Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Emma Heming responds to Demi Moore’s vintage photo with Bruce Willis at Cannes

Demi Moore

When Demi Moore and her ex-husband Bruce Willis walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, they shared a sweet throwback photo. The G.I. Jane star shared a throwback shot from the opening of his film The Fifth Element, which premiered at the prestigious festival in 1997. “From the Cannes archives, circa 1997,” the … Read more

US stocks fall as Target plunges on weak results

US stocks

Wall Street shares opened drastically decrease Wednesday, reversing the prior consultation’s rally following disappointing Target outcomes that despatched shares of the store tumbling. Target, the North American-focused big-box store, plunged greater than 25 percent after earnings missed expectations no matter better sales. The company pointed to the hit from higher operating costs in results that echoed those … Read more

Suspended sentences after deadly Austria gas explosion

explosion

On Wednesday, four employees were granted suspended sentences for negligence in the 2017 gas terminal explosion in Austria, which killed one person and injured 22 others. They were “found guilty of negligently causing the explosion by failing to comply with their safety obligations”, a regional court in Korneuburg announced in a statement. A subcontracting company … Read more

Avalanche begins Round 2 with overtime victory

Avalanche

Josh Manson wasn’t supposed to be the hero in overtime when Joe Sakic acquired him before the trade deadline. Manson, who is known for his defensive prowess, scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 of the series on Tuesday, lifting the Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Colorado dominated the game … Read more

Top Hungary court bars vote on Chinese university plan

Hungary

The top court of Hungary turned down a bid by Budapest’s mayor to hold a referendum on a planned campus of China’s Fudan University in the city on Wednesday. A referendum on Fudan would be “unconstitutional,” according to the Hungarian Constitutional Court. “According to the (constitution), a national referendum on an obligation arising from an … Read more

Sindh CM Murad briefs PM Shehbaz about Karachi law & order situation

Sindh CM Murad PM Shehbaz

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Wednesday. Read more: CAA, PIA under strict vigilance after Karachi Kharadar blast During the meeting, the Prime Minister was given detailed briefing on the administrative affairs and law and order situation of the province. He was also briefed on the recent … Read more

Hong Kong stocks close lower

Hong Kong stocks

Hong Kong stocks closed slightly better on Wednesday, after a day of wavering at the index following a rally on Wall Street. The Hang Seng rose 0.20 percent, or 41.76 points, to twenty,644.28. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.25 percent, or 7.72 points, to 3,085.98, while the mainland’s 2nd exchange, the Shenzhen Composite Index, rose … Read more

India’s top court frees Rajiv Gandhi’s killer

The Supreme Court of India has ordered the release of one of the murderers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. AG Perarivalan spent approximately 30 years in prison. He was sentenced to death in 1998, however his sentence was later reduced. Perarivalan was convicted of getting batteries for the bomb that killed Gandhi … Read more

Kosovo veterans jailed for war crimes witness intimidation

Kosovo

In its first verdict over Kosovo’s 1990s independence war from Serbia, a war crimes court in The Hague sentenced two Kosovo former separatist fighters to four and a half years in prison on Wednesday for intimidating witnesses. After receiving classified files from the court, Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj, the head and deputy head of … Read more

Japan urges China to play ‘responsible’ role on Ukraine crisis

Japan

Japan’s foreign minister urged Beijing to “play a responsible role” in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, In his first talks with his Chinese counterpart in six months, Japan has joined its Western allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russia in response to the Ukraine crisis, while Beijing has refused to criticize Moscow’s invasion. … Read more

Afghanistan: Girls school secretly defying the Taliban

One of Afghanistan’s new “hidden” schools is tucked away in a residential neighborhood. It is a little but powerful gesture of defiance against the Taliban. A math lesson is being attended by about a dozen teenage girls. “We are aware of the threats and are concerned,” the solitary teacher says, but adds that girls’ education … Read more

UoM’s notorious ex-VC reconsidered for top post despite irregularities committed

PESHAWAR: The University of Malakand’s notorious ex-Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Gul Zaman, was back in contention for the top post despite being allegedly found guilty of 16 serious charges last year that include discrimination, favoritism, irregularities, hurling death threats to staffers etc. In a blatant violation of an inquiry verdict against him last year, that … Read more

Asian markets mixed after US retail data boosts Wall Street

Asian markets

Asian stocks have been combined Wednesday following a robust beginning in a few markets, which took the lead from Wall Street in which buyers were cheered with the aid of brisk US retail sales statistics. The US Federal Reserve’s tightening of economic coverage to incorporate surging inflation has sent jolts thru global markets, deepening the apprehensions of … Read more

