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After blocking X (formerly Twitter) for over four months, Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government plans to ban all social media platforms — YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — for six days from July 13 to 18, citing the need to curb “hate content” during the Islamic fasting month of Muharram.Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz’s cabinet committee on law and order has recommended banning all social media platforms, including YouTube, X, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, from the sixth to eleventh days of Muharram (July 13-18) in Punjab province, a state of over 120 million people, according to a notification issued in…
What’s going on?Unisuper is making a strategic move to look to the local resources sector for growth while maintaining its confidence in US technology investment after a strong year.What does this mean?Unisuper is betting big on Australian mining as there are signs that the Chinese economy is stabilizing despite ongoing turmoil in the property market. The optimism is expected to benefit Australia’s largest mining company, BHP Ltd, but Unisuper’s chief investment officer sees the company as undervalued. BHP Ltd’s decision in May to abandon a bid for Anglo American illustrates the company’s disciplined approach to acquisitions. Meanwhile, Unisuper remains optimistic…
Article informationThis is a stunning victory for the Labour Party.That’s impressive considering they’re coming off a period of decline: Their 2019 result was their worst since 1935.But by any standard, at any time, under any circumstances, it was spectacular, because the challenge they faced to win by a slender margin was the Himalayas.As one shocked dissident put it, this is a “Starmer tsunami”.The story of this election is the story of an electorate ruthlessly determined to oust the Conservatives.In many places, that meant electing Labour MPs.In many other countries, that meant electing Liberal Democrat MPs.And Reform UK has received a…
ohThe conventional wisdom in Westminster is that positions don’t win elections. Governments lose. And so the UK election on July 4th saw the ruling Conservative Party suffer a crushing defeat. After 14 years in power marked by Brexit, a pandemic, and astonishing political and financial turmoil that produced three prime ministers in just one year, the world’s most successful political party, in power twice as long as it had been out since 1945, was back in opposition. Instead, the Labour Party stood in its way and won the election in a landslide victory. Its leader, prosecutor-turned-politician Keir Starmer, became the…
Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:18 AM Cities Live Updates: Odisha reconstitutes Jagannath temple treasury audit supervisory panel In February, the previous Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government formed a 12-member committee on a high court order for the preparation of the inventory of the valuables in the Ratna Bhandar Read the full story here Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:17 AM World News Live Updates: After debate debacle Joe Biden readies for highly anticipated TV interview: How and When to watch Joe Biden will be interviewed by ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and a taped conversation to be aired on Friday. Read the…
Image source, ShutterstockImage caption, Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian (left) competes against Saeed Djalili (right)Article informationauthor, Tom Bennettrole, BBC News6 hours agoVoters will elect Iran’s new president on Friday as hardline conservatives face off against reformists.The runoff election is being held after no candidate received a majority in the first round of voting on June 28. Turnout in the first round was a record low of 40%.One of them, Dr. Massoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon, has criticized Iran’s notorious morality police, while his rival, Saeed Jalili, supports the status quo.The election was held after Iran’s former president, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed…
The dress up games of the early 2000s are central to my memories and are how I first got into gaming, so looking back on these games brings back a wave of nostalgia. Stardoll, My Scene, Barbie Makeover Studioand console classics like Style SavvyThe 2000s was a time when my childhood was mirrored in gamified form. Many of these dress-up game websites have been shut down for a long time. The 404 errors are a grave marker of the past that I sometimes, for a moment, fondly reminisce about. It seems I’m not the only one who feels this way.…
Dal Khalsa founder and patron Gajinder Singh Khalsa reportedly died of a heart attack in a Pakistan hospital on Thursday. He was 74 years old. Dal Khalsa has yet to confirm his death. He is survived by his daughter.Khalsa is One of the five members of the once banned organisation Dal Khalsa On September 29, 1981, they hijacked Air India flight IC-423, which had taken off from Palamu airport in Delhi for Srinagar. They hijacked the Air India plane, carrying 111 passengers and six crew members, and forced the plane to land in Lahore to demand the release of several…
Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.In the end, time has caught up with the British Conservative Party, and voters on Thursday delivered a vengeance to the party’s inability to escape its own record.Former premier Kwasi Kwateng said the slump was far worse than the chaos caused by his own disastrous 2022 “mini-budget” and had tarnished the party’s reputation on the economy. “It’s the whole party’s fault. It’s 14 years of fault.”Chancellor Rishi Sunak has tried to claim this election is “about the future”, but the political voice currently…
Luis Miguel Echegaray, ESPNJuly 5, 2024, 12:04 AMHOUSTON, Texas — On America’s Independence Day, Lionel Messi’s Argentina wanted to provide fireworks for their fans with a quarterfinal victory, but just like the 2022 World Cup final, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez was the hero, making two great saves to win a dramatic penalty shootout against Ecuador and secure a spot in the Copa America semifinals on Thursday night.Messi, who missed Argentina’s final group game against Peru because of a muscle injury, returned to the starting line-up and led the defending World Cup and Copa America champions to a victory over their South…