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Monthly US inflation to return to 0.3% in second half of 2022: Yellen

US inflation

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday she expects the current record-high inflation to ease, with monthly rates falling back to 0.2 per cent or 0.3 per cent in the second half of 2022. “I’m hoping and expecting in the second half of next year, to see monthly CPI (consumer price index) rates coming … Read more

Tesla drivers back behind wheel after server problem: Musk

Tesla

WASHINGTON: Tesla CEO Elon Musk reported late on Friday that an app problem that was keeping a number of drivers worldwide from using their cars was on the mend after a server issue was resolved. Multiple Tesla drivers tweeted that they were no longer able to start their cars with their phone apps and had … Read more

US tells Taliban to ‘earn’ release of frozen funds

US tells Taliban to ‘earn’ release of frozen funds

WASHINGTON: The United States rebuffed an appeal by the Taliban to release Afghan assets frozen after their takeover, saying the new government in Kabul must ‘earn’ legitimacy first. Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, said in a tweeted statement that Washington had long made clear that if the Taliban claimed power by military force … Read more

Fed should quicken stimulus pullback due to inflation: official

Fed should quicken stimulus pullback due to inflation: official

WASHINGTON: The sharp rise in the US inflation even as the labour market rapidly improves means the Federal Reserve should remove stimulus from the economy more quickly, a central bank official said. The Fed this month began slowing the pace of bond purchases it started early in the pandemic to provide liquidity to the economy but … Read more

First Wuhan Covid case days later than initially reported: scientist

Wuhan

WASHINGTON: The first case of Covid-19 identified in Wuhan, China and presented as such by the World Health Organization was actually days later than previously believed and at an animal market, a top scientist said in the journal Science Thursday. Rather than the original patient being a man who had never been to the Wuhan market where … Read more

New US probe targets Instagram’s impact on children

US

WASHINGTON: A consortium of US states announced a joint probe Thursday of Instagram’s parent company Meta for promoting the app to children despite allegedly knowing its potential for harm, in fresh regulatory trouble for the scandal-hit network. The social media giant is battling one of its most serious reputational crises yet after a whistleblower leaked … Read more

US retail sales rise 1.7% in October amid surging inflation

WASHINGTON: The US retail sales rose 1.7 per cent in October, amid surging inflation, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. Retail sales totaled $638.2 billion in October, 16.3 per cent above October 2020, according to the report. September’s retail sales were revised up from an increase of 0.7 per cent to 0.8 per cent, the … Read more

Darth Vader collection of over 70,000 moves to Texas

Darth Vader collection of over 70,000 moves to Texas

A guy and his wife recently relocated from the Washington, D.C., region to Texas, bringing with them an odd collection of almost 70,000 objects relating to Star Wars villain Darth Vader. Bill McBride, who just relocated to the Rio Grande Valley with his wife, Rebecca, said he began collecting Darth Vader memorabilia when he was … Read more

US capital to lift indoor mask mandate

US capital to lift indoor mask mandate

WASHINGTON: Residents of Washington will no longer be required to wear masks indoors as of next week, except in certain places like public transport and schools, the US capital’s mayor said Tuesday, as the city’s coronavirus caseload levels off. “Beginning Monday, November 22, DC will lift the current indoor mask mandate,” Muriel Bowser announced on … Read more

ISS astronauts return to earth in SpaceX craft

SpaceX

WASHINGTON: A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth after a busy six months on the International Space Station landed Monday off the coast of Florida, a NASA live broadcast showed. Slowed by the Earth’s atmosphere, as well as four huge parachutes, the Dragon capsule was able to withstand the dizzying descent thanks to … Read more

Beijing says Taiwan has ‘no right to join the United Nations’

Bejing

BEIJING: China insisted Wednesday that Taiwan had no right to join the United Nations, after the United States ratcheted up tensions with a call for the democratic island to have greater involvement in the world body. In a statement marking 50 years since the UN General Assembly voted to seat Beijing and boot out Taipei, … Read more

Pakistan embassy, IBA conduct seminar on national economy in Washington

KARACHI: The Embassy of Pakistan, Washington DC in collaboration with IBA Karachi arranged a reception and discussion on Pakistan’s economy at the embassy, says a press release. The seminar was addressed by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin and Deputy Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr Murtaza Syed as well as Executive Director … Read more

Washington develops the world’s smallest dynamic robot

Washington: American scientists have created the world’s smallest robot that runs and weighs only three grains of rice.

Scientists at Washington State University have created this robot, which has been named the world’s smallest robot by the Guinness Book of World Records. It can be called a robotic whirlpool.

Professor Nestor Perez Arnsibia is a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Washington who created it with the help of his colleagues. They have named it ‘Robital’. The robot is powered by ethanol and has a system of air pressure and pneumatics. This robot moves with the power of wind instead of the electrical system.

It weighs just 88 milligrams and is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s smallest dynamic robot. It is about the size of a real whirlpool. Currently, it can climb slopes. It can travel through a variety of paths and can lift up to two and a half times its own weight.

The purpose of this robot is to understand the movement of real whirlpools which cannot be called a toy.

