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PM Shehbaz Sharif (right) speaks as PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari looks on. — AFP/FileThe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) accepted all of the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) demands on the canals project during high-stakes talks between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad.The breakthrough came as both sides held critical talks on Thursday amid escalating political tensions and widespread unrest in Sindh over the federal government’s “controversial” plan to divert six new canals from the Indus River.During the meeting, Bilawal was joined by senior PPP leaders, including Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The meeting comes…
President Putin and President Trump held meeting in Germany in 2017. — Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump turned his criticism on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday after Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, saying “Vladimir, STOP!””I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing,” Trump wrote in a social media post a day after saying Ukraine’s leader was hampering peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.When asked about the Russian strikes on Kyiv at a briefing earlier on Thursday, Kremlin…
‘Thunderbolts*’ director explains how it is different from other MCU filmsRecent Marvel films have more to do with multiversal themes, but the upcoming Thunderbolts*, which its director Jake Schreier teases, is more grounded.During an interview with GamesRadar+, he said, “When [screenwriter] Eric Pearson came up with it with Brian Chapek, I think one of the original versions was kind of like a Die Hard thing.””Or it was all going to take place in this vault, and getting out of it, which would have been a very cool thing. So I think in the DNA of the film, it was always a…
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s personal creases have started taking their tollRoyal biographer Hugo Vickers recently sat down on the The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show and expressed his sentiments towards the Sussexes, as well as their ‘consistent’ brushes with ‘crisis’.He started by saying, “I think they’re always at a crisis point, because they’ve left the Royal Family.”Because, while “The Royal Family are working for the United Kingdom commonwealth,” they have “taken the celebrity route” which, in essence means they need to “completely reinvent themselves” throughout to keep themselves in the public eye, favorably. Thus, because “they’re always changing direction, therefore they…
There is no other way to say it. The American university as the United States has known it since the 1960s is at an end. The spate of college closings and consolidations that began 15 years ago is certain to increase over the next few years. Overall college enrolments peaked in 2010, but have fallen consistently since then, as the cost of college, the COVID-19 pandemic and other trends have curtailed students from attending higher education institutions. But with the recent crackdowns against protests on college campuses, the anti-DEI climate and the US government’s persecution of foreign students, American universities…
Nawaf Salam praised the role of the UAE in promoting stability in the region and its contributions in supporting Lebanon and its stability, stressing at the same time the need for Syria to stabilize in a way that is reflected in the countries of the region.
Federal ministers including DPM Ishaq Dar are addressing a press conference in Islamabad on April 24, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo NewsDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar urged India on Thursday to share evidence with the global community if Pakistan was involved in the Pahalgam attack.Addressing a press conference alongside Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and other ministers, Dar said Pakistan has evidence and intelligence that some foreigners arrived in Srinagar with weapons.“Indian intelligence agencies have kept these people in Srinagar,” he added.The foreign minister said the Indian spy agencies were supporting the foreigners who “are trying to export IEDs…
This representative image shows a Long March-8 rocket, carrying the relay satellite Queqiao-2 for Earth-Moon communications, blasts off at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, China March 20, 2024. — Reuters.BEIJING: China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday, in its 15th crewed spaceflight and the 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started over three decades ago.The spacecraft Shenzhou-20 and the crew lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 5:17pm (0917 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV.State news agency Xinhua reported soon afterwards…
Meghan Markle makes surprising confession amid ongoing criticism Meghan Markle made an unexpected admission about her recent projects, including her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, lifestyle brand As Ever, and podcast Confessions of a Female Founder.In a latest interview, the Duchess of Sussex admitted she made mistake while launching three projects back-to-back.However, Meghan emphasized on the importance of giving herself space to make mistakes as she noted that parenthood helps her maintain perspective on professional challenges.Speaking at the TIME100 Summit, Meghan talked of her busy 18 months during which she juggled multiple ventures. “There were three projects that we were…
Russia has pounded Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with missiles and drones, killing at least eight people in the biggest air attack on the city this year. Seven other regions were also attacked, Ukraine said. Rescue operations were still under way early Thursday morning to find bodies under the rubble of the overnight attack. Russia fired at least 70 missiles and 145 drones at Ukraine between late Wednesday and early Thursday, the main target being Kyiv, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Of the 215 projectiles, 112 were “confirmed to have been shot down”, it wrote on Telegram. Through the night, rescue workers…