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Meta’s messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new voicemail-style feature that lets users send voice messages if a call is not answered, adding a voicemail shortcut to the interface. The voicemail-style feature is currently available to select Android beta users (version 2.25.23.21), aiming to streamline communication by offering a quick follow-up option directly from […]

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington will host the World Cup 2026 draw on December 5. “It’s a tremendous honour to bring this global event and this incredible group of people and these unbelievable athletes – the best athletes in the […]

British rock band Coldplay is set to perform in a record-breaking 10 concerts at London’s Wembley Stadium. Click here to read more Lifestyle stories Anticipation for their upcoming performances at England’s national football stadium has been building since Chris Martin teased the end of the band. The upcoming dates are part of Coldplay’s ‘Music of […]

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari highlighted the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Austria, and Germany as he greeted their recently appointed ambassadors at Aiwan-e-Sadr, ARY News reported. During the meeting, the appointed ambassadors formally presented their diplomatic credentials. Pakistan Armed Forces celebrated the ceremony with a guard of honour. In […]

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has given a strong rebuttal in response to the Mayor Murtaza Wahab’s recent press conference, accusing him and the Sindh government of failing to deliver development funds to towns under JI and failing to control Karachi rain crises, ARY News reported. Following Murtaza Wahab’s recent press conference, JI also addressed the city’s […]

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PARIS: A French video streamer who died during a livestream after days of abuse by other streamers did not die as a result of trauma or the intervention of a third party, court authorities said. France has been rocked by the death of 46-year-old Raphael Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, who died during a […]

Russia on Friday ruled out an immediate meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as diplomatic tension with him escalated and US mediation efforts appeared to stall. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said “no meeting” between President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky was planned, as Nato chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv, largely to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine. United States President Donald Trump had raised expectations for a swift summit between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents by saying earlier in the week they had agreed to meet, but on Friday compared the two men to “oil and vinegar”. “They don’t get along too well, for obvious reasons,” he told reporters in Washington. Lavrov also poured cold water on hopes for direct Putin-Zelensky talks to resolve the conflict, now in its fourth year, by questioning the Ukrainian president’s legitimacy and repeating the Kremlin’s maximalist claims. “There is no meeting planned,” Lavrov said in an interview with NBC’s ‘Meet the Press with Krist...

Lahore Police on Friday confirmed that another son of Aleema Khan, sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, was taken into custody from his Lahore residence, a day after his brother was arrested in connection with the May 9 riots. The deputy investigation of Lahore Police confirmed to Dawn.com that Shershah Khan, akin to his brother Shahrez Khan, was also arrested today for his involvement in the May 9 riots. Aleema’s lawyer, Advocate Rana Mudassir Umar, said that “Shershah was taken from his house after his appearance at a Lahore anti-terrorism court in relation to his brother’s case”. The PTI, in a post on X, called the incident an “abduction” and lamented that “the rule of law has been replaced with the law of the jungle”. The move comes a day after PTI announced that men in plainclothes had “abducted” Aleema’s son from her residence. Lahore police later announced that Shahrez had been arrested in connection with a May 9 case. Aleema addressed the arrest on social media this morning, saying, “(The policemen) brut...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has officially released the results of the Central Superior Services (CSS) 2025 written examination, underscoring the exam’s intensely competitive nature, ARY News reported. According to FPSC, out of 18,139 applicants, only 12,792 candidates appeared for the CSS 2025 written exam, and only 354 individuals managed to clear the […]

VILLA HIDALGO YALALAG, Mexico: Adidas executives visited a small Indigenous town in the mountains of southern Mexico on Thursday to offer an apology over a sandal-inspired shoe design that Mexico’s government had blasted as cultural appropriation. The German sportswear company sent representatives from its Mexican unit to Villa Hidalgo Yalalag, a town in Oaxaca state, […]

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