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LAHORE : Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore’s flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time, reports BSS. The water had risen to his torso, his jeans soaked and rolled up over sandals, leaving him...

WASHINGTON : US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he ended seven wars since returning to the White House earlier this year, making the inaccurate claim again during a Tuesday speech at the UN General Assembly, reports BSS. “In a...

TAIPEI : At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain, reports BSS. The lake in eastern Hualien county—formed by...

WASHINGTON : NASA on Tuesday said it was on track to send astronauts to orbit the Moon in early 2026, as the United States races China to return to the lunar surface,  reports BSS. Multiple setbacks have delayed the manned...

SYDNEY : Australia’s public broadcaster was ordered Wednesday to pay a hefty penalty to a radio journalist dismissed over a social media post related to the Israel-Gaza conflict, reports BSS. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf took legal action after being fired in...

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) has launched its inaugural Culinary Arts Apprenticeship Programme in partnership with the Dubai College of Tourism (DCT). Designed to provide foundational culinary skills through practical training and industry exposure, the programme has inducted its first...

HONG KONG : Hong Kong shut schools and cancelled flights on Tuesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa was set to slam into the financial centre with a force that officials warned would be among the most destructive in the city’s...

NEW YORK : Technology veterans, politicians and Nobel Prize winners called on nations around the world Monday to quickly establish “red lines” too dangerous for artificial intelligence to cross, reports BSS. More than 200 prominent figures including 10 Nobel laureates...

MONTREAL : Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10 percent over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Monday, reports BSS. “On average, every species group included - birds,...

PARIS : A majority of European countries now recognise the State of Palestine, following official declarations in New York on Monday by France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and others, after nearly two years of war in Gaza, a press release...