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Ukrainian crypto investor and influencer Konstantin Ganich, known online as Kostya Kudo, was found dead in a Lamborghini during one of the sharpest cryptocurrency market crashes of 2025, according to local media reports. Ganich’s death shocked Ukraine’s crypto community, where he had gained prominence for his trading insights and commentary on digital asset adoption. His passing has reignited discussions about the mental health pressures faced by traders and influencers amid the volatility of global markets. RIP Konstantin GalishAn early Ukrainian crypto investor, builder, and believer, gone far too soon.This space moves fast, and sometimes we forget there are real people…
Journalists read copies of the white paper titled “China’s Achievements in Women’s Well-Rounded Development in the New Era” released by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) during a press conference in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Xin)BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — While millions of Chinese spent the eight-day National Day holiday travelling and shopping, Zheng Wenjing led her team in the fields, carefully selecting special rice seeds for her breeding research.She likens the work to sifting sand for gold, and in early October, rice fields in northeast China began yielding a bountiful harvest.”Every year at this time,…
The National Emergency Operations Centre has announced that 45.4 million children will receive polio drops during the upcoming weekly polio campaign. In addition to the polio vaccine, children will also be administered a supplementary dose of Vitamin A. The national polio campaign is scheduled to run across the country from October 13 to 19. More than 400,000 health workers will go door-to-door to ensure children are vaccinated against polio, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). In South Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the polio campaign will take place from October 20 to 23, the NEOC confirmed. Parents are urged to ensure…
The Sindh government has imposed a one-month ban on protests, demonstrations, sit-ins and rallies across the province. Taking into account the law and order situation, authorities have invoked Section 144, prohibiting gatherings of more than five people. The decision was taken on the recommendation of Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, who, based on reports from various police ranges and zones, advised that immediate measures were required to maintain public order. According to the official notification, the ban will be enforced immediately across the province and will remain in place for one month. It states that any breach…
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 11, 2025 shows a harvester working in a field of Sifangshan Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in Zhaodong City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. China’s “grain barn” Heilongjiang has entered the autumn harvest season. As of Oct. 10, Beidahuang Group has harvested 39.6903 million mu (2.65 million hectares), accounting for 84.86 percent of its total. (Xinhua/Wang Song)A harvester works in a field of Sifangshan Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in Zhaodong City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 11, 2025. China’s “grain barn” Heilongjiang has entered the autumn harvest season. As of Oct.…
Pakistan closed border crossings with Afghanistan on Sunday, Pakistani officials said, following exchanges of fire between the forces of the two countries. Afghan troops opened fire on Pakistani border posts late Saturday, with the country’s ministry of defence saying this was in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan earlier in the week. Pakistan said that it had responded with gun and artillery fire. Pakistani security officials said that several Afghan border posts were destroyed in retaliatory attacks. The exchange of fire was mostly over on Sunday morning, Pakistani security officials said. But in Pakistan’s Kurram area, intermittent gunfire continued, according…
Unprovoked firing by Afghan forces along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border prompted a strong response from the Pakistan Army that continued through the night, resulting in the killing of several Afghan soldiers and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists. According to security sources, Afghan forces on Saturday night opened unprovoked fire at multiple locations along the border — including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir and Chitral areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Zhob district in Balochistan province. The firing, they added, was aimed at facilitating the cross-border movement of formations of “Khawarij” — TTP operatives. The Pakistan Army’s “alert and vigilant” posts responded swiftly…
LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Labbaik supporters reached Muridke on Saturday en route to Islamabad, after staging an overnight sit-in at Shahdara following violent clashes with police that left dozens injured and parts of the provincial capital paralysed. The TLP supporters, led by party chief Saad Hussain Rizvi, began their “Gaza March” from Multan Road on Friday afternoon to “express solidarity with Palestine.” The march was staged in defiance of Section 144 imposed by the Punjab government, which later sealed major exit points from Lahore in a bid to block the rally’s advance toward Islamabad. The TLP accused police of using excessive force against…
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday took exception to remarks made by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his visit to India, saying that “deflecting” the responsibility of countering terrorism could not absolve Afghan authorities of their obligations toward ensuring regional peace. Muttaqi’s visit marked India’s first high-level engagement with the Taliban government since it seized power in 2021. Speaking at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday, the Afghan foreign minister commented on a recent explosion in Kabul, condemning the incident and taking aim at Pakistan. “Whatever the problems are in each country should be solved…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly rejected the Afghan acting foreign minister’s assertion terming terrorism as Islamabad’s “internal problem” and clarified that Pakistan has repeatedly shared details regarding the presence of Fitna al Khwarij and Fitna al Hindustan terrorist elements operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan, with support from elements within Afghanistan. According to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release, Pakistan has strong reservations about the elements of the India-Afghanistan joint statement, issued on Friday in New Delhi. The concerns were conveyed to the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan by the Additional Foreign Secretary (West Asia & Afghanistan) at the Ministry of…