ISLAMABAD: Only two in 10 Pakistanis surveyed believe the country is on the right track, with optimism higher among some groups, a survey conducted by market research company Ipsos shows. Men are more optimistic than women, while rural residents show more optimism than those in urban areas. Of the four provinces, respondents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
The thousand-year-old Japanese festival of Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors. Photo: AFP TOKYO: Japan’s thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it’s battling a new challenge — climate change. The Soma Nomaoi began as a way to train mounted warriors and it still looks the same…
The moment many have been waiting years for has arrived. Nvidia has long made graphics cards that powered the Windows PC ecosystem for decades—now it wants to control the whole thing with “superchips,” starting with the RTX Spark. Announced over the weekend at the Computex tech expo in Taiwan, RTX Spark chips combine unified memory,…
Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz dismissed outage rumors and clarified that the Zcash network was fully functional. For a few hours on Wednesday Asia time, the Zcash blockchain appeared to have stopped producing new blocks, raising concerns that the network may be experiencing downtime. However, several observers clarified that the issue was not with the blockchain…
A new report is renewing calls for stronger rail safety measures after more than 400 GO Transit passengers narrowly avoided a catastrophic train collision in Burlington, Ont., in 2024. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s investigation found that a GO Transit commuter train passed a stop signal after departing Aldershot station on March 14, 2024,…
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has declared several batches of auto-disable syringes manufactured by six companies as substandard and issued a medical product alert. In a statement, the DRAP has said 3ml and 5ml auto-disable syringes failed to meet required quality standards. The decision was based on testing carried out by the Central…
Mohammad Rizwan (L) shakes hands with Babar Azam (R) during a Test match in Karachi. — X/PCB/File Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and former skipper Babar Azam have moved up in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test batting rankings following the latest reshuffle. In the Test batting rankings, Rizwan and Babar each moved up one place…
President Donald Trump has signed a scaled-back version of an executive order governing AI that he had shelved less than two weeks ago, after senior aides persuaded him that the administration could not indefinitely delay establishing a framework for the technology, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The revised order gives the federal…
Binance announced it is shutting down support for non-fungible tokens on Binance Exchange and moving NFT management to its self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, Binance Wallet. The exchange said this will offer NFT holders “easier access to Web3 and decentralized features,” according to a Wednesday announcement. NFT Holders have until July 3 to withdraw their transferable NFTs…
The stabbing death of a 22-year-old man at a Walmart in Montreal North has prompted the city’s ninth homicide investigation so far this year. Montreal police said Tuesday they were called to the store near Henri-Bourassa and Lacordaire boulevards around 4:30 p.m. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so…