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Instability in Afghanistan may lead to ‘more terrorism’ in Pakistan, warns Moeed Yusuf

Moeed Yusuf.

WASHINGTON: National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has warned that the ‘instability’ in Afghanistan may lead to “more terrorism, refugees and economic hardship for Pakistan”. “Afghan instability could lead to more terrorism, refugees and economic hardship for Pakistan,” Yusuf was quoted by The Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin in the article “Pakistan wants to be … Read more

US Senate approves $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill despite deficit concerns 

Kabul attacks: Biden vows to 'hunt down' attackers after ISIS claims responsibility

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bipartisan infrastructure bill after months of strenuous negotiations, though analysts are concerned that this legislation falls short of its promise to be fully paid for. In a rare stroke of bipartisanship, more than a dozen Republicans joined Democrats to back the legislation. The final vote was … Read more

US claim on Chinese ‘lab leak’ theory groundless: German expert 

MEXICO CITY: The US government‘s claim that the novel coronavirus escaped from a Chinese laboratory is groundless and driven by politics, according to German sociologist and political observer Heinz Dieterich. The claim is part of Washington’s effort to distract public attention from problems at home by stirring up conflict abroad, because the US model of … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner ready to dock to ISS

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected the winning candidates that they have decided to tap to collect lunar resources for eventual Earth return.

 WASHINGTON: NASA and Boeing set to launch the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Wednesday. It is initially scheduled to dock to the International Space Station (ISS) at 3:06 p.m. Saturday from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida but a mishap involving a newly installed … Read more

Boeing’s Starliner set to launch to space station 

WASHINGTON: NASA and Boeing are targeting launch of the Starliner spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Friday. The launch was scheduled at 2:53 p.m. Eastern Day Time Friday from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, according to NASA. About 31 minutes after launch, Starliner will reach … Read more

Iran Yet to Make Decision on Extension of Monitoring Deal with IAEA

Iran Yet to Make Decision on Extension of Monitoring Deal with IAEA

Iran said on Monday that it has yet to decide whether to renew the monitoring agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog that expired last week, despite Washington’s warning that failure to do so would hinder discussions to resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal. “No decision has been made yet, either negative or positive, about extending the … Read more

Taliban Made Rapid Inroads, Surprises Pakistan

Taliban Involved In Killing Afghan Radio Station Manager, Kidnapping Journalist: Officials

Pakistan was not expecting the Afghan Taliban to make rapid inroads after the US and NATO forces started to withdraw from Afghanistan from May 1. When the US and NATO forces started withdrawing their troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban have took control over 69 of the 407 districts in the country, including the northern districts … Read more

Washington boosts diplomatic ties with Afghanistan ahead of May 1 deadline

Washington

The United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Washington is engaged in a diplomatic effort for the stable future of Afghanistan. According to media reports, the US official in his statement said that US so far not made a decision on May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of troops from Afghan … Read more

Iranian FM’s Republic Day Message to US: Return to JCPOA or bear the consequences

Iran FM

The Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned new American leadership unpredictable consequences if failed to live up to commitments under the nuclear deal. According to the details, 10th of February 2021 is the 42nd Anniversary of the Victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran and is marked as the National Day of … Read more

Washington ran out of alcohol as people celebrated Biden’s victory

Joe Biden US Election

To celebrate the victory of Joe Biden for becoming the 46th President of the United States of America on Saturday, the Democrat supporters finished all the alcohol in the capital Washington as many stores ran out of stock. It felt like many of the Americans were ready before to celebrate Biden’s victory. According to the … Read more

Asian Shares edged up as Investors expect policy support from Washington

Asian Shares

Asian shares edged up on Wednesday with investors also expecting more policy support from Washington. According to the details, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.25% while Japan’s Nikkei advanced 0.35%. Mainland Chinese shares slipped a tad, with bellwether CSI300 index giving up 0.3% on investor caution after having hit a five-year … Read more

US China trade deal is over

US

Relations between the United States and China have been to the lowest since the novel coronavirus outbreak in the world, for which the US blames Beijing for its spread. This has made a high impact on the US-China trade deal. However, a recent statement by a US top Official has drawn more concerns. White House … Read more

Twitter Bans Posts that promotes Hateful Content

Twitter Bans

Micro-blogging Site Twitter bans hateful content that targets people for their disease of disability. As per details, Twitter bans posts that “dehumanise” people. Twitter Bans Posts that promotes Hateful Content. This step is taken happens to correspond to an explosion of tweets about the spreading coronavirus. The company detailed its policy to Reuters. Twitter briefed … Read more

Trump warns Iran not to kill protesters, says door of talk are still open

Trump warns Iran

Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday (Jan 12) against killing protesters who have risen up over the regime’s downing of a civilian airliner. He also said that his defense secretary left the door open to talks with Tehran without preconditions. As protests continued in different cities across the country, Trump took to Twitter to warn … Read more

US refuses Iraq’s request to discuss its troop withdrawal

United States

The US said Friday it would not discuss pulling troops from Iraq after its caretaker prime minister asked Washington to send a delegation to begin withdrawal arrangements, BOL News learnt. The State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, in a statement, the US is ready for “a conversation” but not about removing troops. The prime minister … Read more