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Residents gather, after tourists, who were on a picnic, were swept away by overflowing floodwaters in the Swat River, in Swat Valley in Pakistan June 27, 2025. — ReutersAdministration negligence, mining blamed for disaster.No timely alerts issued before deadly water surge.Illegal mining altered Swat River’s natural watercourse. SWAT: As the death toll from the Swat River tragedy rose to 12, questions have emerged over administrative lapses, illegal riverbed mining, and delayed rescue operations that may have worsened the disaster.The incident occurred on Friday when 17 members of a family from Sialkot were swept away by a sudden surge in the…
Representational image of a hacker. — AFP FileWASHINGTON: Iran-linked hackers have threatened to disclose more emails stolen from President Donald Trump’s circle, after distributing a prior batch to the media ahead of the 2024 US election.In online chats with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers – using the pseudonym “Robert” – claimed they had around 100 gigabytes of emails taken from accounts belonging to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan, Trump adviser Roger Stone, and adult film actress-turned-Trump critic Stormy Daniels. Robert mentioned they might sell the data but offered no clear details about…
Cabin hostess Anna Orszulik stands in front of a VistaJet Global 7500 business jet at the Henderson Executive Airport during the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Henderson, Nevada, US, October 12, 2021. — ReutersCountries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on wealthy air passengers to help poorer nations respond to climate change, the French presidency said.The coalition, which also brings together Somalia, Benin, Sierra Leone and Antigua and Barbuda, said it would work to increase the number of countries taxing plane tickets, including business-class travel, and private jets. The…
Rosie O’Donnell roasts Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez’s Venice weddingRosie O’Donnell is going unfiltered on Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s high-profile wedding.The comedian took to Instagram on Monday with alleged photos of the former journalist’s appearance before and after cosmetic work. “The BEZOS wedding,” Rosie began in her post, calling out the “billionaires” who gathered for the nuptials “in the gross excess of it all.” Rosie claimed that the multimillion wedding also “turned [her] stomach.”“Is Oprah friends with Jeff Besos [sic] really — how is that possible,” the “View” alum, 63, continued.O’Donnell claimed the Amazon founder “treats his employees with disdain”…
The Brazilian side advance to face either Manchester City or Al Hilal in a quarterfinal on Friday.Fluminense have reached the Club World Cup quarterfinals with a stunning 2–0 win over Inter Milan as German Cano’s early goal and Hercules’s stoppage-time strike toppled the Champions League runners-up. Fluminense struck after three minutes when Cano pounced on a deflected cross and headed in from close range, putting the ball through goalkeeper Yann Sommer’s legs for a dream start in the sweltering heat in Charlotte, North Carolina, the US on Monday. The Brazilian side nearly doubled the lead in the 30th minute, when…
A number of schools announced the start of implementing support lessons for second round students, in preparation for the repetition tests, which constitute the last opportunity to achieve success in the academic year 2024-2025. Schools explained in circulars on their digital platforms, that the academic support classes will start on Tuesday, starting from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm, stressing the need to adhere to the attendance to all students in the various levels Review, installation and psychological readiness. I stressed
Highway being built by the BRO passes by the confluence of the Indus and Zanskhar rivers in the Ladakh region, India. — Reuters/FilePakistan asks India to fulfill IWT obligations “faithfully”. FO says PCA ruling came after India’s illegal announcement.”Award vindicates India has no right to take unilateral action.” ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called on India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), which it has held in abeyance since May, and to fully and faithfully honour its treaty obligations after the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued a “supplemental award” in the case.“In a supplemental award…
Alcatraz Island is seen in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, US, October 5, 2017. — ReutersUS President Donald Trump will visit a migrant detention center this week in a reptile-infested Florida swamp dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the White House said Monday.Trump will attend the opening of the 5,000-bed facility — located at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades wetlands — on Tuesday, part of his expansion of deportations of undocumented migrants, his spokeswoman said. “The facility is in the heart of the Everglades and will be informally known as Alligator Alcatraz,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.”There is only one…
Nelly and wife Ashanti share how they parent differentlyand his wife Ashanti are opening up about their parenting styles as they raise their first child together.The couple, who feature in Peacock’s new reality series Nelly and Ashanti: We Belong Together, got candid about their different approaches. “For me, obviously this is my first child,” Ashanti, 43, shared with People Magazine. She described herself as “very mama bear-ish” with 11-month-old son KK, whose full name is Kareem Kenkaide Haynes.”We have to boil everything and sanitise everything. Everything has to be organic. His sheets are organic, his socks, food-grade silicone, everything,” the…
US Treasury says it removed 518 Syrian individuals and entities from its list of sanctions after president’s decree.Washington, DC – United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle a web of sanctions against Syria, a move that will likely unlock investments in the country more than six months after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Trump’s decree on Monday offers sanction relief to “entities critical to Syria’s development, the operation of its government, and the rebuilding of the country’s social fabric”, the US Treasury said in a statement. The Syrian government has been under heavy US…