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Listen to article In a landmark move, the Punjab Cabinet has approved the province’s first-ever Child Protection Policy, a significant step forward in institutionalizing children’s rights and welfare in the region. The policy was sanctioned during a cabinet meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, who has been credited with taking a personal interest in the initiative. Developed by the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) with technical support from UNICEF Pakistan, the policy outlines a comprehensive framework to prevent abuse, violence, and exploitation of children. It aims to establish an integrated system to ensure a safe and supportive environment for…
Geert Wilders, leader of the populist PVV, throws coalition government into crisis in row over immigration.Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has announced his decision to step down, just hours after far-right firebrand Geert Wilders withdrew support for the coalition government in a row over immigration. Wilders threw the government into crisis on Tuesday by announcing that his Party for Freedom (PVV) had pulled out of the right-wing coalition, because its three partners had failed to back his policies to crack down on asylum. “No signature under our asylum plans. The PVV leaves the coalition,” the PVV leader said in a…
An attendee wearing a cow costume while playing Mario Kart World by Nintendo Switch 2 during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, April 11, 2025. Isabel Infantes | ReutersNvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday talked up the capabilities of Nintendo’s new Switch 2, days before the long-awaited console is set to hit store shelves.In a video posted by Nintendo, Huang called the chip inside the Switch 2 “unlike anything we’ve built before.””It brings together three breakthroughs: The most advanced graphics ever in a mobile device, full hardware ray tracing, high…
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 30: An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 airplane departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Washington D.C. on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAlaska Airlines plans to start its first flights to Europe next year with nonstop service to Rome from Seattle.The Seattle-based carrier’s new route is enabled by its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines — and its fleet of long-haul jets — last year.Flights are set to begin next May and will go on sale this coming fall, Alaska said Tuesday.…
Jan Williamson, retired, age 72, of Penn Argyle, Pennsylvania, often finds herself chatting up ChatGPT for answers to questions instead of what used to be the old searching standby: Google.”It will give you plenty of basic information, and expanded information if you ask for it, on any topic you can think of. I now use it regularly to give me information on anything I don’t understand or am curious about,” said Williamson.But if Williamson engages in conversations with it that are too long, she’d notice ChatGPT might start to run out of gas, despite the massive data farms that power the…
A press conference on the 2nd Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange is held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing, capital of China, June 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — The second Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange will take place in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, from June 10 to 12, the State Council Information Office said at a press conference on Tuesday.Vice Minister of Science and Technology Chen Jiachang said that the conference, themed “Building the Innovation Silk Road for Shared Development: Working Together for…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that proportionality must be applied with discipline, care and sensitivity to context, especially in cases involving fundamental rights and human dignity. In a service matter involving a sub-inspector, the apex court stressed that the principle of proportionality offers a structured framework for judicial review of administrative actions. The four-page judgment, authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, explained that the principle of proportionality provides a structured framework for judicial review of administrative actions. “Developed across various constitutional jurisdictions, it involves a four-step test: (i) the measure must pursue a legitimate aim; (ii) be suitable…
After Sudan’s army recaptured the national capital region of Khartoum in March, tens of thousands of people returned to check on their homes and reunite with loved ones. The joy of returning was tempered by the shock of seeing the damage caused during nearly two years under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group that has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), recognised by many Sudanese and the UN as the de facto authority in Sudan, since April 2023. In a region whose hospitals and food and medicine stores had been systematically plundered by the…
DETROIT — Ford Motor on Tuesday reported a 16.3% year-over-year U.S. sales increase for May, as the automaker continues an employee pricing program amid rising tariff costs and vehicle price increases.Sales for the Detroit automaker were led by a 17.2% increase in its vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines, as well as a roughly 29% jump in hybrid models. Those gains offset a 25% drop in sales of all-electric vehicles — notably its electric F-150 — compared to May 2024.May marked the third consecutive year-over-over, double-digit sales increase for the automaker, led the past two months by its employee pricing…
Listen to article Seven terrorists allegedly affiliated with the Indian-backed group Fitna al Hindustan were killed in two separate operations in Balochistan on June 2, 2025. An intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted in the general area of Mach, Kachhi District, on the reported presence of Fitna al Hindustan terrorists, according to a statement issued by the military’s media wing on Tuesday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “their troops effectively engaged the Fitna al Hindustan terrorists’ location, and after an intense fire exchange, five Indian sponsored terrorists were sent to hell”. In another IBO conducted in the general area of Margand, Kalat…