The director of Fjord takes the ‘risky position’ of moderator

Cristian Mungiu's sixth feature, Fjord, concerns a family on trial. They seem like good people, God-fearing. They've just moved from Romania to a small hamlet nestled in the fjords of rural Norway. There is Mamma (Renate Reinsve), Tata (a bald and bespectacle…

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Closure of Riyadh airport extended after deadly Houthi strike

The airport has been shut since an attack on Saturday that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300, the deadliest in the kingdom in more than a decade. On Sunday, another attack killed one Pakistani and injured nearly a dozen others

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LUMS workshop pushes power sector indigenisation

Stakeholders develop roadmap to boost local manufacturing and cut imports

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Punjab Agriculture Minister, secretary and PSMA congratulate new body of Agriculture Journalists Association

Zahid Ameer Baig elected president unopposed for two-year term

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Pakistan, IMF reaffirm commitment to macroeconomic stability

The Finance Minister highlighted improved investor confidence, sovereign credit rating upgrades and renewed access to international capital markets

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FinMin Aurangzeb reaffirms support for V20's climate finance agenda

The Finance Minister appreciated the V20's support in developing Pakistan's Climate Prosperity Plan and identifying bankable projects to attract climate finance

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Rear Admiral Shifaat Ali Khan promoted as Vice Admiral

Commissioned in 1993, Khan has held key command and staff appointments and is currently serving as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) and Director General C4I

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Who are the violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank?

In the weeks and months following Hamas’s brutal October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and Israel’s devastating campaign in Gaza that followed, the world’s attention turned away from the West Bank.  Over the past three years, however, the situation in the Israel…

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UPDATE: DITKA DEAD AT 86...

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Disney Plus will stream Super Bowl LXI

Next year's Super Bowl is headed to Disney Plus. On Wednesday, Disney announced that viewers will be able to tune in to Super Bowl LXI on its streaming service when the game kicks off on February 14th, 2027. Disney Plus subscribers in the US will see the same…

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Pakistan calls for immediate de-escalation of Ukraine conflict

Speaking at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Acting Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Usman Jadoon urged both sides to exercise restraint and recommit to dialogue to achieve an early and lasting end to hostilities

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PM Shehbaz calls for comprehensive strategy to combat diabetes

The Prime Minister emphasises that prioritizing disease prevention alongside treatment is essential to tackling the growing health challenge posed by diabetes

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Saudi-led coalition says destroyed more than 100 Houthi targets

The conflict between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognised government reignited in July and has since spilled over into the neighbouring kingdom

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Is this the cure for Alzheimer’s?

The videos are astonishing. In one scene, a senior Chinese woman appears lost in the wilderness of dementia, unable to answer basic questions; in the next, she seems to be lucidly chatting and shucking beans for dinner. By all appearances, years of cognitive …

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What if making your neighborhood safer means breaking the rules?

Jonathan Hale was ready to lay down his paint rollers. Hale, a law student turned viral road safety advocate, had run into legal trouble for painting his own DIY crosswalks across some of Los Angeles’s most dangerous intersections. In a meeting with LA Mayor …

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