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Listen to article Pakistan has confirmed its third case of wild polio virus Type 1 in 2025, with the latest case reported from the Larkana district in Sindh province. This marks the second polio case in Sindh this year, bringing the total number of cases in the province to two, while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has reported one case, Express News reported. According to the Polio Eradication Programme, 74 polio cases were reported across the country in 2024, with the highest number from Balochistan (27 cases), followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (22 cases), Sindh (23 cases), and one each from Punjab and Islamabad. The first…
The far-right AfD threatens to breach the political “firewall” that has long kept it out of power, as election disinformation from both the US and Russia disrupts the German media’s election coverage. Contributors:Olaf Böhnke – Berlin director, Alliance of Democracies FoundationUlrich Brückner – Political analystMichaela Küfner – Chief political editor, DW On our radar: This week, US President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia, kicking off an exchange of barbs with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Meenakshi Ravi reports on the diplomatic fallout and the Russian media’s gleeful response. Mass arrests, silencing dissent, and prisons for hire;…
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021.Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJack Dorsey’s Block got started as Square, offering small businesses a simple way to accept payments via smartphone. Affirm began as an online lender, giving consumers more affordable credit options for retail purchases. PayPal upended finance more than 25 years ago by letting businesses accept online payments.The three fintechs, which were each launched by tech luminaries in different eras of Silicon Valley history, are increasingly converging as they seek to become virtual all-in-one…
Listen to article The government has launched an initiative in two districts of Gilgit-Baltistan to combat the spread of Hepatitis C, as part of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Hepatitis C Elimination Program, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Barth, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health announced. Dr. Barth highlighted the importance of controlling the disease, as Pakistan has now been ranked as the country with the highest prevalence of Hepatitis C globally. As part of the program, a pilot project has been initiated in two locations in Gilgit-Baltistan, namely MC Chilas in Diamer and UC Mirkhunja in Shigar, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Development…
LAHORE: England start their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy with a blockbuster game against traditional rivals Australia here at the newly constructed Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. With forecast of a clear and sunny weather in the provincial capital, this high-profile Group ‘B’ game will be crucial for both the sides in their endeavour to make the semi-finals after South Africa, another team in Group ‘B’, thrashed Afghanistan by 107 runs in their match at Karachi on Friday. The pitch is likely to help the batters as it was witnessed in the two matches of the tri-nation series held in…
Here are the key developments on the 1,094th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Saturday, February 22: Fighting A Russian drone attack killed a rail worker at a crossing in the Boryspil district, east of Kyiv, and falling drone fragments hit a building inside the capital, Ukrainian authorities said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said drone fragments fell on private residences in the Solomyanskyi district in the west of the city, smashing windows and triggering a fire that was quickly extinguished. There were no casualties. In the southern Zaporizhzhia region, Russian forces attacked the town of…
A speculative look at Pakistan in 2040—where AI, blockchain, and automation reshape governance and economy. This is the third installment in a series exploring how technology is reshaping the world. In my previous articles, The World is Changing Faster Than You Think and The Digital Cold War: AI, Blockchain, Fintech, and the U.S.-China Battle for Financial Dominance, I explored how technology is shifting the balance of power, reshaping economies, and redefining governance. Now, I turn my focus to Pakistan in 2040 — a country that has long struggled with inefficiencies, corruption, weak institutions, pollution, and economic volatility. Historically, Pakistan, like many other…
Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to field against England in the Champions Trophy Group B match in Lahore on Saturday. Australia, depleted by the absence of pace trio Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood who are all out of the tournament, have included three fast bowlers with Adam Zampa as frontline spinner. ” sandbox=”allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms”> England included wicketkeeper batter Jamie Smith with three frontline fast bowlers and a lone specialist spinner in Adil Rashid. South Africa, who beat Afghanistan by 107 runs on Friday, are the other team in Group B. Title-holders…
KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – FEBRUARY 20: An aerial view of as members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, take precautions around the cemetery in Bani Suheila municipality before the bodies of the Bibas family (three members) and Oded Lifshitz are handed over to the Red Cross teams as part of the Hamas-Israel prisoner-hostage swap agreement in Khan Yunis Governorate, Gaza on February 20, 2025. Al-Qassam Brigades announced that the four Israeli hostages were alive when captured, but the Israeli army killed them by deliberately bombing detention sites during the attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Hasan…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Sixth captive to be handed over by Hamas to Israeli authorities in Gaza City without a ceremony.Hamas has released five Israeli captives from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons in the final swap under the first phase of the ceasefire between the Palestinian group and Israel. The first two captives, Tal Shoham and Avera Mengistu, were handed over to the Red Cross in Rafah in southern Gaza on Saturday after they were led onto a stage by armed Hamas fighters. Three more captives – Eliya Cohen, Omer Wenkert and Omer Shem Tov…