Off-duty cops stop female shooter at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch

Two off-duty law enforcement officers in Houston took down a woman who opened fire on Sunday at Lakewood Church, one of the largest evangelical churches in the US led by televangelist Joel Osteen, police said. A woman in her early 30s entered the megachurch shortly before 2 pm local time (2000 GMT), armed with a […]

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Crowd sets Waymo self-driving vehicle ablaze in San Francisco

A crowd vandalized and set fire to a Waymo self-driving car using a firework in San Francisco on Saturday, the Alphabet-owned company and authorities said, marking the most destructive attack so far on driverless vehicles in the US. On Saturday night, a crowd surrounded a white sport utility vehicle that was moving along a street […]

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Age, mental capacity dominate campaign trail after report questions Biden’s memory

The mental ability and age of the United States’ presidential candidates took center stage on the campaign trail on Saturday, following a report that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses. Former President Donald Trump accused both Biden, the Democrat he will likely face in November’s general election, and Nikki Haley, Trump’s last remaining […]

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Police block roads to halt Indian farmers marching to New Delhi

Indian police on Monday blocked roads to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021 when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country’s capital. The farmers protest revolves around the demand of a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price […]

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PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa divided into four groups over the chief minister race

With the PTI-backed independents bagging 79 seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, they are poised to get the chief minister’s slot. However, differences have emerged among their ranks over the choice, as there are four aspirants for the office, Dunya News reported. As the Election of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to notify the names of successful […]

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Some elements are planning to repeat May 9: Mohsin Naqvi

Some people are planning to repeat the May 9 events, warned Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Monday, as he said that the intelligence agencies had the evidence of the attempts.  Talking to reporters in Lahore, Naqvi said the intelligence agencies had recorded the discussions held among such elements on the subject and made […]

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PTI candidate secured more votes than me, JI’s Naeem withdraws from PS-129 seat

In a significant development, Emir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday abdicated his provincial assembly seat PS-129 (Karachi) saying PTI-backed Independent candidate had secured more votes than him. JI’s Naeemur Rehman returned successful on PS-129 (Karachi Central-VIII) by bagging 26,296 votes. Out of the seven provincial assembly seats of Korangi district three were won […]

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Fractured mandate creates panic at stock exchange, KSE-100 down over 2pc

The benchmark KSE-100 Index tumbled over 2 per cent during intraday trading on Monday as investors at the Pakistan Stock Exchange are grappling with the divided mandate emerging out of the Feb 8 elections and the resultant political uncertainty that will follow in the coming years. As the session began, the KSE-100 Index at point […]

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Political wrangling continues as PDM components vie to join hands again

Will it be continuation of the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) government as two leading allies – the PML-N and the PPP – will have another round of talks to share the power corridor in Islamabad.  A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) delegation led by Shehbaz Sharif had a meeting with PPP’s Asif Zardari and Bilawal on […]

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PTI-backed Latif Khosa stuns PML-N stalwart Saad Rafique in NA-122

The election results brought many surprises on Friday morning as heavyweights lost the battle to PTI-backed independent candidates.  A similar political upset was reported in Lahore as PML-N stalwart and former federal minister Khawaja Saad Rafique lost his seat to PTI-backed independent candidate Sardar Latif Khosa. According to the election results, the renowned lawyer and […]

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