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Listen to article BAJAUR: Maulana Khan Zeb, former National Assembly candidate of the Awami National Party (ANP) from Bajaur, and two others were tragically shot dead by unidentified assailants at Shindai Mor, just a few steps from the headquarters of Khar Tehsil, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on Thursday. The attack also claimed the life of his police security officer, Sepahi Sher Zada, and another person, while three others sustained serious injuries. The injured individuals have been identified as Dr Tariq, Shahsawar, and Osman, all of whom are currently receiving medical treatment. According to the police, Zeb was campaigning for the Bajaur Pasoon when the attack…

A worker prepares orders at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center.Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDaphnee Poteau, a Haitian who came to the U.S in 2023, began working for Amazon last year at a returns center in Indianapolis. While packing up boxes, she met her husband Kristopher Vincent, who’s been at the site, known as IND8, since 2013.Last month, Poteau was contacted by the Department of Homeland Security, after the Trump administration canceled humanitarian immigration programs that allowed participants to live and work legally in the U.S. for two years while applying for permanent status.A notice from DHS told Poteau that her…

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s budget chief on Thursday said that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell “has grossly mismanaged the Fed” and suggested he had misled Congress about a pricey and “ostentatious” renovation of the central bank’s headquarters.The broadside by Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought opened up a new front in Trump’s war of words against Powell.Trump has repeatedly called on the Fed chairman to cut interest rates, without success. He reportedly…

Listen to article LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has offered an opportunity for the 26 suspended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) to present their case on Friday in his chamber, under Article 10-A of the Constitution. The MPAs had been suspended by Khan due to their disruptive, abusive, and violative conduct during a session of the Assembly. The decision comes after they caused a ruckus and chanted indecent slogans during Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s speech on June 16. Opposition Leader Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar confirmed to The Express Tribune that consultations with their legal…

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesMicrosoft’s Outlook email service malfunctioned for several hours Wednesday and Thursday, prompting some people to post on social media about the inability to reach their virtual mailboxes.The issue began at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, according to a dashboard the software company maintains. It affected Outlook.com as well as Outlook mobile apps and desktop programs. At 12:21 ET the Microsoft 365 Status account posted that it was rolling out a fix.”Our configuration changes have effectively resolved impact in targeted infrastructure. We’re now deploying the changes worldwide to resolve impact for all users,” Microsoft said in…

Listen to article RAWALPINDI: The military top brass strongly asserted that decisive and holistic actions at all levels are imperative to combat Indian-backed and sponsored terrorist proxies across the country. “It is imperative to take decisive and holistic actions at all levels against the Indian backed and sponsored proxies,” the forum asserted. Field Marshal Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir chaired the 271st Corps Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Thursday, wherein key security issues and regional threats were discussed, according to the military’s media wing. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the forum stated that,…

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tim Goessman | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expanding its robotaxi service area and bringing xAI’s Grok to vehicles as it rolled out a new iteration of the artificial intelligence chatbot.Shares gained about 3%.Musk said on X that Grok, his AI chatbot that praised Adolf Hitler and posted a barrage of antisemitic comments recently, will be available in Tesla vehicles “next week at the latest.”xAI officially launched the Grok 4 update overnight as…

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSpace startup Varda announced on Thursday that it has raised $187 million in Series C funding, led by venture capital firms Natural Capital and Shrug Capital, to continue advancing drug manufacturing in space.The latest round included participation from Peter Thiel, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures and Caffeinated Capital. It brought the total capital Varda’s raised to $329 million.”By expanding, we can support work on more complex molecules and ultimately increase cadence to achieve the turnaround times the pharmaceutical industry expects,” Chief Science Officer Adrian Radocea said in a press release Thursday.Varda’s main mission is to launch…

* Held in the birthplace of Confucius, the town of Nishan, Qufu, in east China’s Shandong Province, the Nishan Forum on World Civilizations brings together scholars and political leaders to explore how diverse civilizations can collaborate for a shared future.* The 11th edition of this forum, themed “Beauty in Diversity: Nurturing Understanding Among Civilizations for Global Modernization,” emphasizes the importance of respecting the diversity of civilizations, particularly from a Confucian perspective.* Sun Chunlan, president of the International Confucian Association, said that different countries and ethnic groups have developed unique forms of civilization, and there are no superior or inferior civilizations.…

Listen to article Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has unveiled a plan to relocate all Palestinians in Gaza to a tightly controlled camp built on the ruins of Rafah, that could amount to crimes against humanity. According to a report by Israeli publication Haaretz, Katz said he had instructed the Israeli military to prepare for what he called a “humanitarian city” in Rafah. Palestinians would be subjected to “security screening” before entry and barred from leaving the site, he said during a briefing with Israeli journalists. Meanwhile, at least 35 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since dawn, hospital sources told Al Jazeera…