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January 13, 2025

Punjab unveils budget exceeding Rs5tr for fiscal year 2025–26
Punjab unveils budget exceeding Rs5tr for fiscal year 2025–26 LAHORE: Finance Minister Punjab Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman presented the province’s Rs5, 335 billion budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. Before the assembly session, Punjab Chief Minister Mam Nawaz approved the provincial budget. The opposition lawmakers staged a protest inside the assembly, gathering in front of…
Flash flooding kills 5 in West Virginia, rescue teams searching for missing people
Flash flooding caused by torrential rains killed five people in northern West Virginia and rescue crews were searching for three other people who were missing Sunday as authorities assessed damage to roads, bridges, natural gas lines and other infrastructure. Officials said 2.5 to 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County…
Security forces kill five Indian-sponsored terrorists in KP
Security forces kill five Indian-sponsored terrorists in KP RAWALPINDI: At least five terrorists belonging to Indian proxy were killed in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence based operation was conducted by the security forces in Peshawar District, on reported presence of Indian sponsored Khwarij. During…
Japan and UK to sign memorandum for nuclear fusion collaboration
LONDON/TOKYO — Japan and the U.K. will collaborate on nuclear fusion, an unrealized new power generation technology, to achieve a viable demonstration by the 2030s, Nikkei has learned. They will combine the U.K.’s remote-controlled robot technology with Japan’s general manufacturing capabilities to develop this new technology. Hiroshi Masuko, senior official from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture,…
Britain’s MI6 spy agency gets its first female chief
OTTAWA, Ontario — Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond. MI6 has appointed its first female chief. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that Blaise Metreweli will be the next head of the U.K.’s foreign intelligence agency, and the first woman to hold the post since its founding in 1909. She is…
Two friends drown at Hawke’s Bay
Two friends drown at Hawke’s Bay KARACHI: At least three friends drowned while swimming in the sea at Hawke’s Bay, rescue officials reported. The friends had gone swimming yesterday when they were caught in strong waves. Two of them tragically lost their lives. The group had been staying at hut No. 40 when the incident…
RFK Jr.’s food agenda finds appeal across partisan lines, but vaccines are a different story
New polling about Health and Human Services Secret Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and elements of his policy agenda shows how his “Make America Healthy Again” push doesn’t break down along the same neat partisan lines as some other issues, creating some political vulnerability and some opportunity. A significant majority of U.S. adults support using vaccines…
How Trump went from opposing Israel’s strikes on Iran to reluctant support
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had opposed Israeli milit action against Iran, favoring negotiations over bombing. But in the days before the strikes began, he became convinced that Israel’s heightened anxiety over Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities was warranted. After a pivotal briefing from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Dan…