Kabul brokers peace talks between Pakistani Taliban and Islamabad

taliban

On Wednesday, the Afghan Taliban said that it was hosting peace negotiations between Pakistani officials and a Taliban-inspired insurgent organization that has waged a decade-long war against Islamabad. Since the Afghan Taliban returned to power last year, Islamabad has increasingly complained of attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), especially along the mountainous border with Afghanistan. … Read more

Burberry warns on China impact, shrugs off inflation

Burberry

Burberry, the British fashion business, warned on Wednesday that future success would be determined by the amount of economic recovery in China, a crucial market impacted by ongoing Covid lockdowns. Burberry also said it was dealing with the effects of the worst inflation in decades, with news that its net profit and revenue had increased … Read more

No-confidence motion submitted against Balochistan CM Bazinjo

Balochistan CM Bazinjo

Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) President Jam Kamal and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) President Balochistan Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind and ANP leader Asghar Achakzai on Wednesday submitted a no-trust motion against Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bazinjo with Balochistan Assembly Secretariat. Read more: Looters imposed on country through US conspiracy: Imran Khan Fourteen members of the Balochistan Assembly have … Read more

China calls for urgent boost to virus-hit economy

China

China’s Premier asked for more “urgency” in implementing measures to help the country’s virus-ravaged economy, State media said Wednesday that days after statistics revealed the devastating impact of Covid-19 limits. China, the only major global economy to adhere to a rigorous zero-Covid policy, is experiencing an economic downturn as a result of protracted viral lockdowns … Read more

12 killed after wall collapse at Indian salt factory

Salt factory

According to authorities, a wall at a salt packaging factory in India’s western state of Gujarat collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least 12 workers. It was unclear what caused the 3.6-metre high wall to come down but police said they will be investigating the owner of the site for negligence. “12 people including five women … Read more

Veteran England Pacers returns for Test series against New Zealand

England

England has named a 13-man squad for the first two Tests of their ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand, which begins on June 2 at home. James Anderson and Stuart Broad, who had been dropped out of England’s previous team for the West Indies tour, were recalled to the Test side for the … Read more

Jewish pilgrims back in Tunisia after Covid absence

Hundreds of Jewish worshippers came to Tunisia’s oldest synagogue on Wednesday, renewing an annual pilgrimage that had been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. Pilgrims passed through airport-style scanners and passed a heavy, armed police guard to enter the whitewashed Ghriba synagogue on the southern Tunisian resort island … Read more

Sri Lanka honors Tamil war-dead after 13 years

tamil

For the first time beyond the minority’s homeland in the north and east of the country, thousands of Tamils killed in Sri Lanka’s decades-long separatist war were honored on Wednesday. Clergy from Buddhist, Hindu and Christian communities offered prayers in Colombo and lit a clay lamp for those who perished between 1972 and May 2009 … Read more

War crimes trial for Russian soldier in Ukraine postponed until Thursday after he pleads guilty

The war crimes trial of a 21-year-old Russian soldier was postponed until Thursday. Vadim Shishimarin was the first person charged with war crimes since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. According to the prosecutor general’s office in Ukraine, he is suspected of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian in the Sumy area. When asked how he pled, … Read more

European stock markets waver amid rocketing UK inflation

European stock

Europe’s inventory markets wavered Wednesday as traders digested information that UK inflation has spiked to a 40-yr peak, stoking fear over the economic impact of sky-excessive international patron charges. London stocks eased 0.1 percent as reliable facts showed British inflation hit 9 percent in April on runaway energy prices. The news sent the pound sliding on the … Read more

Lenovo Yoga 7000 Smart Projector Unveiled

Lenovo

Lenovo Yoga 7000, the latest addition to the Chinese electronics manufacturer’s projector series, was revealed in China this week. The projector comes in two color variations and includes two built-in 10W speakers as well as a 2,400 ANSI lumen LED light source. The Lenovo Yoga 7000 is fitted with a 0.47-inch DMD optical micro-mirror chip … Read more

Landslides, floods kill at least 10 in India

flood

At least ten people, including a four-year-old kid, have died in floods and landslides across India this week as a result of exceptionally severe rains, with forecasters warning of additional deluges on Wednesday. Experts say extreme weather around the world is being driven by climate change, made worse in South Asia by damming, deforestation and … Read more