WASHINGTON: After Pyongyang’s firing of a long-range missile escalated tensions just days before the US election, the United States reported on Thursday that up to 8,000 North Korean troops had reached Russia’s border region with Ukraine and were prepared for combat. Russia has not hosted foreign troops on its soil in more than a century, and President Vladimir Putin has brought in troops from North Korea in order to take advantage of his relentless invasion of Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated, citing US intelligence, that approximately 8,000 of the 10,000 North Korean troops believed to be in Russia…
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WASHINGTON: On Thursday, sexist remarks that he made at a campaign rally caused a storm. These remarks were the latest in a long line of lewd and sexist remarks about women made by Trump and his aides. Trump recalled his position on abortion on Wednesday, saying, “I want to protect the women of our country… whether the women like it or not.” Women across the political spectrum, led by his rival for the White House, Kamala Harris, condemned the remarks. Days before an election that experts say could be more gender-based than ever before, with Trump performing strongly among male…
MOSCOW: In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Google removed Russian state-run and government YouTube channels, resulting in a staggering fine of 20 trillion rubles ($2.5 trillion). To put it another way, the nation will issue Google a bill totaling $2.5 trillion trillion trillion. That amount, when written out completely, is $2,500,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, claimed that the enormous sum, which he was unable to pronounce, was symbolic. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Google owes Russia a 36-figure sum for breaking the country’s administrative offences code by preventing YouTube channels from being…
LHOKSEUMAWE: Local officials reported that on Thursday, human traffickers left dozens of Rohingya refugees, including children, stranded on a shoreline in the westernmost part of Indonesia. Additionally, six bodies were discovered nearby. Every year, members of the minority that is being persecuted put their lives in danger on long, perilous sea journeys, frequently cramming into rickety boats in the hope of reaching Malaysia or Indonesia. Saiful Anwar, a village official in East Aceh, stated that the refugees were abandoned before dawn on Thursday, approximately 100 meters from a beach in Aceh Province. He stated that the group consisted of 47…
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti condemned the bombing in Mastung district on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of eight people, including five children, and injured 29 others. Bugti lamented that terrorists had now begun to target poor laborers as well as innocent children. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to state broadcaster PTV News, claimed that the explosion took place at a “girls’ high school,” while another PTV News post stated that the incident took place “near Girls’ High School Chowk.” However, according to Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai, the incident occurred around 8:35 a.m. near the Mastung Civil Hospital,…
The World Justice Project’s (WJP) Rule of Law Index over the past four years has shown that Pakistan’s rule of law ranking reflects significant difficulties in law enforcement, particularly with regard to police accountability and efficiency. Pakistan consistently occupies lower positions on the Index, hovering around places like 120th out of 128 in 2020, 130th out of 139 in 2021, and 129th out of 140 in 2022. Pakistan’s performance was only better than Afghanistan’s at the time, placing it among the lowest-ranked South Asian nations. Pakistan remained plagued by severe problems with the rule of law in 2023, placing 130th…
Chaina and US :According to academic papers and analysts, prominent Chinese research institutions associated with the People’s Liberation Army have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool with potential military applications by utilizing Meta’s publicly available Llama model. Six Chinese researchers from three institutions, two of which are part of the Academy of Military Science (AMS), the leading research body of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), described how they had used an early version of Meta’s Llama as a base for what it calls “ChatBIT” in a June paper reviewed by Reuters. A military-focused AI tool was built by the researchers…
Hwang Dong-hyuk, the show’s creator, claims that evenge will be present in the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game, which promises a larger cast of characters and more engaging challenges than the first. Hwang disclosed to Reuters that a third edition of the Korean drama was already in post-production and hinted that an English-language version might also be in the works while attending the first global promotional event for the new season in the Tuscan city of Lucca. When it came out in 2021, the first season of Squid Game became the most watched show on Netflix of all…
America Election : While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand,” famously stated Lord Byron. Rome will fall if the Colosseum falls; The world will be affected when Rome falls. Many of Byron’s apocalyptic undertones are evoked as the high-octane presidential race in America enters its final stretch. At an event in Greensboro, North Carolina, Democratic hopeful Kamala Harris stated, “In this election, your freedom, your democracy, and America itself is at stake.” The one is here. The most significant, significant, and existentially significant election of our lifetime. Democrats have garnished their political rhetoric with similar allusions to the apocalypse in…
On her podcast, actor Minal Khan spoke openly with journalist Aamna Haider Isani about the joys and challenges of motherhood. She recalled dealing with health issues following a C-section birth and the ever-present “mom guilt,” shedding light on the unfiltered realities that many new mothers face. Khan claimed that her pregnancy went without a hitch, but that the postpartum period brought unexpected difficulties. She recalled, “I got sick right after the delivery.” I had a severe internal infection and a fever of 106 degrees. My infant was only ten days old. But because I felt terrible mom guilt, I had…
