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Youngster from Pakistan’s Hunza Valley aims for stardom with Coca-Cola Studio hit Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistani teenager Noorima Rehan shot to fame last year after a video of her singing Indian singer Asha Bhosle’s hit song “In Aankhon Ki Masti” became an internet hit. She has since been selected to be part of a star-studded virtual cast for the coronation concert of King Charles III in May 2023. But the best was yet to come. Now the 18-year-old from the Hunza Valley in the beautiful northern Pakistan province of Gilgit-Baltistan is garnering attention both at home and abroad after making her…
MIES, Switzerland – Three years ago, France reached the final in Saitama, Japan, where they recorded a memorable victory over the United States in the group stage, and in 2024, with a sold-out crowd at their backs, an entire nation will be hoping they can improve on that performance and win their first Olympic gold medal.That was the plan, the dream, but France must now navigate one of the toughest groups at the Olympics, facing Germany, Japan and Brazil for a place in the quarterfinals.The top two teams from each group will advance, plus the top two third-placed teams from…
President Donald Trump’s doubts about the US’s security posture towards Taiwan appear to be at odds with Republican views on protecting the island from Chinese aggression, an exclusive Republican poll has found. Newsweek.The survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies was conducted on Monday, the day before Bloomberg published an interview with Trump in which he said, “Taiwan should pay for our defense.”While there are no formal diplomatic ties between the two countries, the United States is Taiwan’s most important international backer and is obligated by the Taiwan Relations Act to provide the means for its defense. Washington, however, maintains a…
Denying relief to the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Tripura High Court on Thursday (July 18) refused to direct the Tripura State Election Commission to accept nominations for panchayat elections through online medium. When you observe that As there is no statutory provision in the Tripura State Assembly Act and the rules made thereunder to permit candidates to file their candidature papers online; Justice Arindam Lod and Justice Purkayastha S.D. The court said it cannot go beyond the statute and direct the defendant to adopt such a mechanism. It is not stated in…
Verizon is reportedly considering selling up to 6,000 cell towers across the U.S. Estimates suggest the sale could fetch as much as $3 billion, but talks are still in the early stages and no potential buyers have been identified yet. The move is in line with an industry trend: Many telecom giants, including Vodafone (Vantage Towers), Telefonica (Telxius) and Orange (Totem), have sold or spun off their tower portfolios in recent years. Austria’s A1 and Greece’s OTE have also followed this path. For investors, towers are low-risk, long-term assets. Independent infrastructure companies and private equity firms have shown strong interest.…
President Trump formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination at the Republican National ConventionReally supportIndependent journalismClick here for detailscloseOur mission is to provide unbiased, fact-based journalism that holds power accountable and exposes the truth.Every donation counts, whether it’s $5 or $50.Support us to deliver journalism without purpose.Donald Trump delivered a roughly two-hour speech to close the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday night.Introduced by Hulk Hogan, the former president formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination and delivered a solemn reflection on surviving Saturday’s assassination attempt in a record-breaking speech that ended with balloons dropping from the ceiling of the…
Our Audience Experience team would love to hear your thoughts on artificial intelligence. Please take this short survey and share your feedback.Agricultural machinery maker John Deere announced this week that it was scaling back a series of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.The company said in a statement Tuesday that it was eliminating or modifying several internal policies and practices, adding that “customer trust and confidence are of the utmost importance to all of us at John Deere.””The company will no longer participate in or support external social or cultural awareness parades, festivals or events,” the statement read.John Deere also…
California Representative Blake Marnell showed us his “Make America Great Again” hat, signed by Donald Trump, on the third day of the Republican National Convention. Grace Widiyatmadja/NPR Hide caption Toggle caption Grace Widiyatmadja/NPR While the Republican National Convention is a political event, it’s also an opportunity for attendees to show off their eye-catching outfits on the red carpet (yes, the convention center at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee is covered in red carpet). For delegates and alternates, the attire they wore during the convention was a display of pride for their state, party and country, as well as support for their…
JD Vance first met Peter Thiel in 2011, when Vance was a student at Yale Law School and the venture capitalist was giving a speech at the university criticizing modern society.Vance later wrote that he had been trying to find his place in a highly competitive environment, but Thiel’s speech woke something up in him that made him realize he didn’t want to practice law.Vance later worked for Thiel at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. More than a decade after they met, Thiel poured $15 million into Vance’s campaign to help him win a U.S. Senate seat, and the…
The confirmation comes after widespread reports of technical issues around the world.Microsoft said on Friday that its cloud services have mostly been restored after an outage affecting its cloud apps in the U.S. It is unclear whether the outage was related to the CrowdStrike update.Separately, however, the CrowdStrike update issue appears to have directly affected Windows systems around the world, with laptops experiencing an error screen known as the “Blue Screen of Death.””CrowdStrike is aware of reports of crashes on Windows hosts related to the Falcon Sensor,” CrowdStrike said in a recorded phone message.A number of companies, including airlines, banks,…