Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Satellite imagery, ship data indicates path of Russian vessel Kyiv says shipped “looted” grain

A Russian-flagged cargo ship carrying corn docked in the Turkish port of Izmir. According to Reuters’ analysis, the ship originated in a different port. Kiev officials claim that Ukrainian grain from recently occupied Russian territory is being exported via Crimea. Moscow has denied stealing grain from Ukraine. Analysis is based on a high-resolution image of … Read more

World stocks rally, dollar dips as investors weigh spending data, inflation scares

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Global markets firmer Chinese economy slowed sharply in Q2 U.S. yields, dollar pull back after Fed officials’ comments As investors decreased their expectations of an aggressive interest rate move by the Federal Reserve this month and as U.S. spending data outperformed estimates, global shares increased on Friday, the currency fell, and oil prices increased. As … Read more

Bostic: Recent inflation statistics were not as positive as expected

Recent inflation

Recent inflation data is “not as encouraging as I would have liked,” Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic says. He expects another 0.75 percentage point increase in the federal funds rate. Inflation data to be released on Wednesday is expected to show consumer prices rising. Recent inflation data “has not been as encouraging as I would … Read more

IT Ministry to Audit High Impact Bootcamp

IT Ministry to Audit High Impact Bootcamp

High Impact Bootcamp Will Be Audited. Pakistan will teach cloud, data, blockchain, AI, and cyber security. The government hired chartered accounting firms to audit IT training programmers. IT Ministry Will Commission an Independent Performance Audit of the High Impact Bootcamp Project. The IT department will help to boost up the economy in coming days The … Read more

Dollar rises as risk appetite wanes, and inflation data is scrutinised

Dollar

The dollar index has eased back to around the 102 level. Friday’s strong payrolls report helped the dollar notch its first weekly gain in three. U.S. stocks are well off their earlier highs to increase the appeal of the safe-haven ahead of a key reading on inflation. The dollar acquired against a bushel of significant … Read more

No mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting in the United Kingdom

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According to recent data, the number of employers in the United Kingdom who voluntarily disclose ethnicity pay gap data has dropped dramatically, bolstering arguments for a forced method similar to that used for gender pay data. The UK government had a consultation on this in 2018, and the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee … Read more

Pakistan confirms 898 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed 898 new COVID-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Wednesday. According to the NCOC, the country has confirmed 1,298,763 cases so far, including 1,257,600 recoveries. Pakistan currently has 12,213 active cases who are under treatment in hospitals, including 652 in critical condition. … Read more

Guidance robot launched to serve Two Holy Mosques

The GPH General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophets Mosque ash-Shaykh Dr Abd Arrahmaan ibn Abd al-Azeez as-Sudays has launched the guidance robot among its efforts in implementing artificial intelligence to serve the two Holy Mosques. During the launch, he said: “The use of technology has come positively to serve … Read more

Download 1,000 HD movies in one second

HD movies

Scientists claimed to download 1,000 HD movies per second, citing the fastest internet service. According to the World News Agency, scientists from Australia have claimed that the Internet speed reaches 44.2 terabits per second (TBPS), which is millions of times higher than the average broadband speed in different countries. TBPS Internet speeds have so far … Read more

Students sue Google for allegedly collecting their data

Google Work from Home

2 students from Midwestern state of the US, Illinois are prosecuting Google for allegedly collecting their data including face scans through the search giant’s software tools. According to the details, the lawsuit has filed on Thursday in a federal court in San Jose, California. The children, H.K. and J.C. in the complaint, are suing through … Read more

Australia sues Facebook over using data without permission

Australia sues Facebook

The information commissioner of Australia is suing Facebook over allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal without their knowledge. According to the details, Information Commissioner Angelene Falk said in a statement, “The design of the Facebook platform meant that users were unable to exercise reasonable choice and … Read more

Facebook: personal data of 267 million users exposed on internet

Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Thursday (Dec 19) said it is investigating a report that a database containing names and phone numbers of more than 267 million users was exposed online. The database was made available for download last week on an online hacker forum that apparently belonged to a crime group, according to a blog post … Read more

Google uncovered years-long ‘indiscriminate’ iPhone hack

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Google security experts uncovered an “indiscriminate” hacking operation that targeted iPhones over a period of at least two years and used websites to implant malicious software to access photos, user locations and other data. In a post Thursday on the blog of Google´s Project Zero security task force, cyber experts did not name the hacked … Read more