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This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows the construction site of the Shantou Bay undersea tunnel in Shantou City, south China’s Guangdong Province. The Shantou Bay undersea tunnel, the world’s first single-hole double-track undersea tunnel with a designed speed of 350 km per hour, was broken through on Wednesday. The 9,781-meter-long tunnel is a project of the Shantou-Shanwei high-speed railway. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows the construction site of the Shantou Bay undersea tunnel in Shantou City, south China’s Guangdong Province. The Shantou Bay undersea tunnel, the world’s first single-hole double-track undersea tunnel with a…

Listen to article Pakistan Railways has announced the resumption of train operations in Balochistan, weeks after services were suspended following a terrorist attack on the Jaffer Express. The decision includes the restoration of multiple train routes, with services set to resume from 27 March 2025. According to the official schedule, Train 40-DN Jaffer Express will operate from Peshawar to Quetta starting 27 March, Train 39-UP Jaffer Express will run from Sibi to Peshawar from the same date, Train 39-UP Express from Quetta to Peshawar resumes 28 March, Train 3-UP from Karachi to Quetta will resume service on 31 March. To accommodate Eidul Fitr travellers,…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeFinding himself in a Signal group chat with top US officials, Jeffrey Goldberg wondered if the messages were real. When a Signal group chat involving top US officials discussing plans to bomb Yemen included The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, it sparked a firestorm in Washington. Now, The Atlantic has published excerpts from the chat, including input from political figures such as JD Vance, Pete Hegseth and Michael Waltz. We take a look at where the backlash has landed – and where it hasn’t. In this episode:  Episode credits: And that’s The Take. This episode was produced by Ashish…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersAfter President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would impose 25% tariffs on “all cars that are not made in the United States,” he said his key advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, had not weighed in on the matter, “because he may have a conflict.”He added that Musk had never “asked me for a favor in business whatsoever.”Musk serves as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump, having earlier contributed $290 million to propel him…

A staff member of a garment enterprise in an industrial park trains workers on new equipment and skills in Jimo District of Qingdao City, east China’s Shandong Province, on March 25, 2025. Jimo District of Qingdao City has continuously guided private enterprises to increase R&D and investment in new technologies, new equipment and new processing technology in recent years.Meanwhile, with measures of meeting the employment needs of enterprises and providing skills training for the locals, the sustainable quality development of the textile and garment industry has been effectively promoted, and many local residents have got employed and seen their income…

Listen to article Two US lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives seeking sanctions against Pakistani state officials over alleged human rights violations, including the “persecution” of former prime minister Imran Khan, according to US media. The bill, titled the Pakistan Democracy Act, was introduced by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina and Democratic Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California. It has been referred to the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees for review. The proposed legislation calls for sanctions to be imposed on Pakistan’s army chief within 180 days if the country fails to take steps to…

Donald Trump downplays the disclosure of sensitive military information.“Damage control” is how many are describing the Trump administration’s handling of a leak of highly sensitive information. Eighteen senior officials – including the CIA director, the defence secretary, the national security adviser and the vice president – were part of an online group chat that’s gone viral. An American journalist was also on that chat, and was made privy to US plans to strike Houthi positions in Yemen – before they happened. The breach is raising questions about the handling of military intelligence and top-secret information. So, will there be consequences…

Listen to article The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has disqualified 24 former members of the National and Provincial Assemblies for failing to submit their asset and liability declarations for the fiscal year 2022-2023, Express News reported on Wednesday. According to an official statement released by the ECP spokesperson, the disqualified individuals include 10 former members of the National Assembly, seven former members of the Sindh Assembly, and seven former members of the Balochistan Assembly. The disqualified lawmakers will remain ineligible to contest general, by-elections, and Senate elections until they submit the required Form B detailing their assets and liabilities for the relevant fiscal…

Since the March 5 revelation, Mexican media have published a wave of testimonies from those who claim to have survived or escaped Rancho Izaguirre. Many of those who came forward chose to remain anonymous. They identified as impoverished youths from Guadalajara and explained they were lured to the ranch by false promises of work in online advertisements — or simply kidnapped. One young man said the ranch was described as “hitman school”. Those who complained, questioned the cartel leader’s orders or failed to pass the brutal tests were executed. Indira Navarro, the head of the Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, said…

Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Pharmacy, speaks during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on October 18, 2023. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty ImagesAmazon has lost the chief medical officer of its pharmacy division after five years at the company.Dr. Vin Gupta, who most recently served as the medical chief of Amazon Pharmacy, joined Amazon in 2020 as the company was in the early stages of a multi-year effort to build out a health-care business.Gupta has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, a professional services firm,…