,Transport correspondentand Simon Browning, Transport reporter Getty Images Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland and Wales, new figures show. The cheating methods varied, according to freedom of information data from the Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), with more than 1,100…
Ted Sarandos wants investors (and regulators!) to know: Netflix is facing more competition than ever, and the competition is only getting more fierce. It’s a message that appears honed for battle, should regulators in the U.S. or Europe try to fight the company’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. “The TV landscape, in fact, has…
