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The Pakistani entertainment industry was left in shock following the tragic news of actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali’s passing. Gizri Police confirmed on Tuesday that the 35-year-old’s body was discovered in her Karachi apartment, where it had likely remained for nearly 20 days. The grim discovery was made when her landlord, accompanied by a court bailiff and police officers, arrived to execute a court-ordered eviction due to non-payment of rent. Humaira had reportedly stopped paying rent in early 2024, though she had been living in the third-floor flat in Ittehad Commercial area of DHA Phase VI since 2018. The…
President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R), discusses his decorating of the Cabinet Room during a cabinet meeting at the White House on July 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday sent letters dictating new U.S. tariff rates on at least seven more countries’ imports, leaning into his aggressive approach to resetting America’s global trade relationships.The latest letters, revealed by Trump via Truth Social screenshots, were sent to the leaders of the Philippines, Brunei, Moldova, Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Sri Lanka.Trump had…
The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood that ravaged a swath of central Texas Hill Country rose on Tuesday to at least 109, many of them children, as search teams pressed on through mounds of mud-encrusted debris looking for scores of people still missing. According to figures released by Governor Gregg Abbott, authorities were seeking more than 180 people whose fate remained unknown four days after one of the deadliest US flood events in decades. The bulk of fatalities and the search for additional victims were concentrated in Kerr County and the county seat of Kerrville, a town…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a roundtable discussion at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 11, 2025.Sarah Meyssonnier | ReutersNvidia stock jumped more than 2% on Wednesday, lifting the company’s market cap past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up shares of the tech giant building the bulk of the hardware for the generative artificial intelligence boom.The chipmaker is the first company to ever achieve this market value and is trading at the highest market cap ever recorded for a publicly traded company, beating…
Dilara Irem Sancar | Anadolu | Getty ImagesIran’s oil minister on Wednesday criticized the effects of war-led disruptions to oil markets, weeks after Tehran’s 12-day hostilities with Israel sent crude price soaring.In remarks via videoconference for the OPEC seminar in Vienna, Mohsen Paknejad said, “Whatever the cause, an aggression of war that leads to the disruption of the supply of oil and gas resources to the international market imposes … complications on energy producers, and subjects national economies to hardships.””I believe we all need to take a principled stand against the resort to, and use of war, as a tool…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal remains fully secure and invincible against any threat, declared Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera TV on Wednesday. The military spokesperson maintained that Pakistan is a responsible and declared nuclear power, with a completely secure nuclear programme. “Our nuclear capability is invincible and no one can dare to target our nuclear programme,” he reiterated. He also addressed broader geopolitical issues, reaffirming Pakistan’s support for Iran in the face of Israeli aggression. “Iran is Pakistan’s brotherly, neighbourly Islamic country. Pakistan’s relations with Iran are…
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 is super thin, measuring just 8.9 millimeters when closed and 4.2 millimeters when unfolded.Ryan Browne | CNBCSamsung on Wednesday launched three new folding smartphones — including thinner top-end devices and a cheaper version of its flip phone — as the tech giant looks to entice buyers to make the switch to foldables.The main new additions to Samsung’s foldable phone range are the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which folds like a book, and the Galaxy Z Flip 7, which takes on the form of the classic clamshell-style flip phones. Samsung also announced a cheaper version of its…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.Mikhail Metzel | Evelyn Hockstein | Via ReutersPresident Donald Trump told campaign donors last year that he had threatened to “bomb the s–t out of Moscow” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, according to a new report.Trump at the same donor meeting claimed he similarly threatened Chinese President Xi Jinping to deter China from invading Taiwan, according to audio obtained by CNN and detailed in a forthcoming book, “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America.””With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to…
A bust of Elon Musk that was recently vandalized is seen near the SpaceX projects in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025. Gabriel Cardenas | Afp | Getty ImagesGrok is pretending yesterday didn’t happen.The artificial intelligence chatbot built by Elon Musk’s xAI and integrated with his social media site X has deleted its comments praising Adolf Hitler and attacking Jewish people but denied that it made such posts and said it can’t “confirm or deny” making the statements.Grok repeatedly made antisemitic comments on Tuesday and referenced Hitler in response to posts about the Texas flooding.The chatbot insisted it “never made…
Christian Horner was sacked on Wednesday by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal of the Formula One outfit. The 51-year-old has been in charge since the team was formed in 2005 and has led them to eight drivers’ titles and six constructors’ crowns. Dutchman Max Verstappen has won the past four drivers’ titles for Red Bull, matching the achievement of Sebastian Vettel, who dominated for the team from 2010 to 2013. Horner’s dismissal as CEO and team principal comes 17 months after he was accused by a female colleague of “inappropriate behaviour”. The Englishman was twice cleared over…