FATEH JANG, Punjab — Farmers and landowners in village Shehray Bahadur, Tehsil Fateh Jang, have launched protests against state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) after its Survey Camp SP1 continued seismic and geological surveys on private agricultural land for nearly a year without disbursing any compensation to affected residents.Local sources confirmed that not…
BEIJING — A video going viral from China’s Sichuan province shows a humanoid robot kneeling on a sidewalk, hands clasped in a pleading gesture, begging passersby for money — to pay its electricity bill.The robot, equipped with a donation tray and a QR code for digital payments, repeatedly broadcast the message through an attached LED…
NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual and history’s first trillionaire, has lost that distinction just days after achieving it, as a brutal selloff in SpaceX shares wiped out more than $118 billion of his net worth in a matter of hours, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.SpaceX shares plummeted below the $150…
NEW YORK/LONDON — Global oil prices continued their downward trajectory Wednesday following progress in Iran-U.S. nuclear negotiations, as markets priced in the prospect of a significant surge in Iranian crude supply returning to international markets.Market Snapshot:| Benchmark | Price | Movement ||—|—|—|| West Texas Intermediate (WTI) | $73.00/barrel | Declining || Brent Crude |…
TEL AVIV/BEIRUT — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Wednesday that Israel will not withdraw from occupied territories in Lebanon and Syria — even if pressured to do so by the United States — in a defiant statement that underscores deepening tensions between Tel Aviv and Washington.“We will not leave the areas we hold in…
MUZAFFARABAD/ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government has formally welcomed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s offer to play a mediating role in the Kashmir issue, signaling a potential shift in diplomatic engagement over the long-standing dispute.Addressing the assembly, the Prime Minister’s Adviser stated that “depriving refugees of their right to vote is a deviation from…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared that Iran is “on its knees and about to fall,” pushing back sharply against a Senate resolution aimed at halting military action against Tehran.The U.S. Senate passed the joint resolution 50–48, invoking the War Powers Act to restrict the president’s authority to conduct military operations against Iran…
EES started to be rolled out in October last year and is now fully up and running. The time it takes to register biometric information means people have been told to prepare for a wait at border controls. During the introductory period, queues started to flare up at certain airports at busy times. Since then,…
Lahore, Pakistan — Nestlé Pakistan, in collaboration with the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), the Pakistan Society of Food Scientists and Technologists (PSFST), the University of Punjab, and Noor International University (NIU), hosted a high-level national conference to mark World Food Safety Day 2026. This year’s theme — “From Burden to Benefit:…
“We will not be intimidated by the lack of light. We have gone through more than that, and we will survive now,” Razvozhayev said in a Telegram message to the public. “The enemy is again striking vilely, trying to deprive us of our usual living conditions and sow panic.” He said a “special regime” had…
