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'Mao architect of Pakistan-China friendship'
Event marks 50th death anniversary of Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong
Twin cities prepare strategy to counter PTI’s Sept 27 protest
ISLAMABAD: The administrations of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have started preparations to counter the PTI’s announced countrywide protest, including a request for detention of activists, arranging containers, seeking additional personnel and procuring anti-riot g...
Flu: a public health crisis
LAST fall, after many years, my wife, our daughter and I decided to get flu shots. The decision wasn’t popular with our nine-year-old, who doesn’t like having her skin punctured, but we thought that, given the smog season and the health disruptions we faced every winter in Lahore...
Danielle Smith takes hands-off approach to First Nation’s trans care safe haven
Alberta's premier is taking a hands-off approach to a Saddle Lake Cree Nation defying the government by announcing it will offer a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care.
IN PHOTOS | TIFF movies and moments
See highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival, featuring nearly 300 titles, 800 guests and thousands of industry delegates during the 11-day event starting on Thursday.
Generic acetaminophen pills recalled due to possible 'foreign material' contamination
An over-the-counter pain reliever is being recalled due to the possible presence of "foreign material" that could harm the digestive system.
Cat in the Hat suspect who chased a teen girl in B.C. appears to be a trend copycat
A disturbing incident in which someone dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume chased a teenager in West Kelowna, B.C., occurred amid an online trend that twists the popular children's character into something sinister, leading police in some jurisdictions to warn of offline conseque...
Ugandan royal succession scandal
In tonight's edition, a dramatic struggle for control of a throne in Uganda. Also, Rwanda shut down 101 alcoholic beverage factories last month and declared a public health crisis after at least 50 people were killed by contaminated illegal supplies. And Ethiopia celebrates its n...
IKEA expands its temporary voting locations for Swedes who live abroad
The Swedish Election Authority expanded the number of overseas voting locations for the 2026 election from around 266 locations in 2022 to approximately 290 worldwide
A shift swap on 9/11: The story of the World Trade Center restaurant staff who lost their lives
A new documentary retells the story of the World Trade Center’s iconic top-floor restaurant, Windows on the World. For the surviving staff, its legacy rests not on how it ended but on the workplace they created for 25 years before that tragic day, Jasmine Fernández writes
The 9/11 images that still haunt journalists who witnessed the tragedy 25 years later
The photographer behind the devastating ’Falling Man’ photo says he can’t get the image out of his head
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The recurring nightmare that haunts British 9/11 survivor who escaped south tower
Janice Brooks escaped the 84th floor of Two World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 after the first plane struck next door. Sixty-one of her colleagues did not make it out alive. She tells Caspar Barnes her story
Unsealed Swiss files to reveal shocking new twist in the search for Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, historians say
Swiss federal intelligence has released a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death" for his horrific experiments at Auschwitz
Florida couple marries in hospital after groom hurt in crash on way to the wedding
A Florida couple tied the knot in a hospital room after the groom was hurt in a crash on the way to their wedding.
Tribal people from hamlet in Keralam’s Malappuram live in makeshift sheds seven years after flood
Over two dozen Paniya tribal families are living in plastic sheds set up in forested areas across the Chaliyar river in Malappuram district. Abdul Latheef Naha takes a trip to the tribal settlement to bring out the plight of the tribespeople
Live: Fans gear up for Akshay-Saif's thriller
Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar are reuniting on the big screen after nearly 18 years with Priyadarshan’s dark thriller Haiwaan. The much-awaited collaboration has already sparked excitement among fans, but there’s a twist this time — the two actors, who have shared the screen in ...