KARACHI: With the arrival of 2025, the deplorable state of Karachi’s water supply system has come to the fore as three consecutive incidents of damage to the bulk water lines have perpetuated a shortage of water across most areas of the city. Mohsin Raza, General Secretary of the People’s Labour Union of the Karachi Water…
The former ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday lost another senior leader as former planning minister Asad Umar announced that he quit politics, resigning from the party’s basic membership. Earlier, Umar had resigned as the PTI secretary general following the May 9 riots. In a post on social microblogging website X, the former minister wrote,…
To attend the return of Batsheva Dance Company to the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Thursday was to have your attention split in several ways. First was the split between the acts of theater happening inside BAM and those happening outside it. Batsheva is the most prominent dance company in Israel. Because of that, and…
Music has the power to transport us to a specific moment in time, and 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of some of the most iconic songs from the mid-2010s. These tracks didn’t just dominate the charts—they became a huge part of pop culture, shaping the music landscape for years to come. Who can forget the…
House Republicans have been told by their party’s leadership to avoid town halls after Democrats and others began to seize on the events to vent frustration with the Trump administration. Representative Victoria Spartz, a third-term Republican from suburban Indianapolis, decided not to heed the warning this weekend — and was met with fury over cuts…
By that point, Hospitality Holdings had expanded to include its first restaurant, Madison & Vine, an American bistro and wine bar in the Library Hotel on Madison Avenue at East 41st Street, as well as Bookmarks, a rooftop lounge at the hotel. The company was bringing in $20 million a year, according to an article…
MELBOURNE: Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout was upstaged Saturday by compatriot Lachlan Kennedy in a pulsating men’s 200m in Melbourne on Saturday. Kennedy held off a fast-finishing Gout to produce a personal best time of 20.26 seconds in front of a lively 10,000-strong crowd at the Maurie Plant Meet. The 17-year-old Gout, who was born…
Eric Schmieman worked for 15 years on the modern engineering equivalent of the Great Pyramid — building a giant protective shield for a damaged reactor at Chernobyl that would protect the world from further fallout from the worst ever nuclear disaster. The steel shell, slid into place over Reactor No. 4 on railroad tracks in…
Listen to article Pakistan’s cricket team has been penalised for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first ODI against New Zealand, resulting in a 10% fine on their match fees. Match referee imposed the penalty after Pakistan fell two overs short of the required rate, in accordance with International Cricket Council (ICC) regulations. The match, played on…
Listen to article Shardul Thakur’s brilliant bowling and Nicholas Pooran’s explosive batting guided Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to a dominant win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Thursday. LSG won the toss and opted to field first, a decision that quickly paid off as Thakur struck early. He removed Abhishek Sharma…