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Rescue efforts are underway at the accident site near Fateh Jang where a bus overturned on December 30, 2024. — ReporterBus was travelling from Bahawalpur to Islamabad.Ill-fated vehicle met accident on M-14 motorway.Motorway Police spox blames driver’s negligence.ISLAMABAD: At least 10 people were killed after a bus met an accident and overturned on the M-14 Motorway near Fateh Jang, the Motorway Police said on Monday.Seven people have been injured in the accident caused by the driver’s negligence, said the Motorway Police spokesperson. The ill-fated bus was travelling from Bahawalpur to Islamabad. The bodies, along with the wounded, have been shifted…

Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla, South Korea on December 29, 2024. — ReutersSEOUL: As South Korea observes seven days of national mourning the investigators are probing the Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash which killed 179 passengers and crew members apart from the two flight attendants who survived the fiery crash.The plane, Boeing 737-800, was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it made a mayday call and belly-landing before crashing into a barrier and bursting into flames. As authorities look into what caused…

‘Squid Game’ creator unveils big plansSquid Game creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, who recently declared that third season will serve as the last of the series, confirmed that Netflix has big plans for the franchise.Hwang Dong-hyuk, the series director, writer, and executive produce, hinted at a spin-off in future, while speaking to The Wrap. “I know Netflix has a plan,” Hwang said, adding that the streaming giant is “not going to throw this idea away”.“Though one thing is certainly clear,”, the creator said, assuring, “Season 3 is not going to be the end of the ‘Squid Game’ universe.”Earlier, the showrunner during an…

Sofi Manassyan celebrates major achievement with deep gratitudeSofi Manassyan is “grateful” as she achieved a major “accomplishment” in her life.Taking to her Instagram handle, the 17-year-old YouTuber celebrated her new milestone of five million subscribers on the video-sharing platform. “5 million followers on YouTube. Just this July, we celebrated 1M, and I did not think we would get here so soon,” Kazakhstan-born American YouTuber began the lengthy post.She further wrote, “I’m incredibly grateful for each and every one of you who helped in this journey. So grateful for my amazing team, my family, and my friends for their support and…

SpaceX’s final 2024 mission begins with first rocket launch SpaceX kicked off its countdown to the New Year with the launch of the first of three planned rockets to conclude 2024. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 satellites took off on Saturday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.The launch, which took place at 8:48 PM from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), successfully placed the satellites into low Earth orbit around 65 minutes later, as reported by Space.com.With two more launches still on the schedule, this launch marked SpaceX’s 132nd Falcon launch of 2024. The upcoming missions include a…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Joint investigation unit requests arrest warrant for suspended president over brief imposition of martial law.South Korean authorities have requested an arrest warrant for suspended President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law. South Korea’s Joint Investigation Headquarters said on Monday that it sought Yoon’s arrest on insurrection and abuse of power charges. The joint investigative team, comprised of officials from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the police and the Ministry of Defence, said it sought the arrest warrant after the impeached leader ignored three summonses to appear for questioning. A court will…

Sharjah: “Al Khaleej” concluded the work of the first session of “Gulf Bridges – Youth Leadership Programme,” which was organized by “Sharjah Youth” and “Sajaya Girls of Sharjah,” affiliated with the “Quarter Century Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators,” under the generous patronage of its president, the wife of His Highness. Ruler of Sharjah, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, with the participation of 40 young men and women from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The participants visited a wheat farm in the Maliha region, in an exceptional tour that came from the organizers’ keenness to provide the…

A view of massive traffic jam on main artery Sharea Faisal due to sit-in protest in Karachi on December 29, 2024. —OnlineAfter Kurram jirga decision, sit-ins should end: govt spokesperson Sindh govt asks MWM to move sit-ins to road outside press club.Sit-ins against Parachinar killings continue at 14 locations in Karachi.As protest sit-ins by the religious-political party Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) continued in parts of Karachi over deadly tensions in Parachinar, the Sindh government on Sunday appealed to religious scholars to help end the demonstrations.”[A] jirga has decided on the Kurram issue […] now the protest sit-ins in Karachi should end,” Sindh…

Former US President Jimmy Carter delivers a lecture on the eradication of the Guinea worm, at the House of Lords in London, Britain February 3, 2016. — ReutersJimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as US president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, the Carter Center said. He was 100.“My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and…

Barry Keoghan gets honest about his acting choicesBarry Keoghan is known for his versatile characters as he explained his approach to the roles he takes.During an interview with Hello! Magazine, the Batman star opened up about doing storylines, which he did not have much idea about. “It’s going to affect me on a human level, but also elevate me as an actor,” he said, admitting he never understand his 2024’s Bird’s plot.“There wasn’t a script. Still never seen a script,” adding, “I didn’t know what this movie was about until I saw it at Cannes.”“I was like, ‘It’s about a…