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Hubble captures image of star 200,000 times brighter Sun

Herschel 36.—Instagram/@nasa NASA says Herschel 36 is now one-million-year old but it is still quite young in cosmic sense. Says star is located in constellation Sagittarius, 4,000 light-years away.  Says “it is throwing off its natal cocoon of material.” NASA has recently shared a breath-taking image of a huge star named Herschel 36 in the centre of the Lagoon Nebula. The star is 200,000 times…

Oil prices fall as weak factory data fuels global demand concerns

Sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin in Mentone, Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Prices fell to lowest in more than 2 weeks on Monday Factories squeezed by higher prices, weak customer demand U.S. targets Chinese, UAE firms in new Iran oil sanctions Aug 2…

Shujaat extends olive branch to Elahi – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PML-Q Secretary General Tariq Bashir Cheema grimaces as party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain addresses a press conference at his residence on Monday.—Tanveer Shahzad / White Star ISLAMABAD: Amid a widening rift between the Chaudhrys of Gujrat, Pakis­tan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat on Monday extended an olive branch to his cousin Chaudhry Parvez Elahi asking him…

PR dispatches medical, relief teams to flood-hit Balochistan – Newspaper

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) administration on Monday dispatched its teams to the flood-hit areas of Balochistan to assist the local administration in provision of medical aid and ration to the affected people and also announced to transport relief goods by trains to the calamity-stricken areas of the province. “At this stage we must extend help by all means to the people of Balochistan…

Miftah Ismail assures Pakistan will meet all debt payments

KARACHI: Pakistan sees a way out of its current economic crisis without descending into default, thanks to progress on a stalled International Monetary Fund loan as well as spending cuts, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said. “With the commodity super cycle and Russia-Ukraine war, oil prices skyrocketing and gas going as high as ever been in history, Pakistan and other emerging countries have…

Saudi GDP climbs nearly 12% in 2nd quarter on oil gains

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s year-on-year economic growth hit nearly 12 percent for the second quarter, led by a surging oil sector, the government’s statistics agency said Sunday. The Middle East’s largest economy has benefited from a spike in oil prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and has largely resisted appeals from Western countries to raise output in order to bring prices…

Rawalpindi:A meeting was held to review arrangements during Muharram-ul-Harram at police line Headquarter here on Monday, informed the police spokesman. SSP (Operations) Waseem Riaz Khan chaired meeting while SP Headquarters, SP Security, In-charge Elite, Lines Officer, In-charge Command and Control Room and other branch in-charges also participated. SSP (Operations) Waseem Riaz Khan said…

US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike – World

World US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. 02 August,2022 07:37 am WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world s most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, in a…