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Young Pakistani Shepherd Brings Ancient Language to Coca-Cola Studios’ Global Platform SWAT, BAHRAIN: Until a few weeks ago, 20-year-old shepherd Nizam Uddin Torwari never imagined millions of people would be listening to his songs in an ancient, endangered language spoken by only about 100,000 people worldwide. Currently, Torwali is the breakout star of the latest season of Coke Studio, Pakistan’s longest-running annual television music show. The season’s 11th and final song, “Mehman” (meaning guest), features popular Pakistani singer-songwriter Zebnisa (Zeb) Bangash, the hottest new singer, Noorima Rehan, 18, and Torwari, who hails from Type-se-Ban, a remote village in northwest Pakistan,…

Every four years, the U.S. men’s basketball roster for the Paris 2024 Olympics looks like it couldn’t be any better, and this year’s team is no exception. Superstars LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant will lead the U.S. team at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and you can watch every matchup of the tournament thanks to Peacock and NBC’s comprehensive game coverage. Games will be played at the Bercy Arena and Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Paris, and we’ve got the complete schedule and roster of competitors for every group stage so you can tune in to watch it all.All Team…

It’s a story of a disappearing startup: Some of Silicon Valley’s most promising names in the fast-developing field of generative AI are being swallowed up or attached to US tech giants.A lack of funding has seen promising companies like Inflection AI and Adept in the past few months see their founders and key executives quietly exit the scene to join some of the world’s leading technology companies through separate transactions. Critics believe the deals are acquisitions in name only, specifically engineered by Microsoft and Amazon to avoid scrutiny from competition regulators, a charge the companies strongly deny. Meanwhile, companies like…

If you’re not sure where to start when searching for your next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends to keep an eye on. Ideally, your business will have two trends: First, it’s growing. return Return on Invested Capital (ROCE) and secondly, amount Simply put, these types of businesses are compound interest machines, meaning they continually reinvest their profits at high rates of return. VA Techwa Bag (NSE:WABAG) We feel good about the ROCE trend. What is Return on Invested Capital (ROCE)? For those who don’t know, ROCE is a measure of a company’s annual pre-tax profit (revenue) relative to…

2024 Paris Summer Olympics Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Line-up Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – Final World Record: 3:08.24 — USA: M. Phelps, G. Weber-Gale, C. Jones, J. Lezak (2008) World Junior Record: 3:15.49 — USA: D. Diehl, M. Williamson, H. Williams, J. Zhao (2023) Olympic Record: 3:08.24 — USA: M. Phelps, G. Weber-Gale, C. Jones, J. Lezak (2008) 2021 Winning time: 3:08.97 — USA: C. Dressel, B. Pieroni, B. Becker, Z. Apple 2021 Bronze Medal Winning Time: 3:10.22 Last: Gold Medal: USA (Alexy, Giuliano, Armstrong, Dressel), 3:09.28 Silver: Australia (Cartwright, Southam, Taylor, Chalmers), 3:10.35 Bronze: Italy (Milesi, Ceccon, Conte, Frigo),…

What will Pakistan look like in 2047, a century after independence? Given its unstable politics, fragile economy, weak law and order, and rapidly changing global and regional geopolitics, predicting Pakistan’s future is not easy. Hence, predictions must be based primarily on the reform proposals that the country should enact and seriously implement to reshape the economic trajectory it embarked on in the 1950s and early 1960s.At the heart of the proposed reforms is a clearly articulated vision and a detailed long-term economic plan. A look back in recent years has shown that while the plans were solid on paper, they…

Veteran Bhupinder Singh Hooda likes to claim that the upcoming Haryana state assembly elections will be his last. Such claims are often heard loudly before elections, but are conveniently forgotten once the results are out. The 76-year-old politician is hoping to kill two birds with one stone: if the Bharatiya Janata Party wins under his leadership, he can consolidate his family’s power base and silence the younger opposition within the party. Hooda, who entered politics at a young age, has seen it all in state politics. At the age of 25, he was made chairman of the Indian National Congress’…

Vice President Kamala Harris has positioned herself as the “underdog” in the presidential race and called her Republican opponent Donald Trump “just plain crazy.” Trump has also described Harris as “evil,” “sick” and “insane,” with the rivals exchanging harsh words from afar on Saturday. The showdown capped a tumultuous week that saw Ms Harris rise to the top of the Democratic field after President Joe Biden, 81, gave up on reelection under mounting pressure from his fellow Democrats. Her emergence erased Mr Trump’s lead over Mr Biden in just a few days, according to a series of polls. Get cash…

Police in Howard County, Maryland, issued a lockdown order and launched an investigation Saturday after an altercation at Columbia Mall escalated into a deadly shooting. An unidentified gunman opened fire at the Columbia Mall in Howard County, Maryland, on Saturday evening in a shooting that occurred July 27, 2024. (WTOP/Ralph Fox) An unidentified gunman opened fire at the Columbia Mall in Howard County, Maryland, on Saturday evening in a shooting that occurred July 27, 2024. (WTOP/Ralph Fox) Police in Howard County, Maryland, issued a lockdown order and launched an investigation Saturday after an altercation at The Mall in Columbia escalated…

TThe nerve center of most Summer Olympics is the “Olympic Park,” which usually houses a half-dozen or so sports venues in one place. Amazing, right? Here’s a little secret: most Olympic Parks are actually located in less lively parts of world-class cities. They all gather in a giant, sweltering car park in the middle of summer!In Rio, for example, Barra Olympic Park, which hosted basketball, gymnastics, swimming, basketball, wrestling, diving and several other events, was an hour from Copacabana Beach, down a road dotted with apartment blocks and car dealerships. The park in east London had its charms, but it…