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ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif laid the foundation of the Autism Centre of Excellence in Islamabad, marking a significant step toward the empowerment and development of special children. During the ceremony, the prime minister announced the provision of 15 vehicles to support the operations of the new centre. He emphasized that the project, originally planned to be completed in two years, should now be finished within one year. The PM also highlighted the immense potential of special children, citing examples of a child who has created remarkable music compositions and another who has spread love across Pakistan through musical…

WASHINGTON: US homeland security chief Kristi Noem suspended a green card lottery on Thursday, saying it was used by the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University. Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, is accused of bursting into a building at the Ivy League school on December 13 and opening fire on students sitting exams, killing two and wounding nine. He is also accused of killing a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) two days later. Noem wrote on social media that Neves Valente “entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1)…

The UN General Assembly stamped its approval on a Pakistan-backed resolution that reaffirms the right to self-determination for people being subjected to colonial, foreign, and alien occupation. The text, which was adopted by consensus, was recommended last month by the 193-member Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with social, humanitarian, and cultural issues. Pakistan has been tabling this resolution since 1981 in an effort to focus the world’s attention on the people in occupied territories, struggling for their inalienable right to self-determination, including those in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and Palestine. By reaffirming the right to self-determination, the…

 European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidestepping divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash. “Today we approved a decision to provide 90 billion euros to Ukraine,” EU summit chairman Antonio Costa told a news conference early on Friday morning after hours of talks among the leaders in Brussels. “As a matter of urgency, we will provide a loan backed by the European Union budget.” The leaders also gave the European Commission a mandate to keep…

DHAKA (AFP) – Violence broke out in Bangladesh’s capital early Friday after a youth leader of the country’s 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was announced, to demand that his killers be arrested. Several buildings in the capital, including those housing the country’s two leading newspapers, were set on fire, according to authorities, with staff trapped inside. Hadi was a key figure in last year’s uprising that ended the autocratic rule of prime…

China’s Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Bin held political consultations between the foreign ministries of China and Ukraine with Serhiy Kyslytsya, first deputy minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine, in Beijing on Thursday. Liu said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Ukraine, friendship and cooperation have always been the defining features of bilateral ties. Guided by the principles of mutual respect and trust, mutual understanding and accommodation, and mutual benefit and reciprocity, the two sides have achieved fruitful outcomes in cooperation across fields such as economy and trade, agriculture, science and technology, and people-to-people and…

The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) announced its Earth System Forecasting Development Strategy (2025-2035) on Thursday, aiming to build a world-class, self-reliant forecasting system by 2035. China Meteorological Administration Deputy Director Bi Baogui. /CMA CMA Deputy Director Bi Baogui said at a press briefing in Beijing that the initiative addresses both national disaster prevention and climate change adaptation needs. The strategy adopts a “dual-wheel drive, digital-intelligence integration” approach, according to Bi, combining physics-based numerical forecasting with artificial intelligence to enhance prediction accuracy and efficiency. There are eight key priorities, including developing multi-sphere-coupled Earth system models, AI forecasting models and digital infrastructure…

During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China has advanced wetland conservation and restoration nationwide, implementing more than 1,000 wetland protection projects and scientifically restoring 4.34 million mu (about 290,000 hectares) of wetlands, according to data from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. A milu herd and flocks of migratory birds share the Tiaozini Wetland in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, September 15, 2025. /VCG Currently, the country’s total wetland area has reached 834 million mu (55.6 million hectares), safeguarding the ecological security baseline for wetlands. A tiered wetland management system has been further improved. Eighty-two wetlands in China were…

Japan, as a defeated country in World War II, must do deep soul-searching regarding its historical crimes, abide by the political commitments it made on the Taiwan question, immediately stop provocative actions that cross the line, and retract its erroneous remarks, a Chinese envoy said on Thursday. At the UN General Assembly high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the first International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong said the world has yet to emerge from the shadow of colonialism despite the end of colonial occupation and the collapse of…

RAWALPINDI : Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has undertaken an official visit to Libya, where Pakistan and Libya agreed to enhance defence cooperation at the military leadership level. According to ISPR, upon arrival in Libya, Field Marshal Munir was accorded a guard of honour by the Libyan armed forces. During meetings with Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar, Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, the two sides reaffirmed their commitment to expanding defence ties. Discussions focused on strengthening collaboration in training, capacity building, counter-terrorism, and broader military-to-military cooperation. Both leaders emphasised the importance of close cooperation…