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Pgiam | Istock | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The acting commissioner of the IRS is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision.Melanie Krause, who had served as acting head since February, will step down over the new data-sharing document signed Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The agreement will allow ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.Two people familiar with the…

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir has said Pakistan is ready to emerge as a leader in the global mineral economy. Addressing the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said Pakistan welcomes international institutions to introduce their expertise, explore investment opportunities, and partner with the country in developing its vast resource potential. The Army Chief emphasized that Pakistan needs engineers, geologists, operators and skilled mining professionals to harness its mineral wealth. That is why, students are being sent abroad for training to advance this sector. He said currently, twenty-seven Pakistani students from…

Critics say hundreds of children are likely to be moved to schools teaching Israeli curriculum, which could ‘erase’ Palestinian identity.Israel has shut down six schools run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after moving to banish the organisation from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem early this year. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said in a statement that Israeli police forcibly entered schools in the East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Shuafat, Silwan, Sur Baher and Wadi al-Joz on Tuesday. Officials from the Israeli Ministry of Education were also on hand. They issued orders…

Listen to article A confrontation between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters and police broke out near Adiala jail on Tuesday, resulting in multiple arrests, including members of Imran Khan’s family and senior party leaders, Express News reported. The clash took place at the Gorakhpur checkpoint in Rawalpindi after PTI workers gathered to protest against being denied permission to meet the jailed party founder, Imran Khan. Protesters chanted slogans in support of their leader before police intervened. According to officials, police used batons to disperse the crowd, while PTI workers reportedly pelted stones in retaliation. Several leaders and workers were arrested during the scuffle.…

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice nets two free kicks in shock 3-0 quarterfinal first-leg win against defending champions.Declan Rice curled home two superb free kicks to help give Arsenal a 3-0 win over defending champions Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. Rice opened the scoring in the 58th minute on Tuesday by bending a free kick around the Madrid wall and inside the near post, leaving goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois stranded. With Madrid great Roberto Carlos looking on in the stands – the Brazilian scored a number of spectacular free kicks in his day – Rice then…

A drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows a view of a container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)TIANJIN, April 8 (Xinhua) — North China’s Tianjin Port handled over 5.71 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first quarter of 2025, up 5.6 percent year on year. The port saw its cargo throughput reach 119 million tonnes during the period, up 1.4 percent year on year.A drone photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows a cargo ship docking at a container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)A drone photo…

Listen to article National Resources Limited (NRL) has announced the discovery of gold and copper deposits in the Chagai district of Balochistan. The announcement was made by NRL Chairman and Lucky Cement CEO Muhammad Ali Tabba during the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025, in the presence of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief General Asim Munir. NRL is a 100% privately-owned Pakistani company, a subsidiary of Fatima Fertilizer, Liberty Mills, and Lucky Cement. It received its exploration licence in October 2023. According to Tabba, exploration across the 500 sq km licence area led to the identification of 16 potential mineral sites…

A catastrophic roof collapse at an iconic nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, has left at least 66 people dead including a provincial governor and former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Octavio Dotel. At least 160 other people were injured and some 400 emergency crews were still working to pull survivors from the rubble as families of the victims gathered at the site searching for their loved ones, authorities said on Tuesday. Juan Manuel Mendez, head of the Dominican Republic’s emergency operations centre, said that efforts to rescue those trapped under the debris were continuing, though the exact…

Listen to article The United States has decided to discontinue the Global Undergraduate Exchange programme (Global UGRAD) for students from Pakistan. The programme, which had been in place for 15 years, provided hundreds of Pakistani students with the opportunity to study in the United States. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the United States Educational Foundation (USEF) Pakistan announced the programme’s termination, stating that the US State Department had instructed the end of the initiative for Pakistan. “We understand that this news may be disappointing, especially for those who applied this year and were looking forward to this opportunity. Over the years, the…

Move coincides with DRC’s drive to sign minerals deal with US in exchange for security in war with Rwanda-backed rebels.Three United States citizens initially sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a botched coup attempt have been repatriated after Kinshasa commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment last week. Congolese presidential spokesperson Tina Salama said on Tuesday that the three men, including the son of political exile Christian Malanga, who led the attack on the presidential palace in May last year, would all serve out their life sentences in the US. Marcel Malanga, 21, claimed he…