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Listen to article Pakistan has recorded three deaths from Congo virus on Thursday, with two fatalities reported in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and one in Karachi, Express News reported. The latest victim in Sindh was a 25-year-old fisherman from Ibrahim Hyderi, while the K-P toll includes patients from Karak and North Waziristan. According to health officials, Muhammad Zubair, a resident of Malir district, first exhibited symptoms including high fever, muscle pain, abdominal discomfort, coughing, diarrhea, bleeding, and loss of consciousness on June 16. He was admitted to Jinnah Hospital, where doctors suspected Congo virus infection. Due to the lack of specialized treatment facilities, he…

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at the Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. April 8, 2025. Rebecca Noble | ReutersThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security has put new restrictions on visits by members of Congress to immigration enforcement field offices after several episodes where Democratic lawmakers have been refused access or even arrested.The new guidelines, dated this month, also say Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a DHS agency, has sole discretion over whether to deny or cancel a tour of an ICE detention center by a member of Congress.Senators and representatives in…

Listen to article Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight, as a week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an exit strategy from either side. Following the strike that damaged the Soroka medical centre in Israel’s southern city of Beersheba, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran’s “tyrants” would pay the “full price”. “Are we targeting the downfall of the regime? That may be a result, but it’s up to the Iranian people to rise for their freedom,” Netanyahu said. “Freedom requires these subjugated people to rise up, and it’s…

ISLAMABAD: An 11-member constitutional bench (CB) of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, on Wednesday raised questions about the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) becoming a party to the reserved seats review case. Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan told Salman Akram Raja, the lawyer for PTI leader Kanwal Shauzab, that he had joined the proceedings of the main case in the apex court as an intervener, because the PTI was neither the party to the case nor a respondent. Earlier, in his arguments, Raja presented history of the case before the court. On that Justice Khan said that the bench had…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday approved the construction of the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway (M-6) at a cost of Rs395 billion — up by 138% — and set up a ministerial panel to find credible funding sources, bringing the project back in the public sector financing mode. The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), in a meeting chaired by the Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, approved 10 different development projects, including the 306-kilometer-long Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway. The CDWP has referred the motorway project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for final approval. It is the fourth time that the motorway project has…

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo.Dado Ruvic | ReutersGoogle is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age AI tools, according to a person who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Google confirmed to CNBC that it relies on its vault of YouTube videos to train its AI models, but the…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference following the issuance of the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 18, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | ReutersPresident Donald Trump ripped into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, calling him “destructive,” after the central bank kept interest rates steady on Wednesday.Trump said “Too Late” Powell is costing the United States “hundreds of billions of dollars” by not cutting rates, leveling a familiar criticism against the Fed chair who has repeatedly ignored Trump’s pressure campaign to cut rates.”We should be 2.5 Points lower, and save $BILLIONS on all…

Customers visit a shopping mall in Liangjiang New Area, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, June 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) — Ushering in the summer shopping season in high gear, China’s “618” shopping festival — originally launched around June 18 but now spanning several weeks — has highlighted a broader shift toward upgraded, quality-driven consumption.As of Wednesday midnight, e-commerce giant JD.com reported over 2.2 billion orders across its online, delivery, and offline channels, with the number of customers who placed orders more than doubling year on year. Peer platform Tmall also saw record engagement, with 453 brands each generating…

ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was honoured to meet Field Marshal Asim Munir in an unprecedented White House meeting and credited him for being instrumental in stopping the war between Pakistan and India. Trump’s lunch with Field Marshal Asim Munir represented a major boost in US-Pakistan ties, which had largely languished under Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden, as both assiduously courted India as part of efforts to push back against China. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office following the meeting, Trump said the discussion touched on several key regional issues, including Iran. “They know…

This photo taken on June 19, 2025 shows a view of Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue for the 9th China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The 9th China-South Asia Expo opened on Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, drawing representatives from 73 countries, regions and international organizations, as well as more than 2,500 enterprises. The six-day event has brought together all South and Southeast Asian nations, featuring 16 exhibition halls, nearly 70 percent of which are dedicated to professional sectors such as manufacturing, green energy, the coffee industry, and traditional…