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The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 after experiencing difficulty breathing.Pope Francis, in critical condition as he battles double pneumonia, has had a “tranquil” night and rested after a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican says. “The night was tranquil, the pope rested,” the Vatican said in a one-sentence update on Sunday morning without providing further information. Another update on his condition is expected later on Sunday. The 88-year-old Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 after experiencing difficulty breathing for several days and subsequently had pneumonia diagnosed in both lungs.…
People watch “Ne Zha 2” in 4D at a cinema in Dongcheng District in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — China’s animated hit “Ne Zha 2,” while captivating global audiences, has also inspired renewed interest in Chinese museum artifacts among viewers.The blockbuster has seen its box office revenue worldwide, including presales, surpass 13 billion yuan (about 1.8 billion U.S. dollars), and according to the movie’s official Weibo account, its release on Chinese big screens has been extended until March 30.Through repeat viewings, its zealous fans have propelled this movie to the top of…
PUBLISHED February 23, 2025 KARACHI: Knock, knock. Who’s there? Onijah. Onijah who? Onijah to give me land and 100k dollah. A dramatic visit from an American lady to Karachi captured domestic and international attention for a good part of the new year. Onijah Andrews, 33, flew to Karachi in the hope of uniting with her long-distance lover – 19-year-old Nidal Memon. While Onijah became a prominent face across all digital and news media, Nidal was the most wanted man in the case, vanishing without a trace upon her arrival. Onijah did not take his rejection resignedly. She created a clamour…
Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital. Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader for more than 30 years and one of its founders, was killed in September last year when Israel’s air force dropped more than 80 bombs on the group’s main operations room. Mourners dressed in black, some waving Hezbollah flags or carrying portraits of Nasrallah, flocked to the mass funeral, delayed because of security concerns. Many men,…
Passengers wait to board a train at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station in Luoyang, central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 22, 2025. (Photo by Zhang Yixi/Xinhua)BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, reached a record of 9.02 billion, official data showed Sunday.The figure marked a 7.1 percent increase over the same period in 2024, according to a special work team established to facilitate sound operations during chunyun, which concluded on Saturday.The travel rush, often referred to as the world’s largest annual human migration, highlights…
PUBLISHED February 23, 2025 KARACHI: Memoirs generally open one’s life to the world often in ways that may be hidden from public view. They express feelings, experiences, and thoughts that are sometimes very personal, baring open one’s heart and mind. Usually they focus on one or two aspects of one’s life, leaving aside many others, yet giving the readers an understandable peak into the author’s life. One heart-felt memoir is Heart Tantrums: A Feminist’s Memoir on Misogyny and Marriage by Aisha Sarwari, a public speaker, writer, women’s rights advocate, and co-founder of Women’s Advancement Hub. She has been working in…
Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | APAfter posting almost 200 videos, amassing hundreds of thousands of followers and racking up millions of views, Carla Lalli Music is quitting YouTube. Substack is her new focus. Music is a cookbook author and food content creator, and she is shifting her focus to Substack, a subscription platform that lets creators charge users subscriptions for access to their content. Music told CNBC she came to that decision after earning more in one year of using Substack, nearly $200,000 in revenue, than she did by posting videos on YouTube since 2021. Music is the exact kind of…
ISLAMABAD: Around 5,800 police, paramilitary personnel and army troops have been deployed in the federal capital under the security plan devised for cricket teams and foreign broadcasters during the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Three matches of the Champions Trophy are scheduled to be played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from February 25 to 27. The teams and broadcasters will be staying at two hotels in Islamabad. According to the police, the matches will be played in Rawalpindi; however, practice sessions will be conducted at different grounds in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. As per the plan, the deployments are made in three…
Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., Jan. 30, 2025.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersNew FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department official said Saturday.Patel could be sworn in next week, the official said, putting Patel in charge of two of the Justice Department’s largest agencies in an unusual arrangement that raises questions about the future of the bureau that has long drawn the ire…
For more than a month, Israeli forces backed by bulldozers have been raiding Palestinian homes and destroying critical infrastructure.Israel says it is expanding its military offensive across the occupied West Bank and preparing for troops to remain in some refugee camps “for the next year”. Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday said the army had “evacuated” three refugee camps in the northern West Bank and had been ordered to remain there “to prevent the return of [Palestinian] residents”. “So far, 40,000 Palestinians have evacuated from the refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams, which are now empty of residents,”…