by Muazzama Hasan | Dec 5, 2025 | Latest News, Global Affairs
The humanitarian crisis on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra is rapidly escalating, with devastating floods and landslides having killed more than 770 people, and survivors in cut-off towns reporting severe shortages of food, fuel, and water. The disaster, which has...
by Muazzama Hasan | Dec 5, 2025 | Latest News, Governance & Policy, Science & Technology
Australia has officially commenced the implementation of a sweeping ban on social media access for users under the age of 16, with the nation’s internet regulator predicting that this will be the “first domino” in a global movement to impose tighter...
by Muazzama Hasan | Dec 5, 2025 | Latest News, Global Affairs
Following nearly five hours of talks in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin described as yielding “no compromise” on ending the war, US special envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Ukraine’s national security chief,...
by Muazzama Hasan | Dec 4, 2025 | Economics and Trade, Governance & Policy
Introduction: Pakistan’s Long-Standing Financial Dilemma Pakistan has, for decades, relied on a repeating cycle of external support to plug balance-of-payments gaps and to avoid defaults. That dependence on IMF programs, rollovers and bilateral loans from partners...
by Muazzama Hasan | Dec 4, 2025 | Latest News, Entertainment
In a revealing segment on a recent episode of The Kardashians, reality star Kim Kardashian learned that brain imaging showed “low brain activity,” a finding which her consulting physician, celebrity specialist Dr. Daniel Amen, directly attributed to her...
