Shafaqna Pakistan | by Aslam Hashmi- The World Bank’s alarming forecast – predicting another million Pakistanis slipping into poverty – underscores the urgent need for immediate action. Even with a projected growth rate of 1.8 percent, which is modest at best, it is overshadowed by inflation soaring above 26 percent. This
The new film Civil War depicts a contemporary America torn apart by a military conflict between the federal government and an alliance of secessionist states. Directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina), the film follows a small band of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst's jaded war photographer. They embark on a harrowing journey to the heart of the conflict, encountering brutality and bloodshed along the way.
Ethan Ampadu has been nominated for the PFA Championship Fans’ Player of the Month for March. Ampadu is the only Leeds United player on a six-man shortlist for the individual award. He joins Coventry’s Haji Wright, Norwich forward Josh Sargent, Ipswich Town’s Leif Davis, Middlesbrough defender Matt Clarke and Mikey Johnstone of West Brom. Leeds continued their incredible start to 2024 throughout March, avoiding a single league defeat and taking 11 points from a possible 15. Draws against...
Online conversations around potential conflict in the United States have gone mainstream amid the release of Alex Garland's "Civil War" film, with Americans questioning the probability of political upheaval and how they can survive the dire, though unlikely, event. Ajit Shipekar, a data analyst with Straits Research, noted to Fox News Digital that director Garland has depicted a virus-caused pandemic, uncontrollable AI and societal warfare in his films and sees these issues as a reflection of...
The Duke of Sussex has updated his official business records in this country to make it clear that he no longer lives in Britain.
Performing The Blue Hour; a recording of it was an NPR Top 10 Album of 2022.
A downed power line ignited dry grass, causing a nearly 180-acre fire northeast of Galeton earlier this month. Galeton Fire Chief Russ Kane credits oil infrastructure and well-maintained properties for helping crews get the blaze under control in less than two hours.
Over a dozen fire departments were called to extinguish a wind-fueled wildfire that burned around 60 acres of land near two Lindenhurst neighborhoods Sunday afternoon. The Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded around 12:10 p.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of Prairie Ridge Circle in Lindenhurst for a report of a grass fire. Firefighters arrived […]
A deep digitalization or a complete shift to the use of virtual currencies would have harmful effects on society, including: easier manipulation of digital money, closer monitoring of people’s behavior and the introduction of a dynamic pricing system in commerce based on purchase history made by each individual, are the conclusions of specialists in finance, […]
As the Israeli onslaught continues in Gaza, so does the ongoing takeover of the West Bank by Israeli settlers and their military muscle. Armed men and women move onto land that was never theirs and take it by force from the people living there. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF—whose official moniker IDF pretends they are More
Bitcoin's long-anticipated 'halving' is, depending on where you sit, a vital event that will burnish the cryptocurrency's value as an increasingly scarce commodity, or little more than a technical change talked up by speculators to inflate its price. The halving comes after bitcoin hit an all-time high of $73,803.25 in March. But what exactly is the halving, and does it really matter? WHAT IS IT? The halving, which happens roughly every four years, the latest of which is expected this week, is a...
For years I worked as police reporter for The Washington Times, spending long hours in squad cars in various cities getting to know cops well. Now I listen to nice white people in the suburbs, and self-assured voices from NPR, talking about the police. They know nothing of the world where the police work. They […]