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Tomorrow, Monday, in all emirates of the state, the summer programs of the Al -Watan Fund will start in its third edition this year and will continue until July 31 …
Rescue workers search for victims under the rubble after a five-story residential building collapsed in Karachi on July 04, 2025. — INP26 bodies pulled from rubble of collapsed building.Three people undergoing treatment at hospital.Authorities estimate up to 10-12 people to be trapped.KARACHI: The search and rescue operation continued through the night into Saturday, as teams worked for a second day to find survivors and recover bodies from the debris of the five-storey residential building that collapsed in the Lyari’s Baghdadi area a day earlier. The decades old building located in the densely populated Karachi neighbourhood that housed over 40 people in…
India’s Neeraj Chopra in action during the men’s javelin on June 24, 2025. — Reuters Olympic javelin star Neeraj Chopra headlined what was billed as India’s inaugural world-class field competition on Saturday, living up to his goal of elevating domestic talent while also walking away with another gold medal.Chopra, who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and silver at the 2024 Paris Games, triumphed with a throw of 86.18 meters at the 12-athlete javelin Neeraj Chopra Classic event. He finished ahead of former world champion Julius Yego (silver) and Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage (bronze).”The biggest target of the competition was…
Lena Dunham talks about ‘Girls’ and its lack of diversityLena Dunham acknowledges diversity criticism for ‘Girls’Lena Dunham, an American actress and star of the HBO television series Girls, recently addressed the criticism the show received for its lack of diversity. In a recent interview with The Independent, Dunham said, “I think one of the profound issues around Girls was that there was so little real estate for women in television [then] that if you had a show called Girls, which is such a monolithic name, it sounds like it’s describing all the girls in all the places.”“And so if it’s…
The latest salvo in EU-China trade tensions covers a wide range of healthcare supplies, from surgical masks to X-ray machines, that represent a market worth 150 billion euros in the EU. — AFP/FileTensions between Beijing and Brussels rising.EU bans Chinese firms from medical device tenders.China imposes up to 34.9% duties on EU brandy. China’s finance ministry said on Sunday it was restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union that exceed 45 million yuan ($6.3 million) in value, in retaliation to Brussels’ own curbs last month.Tensions between Beijing and Brussels have been rising, with the European Union imposing…
Afghans given Sunday deadline amid concerns over security after conflict with Israel, but humanitarian groups warn that mass deportations could further destabilise Afghanistan.Millions of Afghan migrants and refugees in Iran have been asked to leave or face arrest as a deadline set by the government comes to an end. Sunday’s target date neared amid public concerns over security in the aftermath of the 12-day conflict with Israel, which the United States joined with air strikes on Iran’s uranium-enrichment facilities. But humanitarian organisations warned that mass deportations could further destabilise Afghanistan, one of the world’s most impoverished nations. Iran is home…
The Dubai Police General Command urged the need to be cautious and cautious …
Mourners participate in Muharram 9 procession at MA Jinnah road in Karachi on July 5, 2025. — PPIPresident, PM pay tribute to Karbala martyrs. Security high alert during Ashura processions.Cellular services remain shut in different cities.KARACHI/LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, is being observed across the country today with religious devotion and solemnity, in remembrance of the supreme sacrifice made by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his devoted companions in Karbala.The day marks the undeterred resilience of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) grandson, Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), his family and devoted companions who all fought to uphold Islam amid opposition and…
A swimmer dives in into the River Seine in Paris, France on July 5, 2025. — AFPPARIS: Parisians rushed for a dip in the Seine after authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923 after an extensive clean-up operation spurred on by it being used last year as a venue in the Paris Olympics.Three sites along the banks of the Seine in the city will be able to welcome over 1,000 swimmers daily until August 31, local officials said, to the delight of the Parisians and visitors who were among the first to take the…
Lena Dunham talks about which scenes she felt embarrassed to writeLena Dunham just revealed she finds it “embarrassing” that she hasn’t written many happy scenes in her twenties. The 39-year-old is best known for the hit Girls, which sketched a brutally honest picture of twentysomethings growing up and dating in New York City. Now, as she prepares to show a new side of herself in the latest creation, Too Much, a romantic comedy series, she explained to The Sunday Times of how far her writing has come in contrast to Girls: “It’s interesting – when I am reminded of the…