WASHINGTON, D.C. -UNS : U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a video press conference announcing the Social Security Expansion Act of 2023. In 2021, Social Security lifted 26.3 million Americans out of poverty, but fast-rising costs and the aging population are putting benefits of current retirees and future generations at risk. […]
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ISLAMABAD -UNS: In an effort towards enhancing the country’s ability to cope with the impact of climate change, particularly in vulnerable communities and sectors such as health, agriculture, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), the German Cooperation, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC), have launched the […]
JAMES M. DORSEY Even before it officially launched, Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2030 World Cup is on thin ice.The bid suggests that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is determined to do whatever it takes to become a dominant force in international sports. However, the hubris underlying the approach, […]
ZURICH – The Austrian army has suspended rescue operations in quake-hit Turkiye due to “an increasingly difficult security situation”, its spokesperson said in a tweet on Saturday. Ministry spokesperson Michael Bauer tweeted that the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU) was available for further rescue operations when the working environment […]
ISlAMABAD -UNS: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pakistan’s first rescue and relief teams have arrived Turkiye this morning. A C-130 carrying 33-members contingent of Pakistan Army’s Urban Search and Rescue USAR) arrived in Turkish city of Adana today (7 February). In coordination with AFAD, the Turkish disaster management authority, the teams […]
ANKARA -UNS: A huge earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands more on Monday in Turkiye and northwest Syria, flattening apartment blocks and heaping more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war. The magnitude 7.8 quake, which hit before sunrise in bitter winter weather, was […]
RAWALPINDI-UNS:The National University of Medical Sciences’ (NUMS) scientific journal emphasized the urgent need for investment in emerging green technology and introduction of climate education in curricula for mitigating the impact of global warming, jeopardizing human health, especially of marginalized people. In its latest editorial NUMS’ “Life and Science”, an internationally-recognized […]
KARACHI -UNS: Senior Superintendent of Police Rao Anwar acquitted in the high profile case of Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case after five years by an Anti-terrorism court on Monday. . On Jan 13, 2018, Mehsud, an aspiring model, was murdered in controversial circumstances which led to outpouring of condemnations on social […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday appreciated the rule of law in Britain after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was fined for failing to wear a seat belt while he filmed a social media clip in the back seat of a moving car. Sunak, […]
GAWADAR -UNS: Gwadar police on Friday arrested Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman after he showed up at a local court — four days after he announced that he was heading to Gwadar to surrender. A heavy police contingent was present at the court today to arrest Rehman […]
