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Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine – At al-Nuwairi Hill, the closest point in Nuseirat to the al-Rashid coastal road, Ansaf Khadra sits on the ground with her family for the second consecutive day, waiting to be allowed to return to her home, or whatever is left of it, in northern Gaza. Ansaf, a mother of four, was one of thousands of displaced people in southern Gaza who immediately headed for al-Rashid on Sunday after the release of four Israeli captives as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal the day before. The plan was to head to al-Rashid and try…
Sheikh Mishaal Al -Ahmad Al -Jaber Al -Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, received Hamid Obaid Abu Shabas, head of the Emirates Accounting Agency ….
Lawmakers attend a National Assembly session in Islamabad on October 4, 2023. — INPLawmakers’ salaries, privileges hiked to Rs519,000 per month.NA speaker rejects demand to increase salaries to Rs1 million.Last increase in salaries was seven years ago, say sources.ISLAMABAD: Providing a major financial boost to parliamentarians, the National Assembly’s Finance Committee has approved a proposal to raise the salaries and privileges of Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) and senators to Rs519,000 per month, The News reported on Sunday.Parliamentary sources said that the NA committee held a meeting with the National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq before approving the increase in salaries…
The original “ELIZA” code running on an emulated CTSS system. — YouTube@RupertLaneThe world’s first chatbot “ELIZA” has just been resurrected from long-lost computer code by the scientists and it still works extremely well.These “software archaeologists” discovered defunct code that had been lost for 60 years and brought it back to life by using dusty printouts from MIT archives, reported Live Science. By MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum, ELIZA was developed in the 1960s and named after Eliza Doolittle, the protagonist of the play “Pygmalion,” who was taught how to speak like an aristocratic British woman.The researchers wrote in a paper posted…
An illustrative image showing a person using a cellphone. — AFP/FileConsultations have been held in different phases: PM’s coordinator.Rana Ihsaan Afzal highlights FIA’s shortcomings in addressing issue.Says new authority to have TORs, own rules and regulations.Amid concerns among various sections of society regarding the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (Peca), the federal government has ruled out any misuse of the law while assuring due process and debate on amending the contentious legislation.”[This law] will not be misused [and if it is] multiple forums will be available where [the misuse] can be identified and the law…
Pakistan’s cricket head coach Aaqib Javed speaks during a press conference at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on January 24, 2025. — AFPMULTAN: Head coach Aaqib Javed brushed aside criticism of Pakistan’s reliance on spin bowling as they seek a clean sweep against the West Indies in the second Test starting on Saturday.Pakistan completed a 127-run win inside three days in the opening Test, with spinners Sajid Khan taking nine wickets, Noman Ali six and Abrar Ahmed five for their third straight win at home. West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican also grabbed a career-best 7-32 as 34 of…
Holly Willoughby went through a tough year after a plot to kidnap and kill her TV presenter Holly Willoughby had a tough year after a plot to kidnap, rape and kill her was uncovered.Holly left This Morning in October 2023 after facing threats. Now, the TV presenter has returned for Netflix’s Celebrity Bear Hunt (alongside explorer Bear Grylls). Discussing the tough year, she told The Times of London: “There’s no way of sugar-coating it.”Describing her year of stepping back from public life, Willoughby said: “I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody at all — sometimes things go wrong, but…
A lady health worker administers polio drops to a child during a polio eradication campaign in Hyderabad. — Online/FileISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) has confirmed Pakistan’s 71st case of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) for 2024.The case involves a young male child from Jacobabad, Sindh, with the onset of symptoms reported on December 27, 2024. This confirmation marks the fifth reported polio case from Jacobabad alone, underscoring ongoing challenges in the fight against the disease despite repeated mass vaccination drives.The national tally for WPV1 cases in 2024 now stands at…
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits key military site as WHO chief denounces deadly attack on hospital in Darfur region.Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has visited the military’s headquarters in the capital Khartoum in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Accompanied by top military officials on Sunday, al-Burhan praised the “resilience and sacrifices” of soldiers who defended the army’s General Command for 20 months, vowing to “eradicate” the RSF and pursue its fighters “in every corner of Sudan”. He also hailed the continued operations by the…
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, “may God protect him”, received ….