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AFP/APP Tokyo: Nearly 200,000 residents in western Japan have been urged to evacuate as authorities warn of potential landslides and flooding caused by heavy rainfall. This weather system is a remnant of Tropical Storm Kong-rey, which has…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Adiala Jail has introduced a new Wi-Fi-enabled monitoring system to enhance security for visitors, private news media reported on Thursday. The system, featuring biometric verification and barcode scanning, is…

News Desk Islamabad: Chief Meteorologist Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz of the Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecasted that dry weather will continue across Pakistan until November 9,  potentially delaying wheat and crop cultivation.…

APP Rawalpindi: A local court has handed down life imprisonment twice to two culprits Javed and Mohammad Ateeq for murdering two persons over a property dispute in 2022 in the limits of Chakri Police Station. Fines of Rs 500,000 each…

APP Islamabad: The 100-Index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bearish trend on Thursday, losing 1,319.80 points, a negative change of 1.46 percent, closing at 88,966.77 points as compared to 90,286.57 points on last…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Japan votes in its tightest election in years on Sunday, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion polls suggest the…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Candidates in Japan's super-tight parliamentary election will make last-ditch appeals to voters on Saturday, with opinion polls suggesting the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority. Such an outcome would be…

AFP/APP Washington: "Drill, baby, drill" versus championing green energy: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris offer starkly opposing visions on climate, with the outcome of the US presidential race poised to shape the planet's warming…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Shares in Tokyo Metro, one of the world's busiest subways, soared almost 50 percent on its debut Wednesday after its government owners raised $2.3 billion in Japan's biggest initial public offering in six years. Each…

AFP/APP Washington: Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2 percent this year and remain at that level in 2025, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which released its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report on…