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China’s Shenzhou-20 crew is scheduled to return to Earth on Friday aboard the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced. The spacecraft will return to the Dongfeng landing site in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The astronauts – Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie – are in good health, and preparations for their touchdown are underway, with the landing zone and all participating systems ready. The crew’s return, originally scheduled for November 5, was postponed due to a suspected impact from tiny space debris on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft. The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft will be launched at an…

Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony in Beijing on Friday for King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand, who is on a state visit to China.

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : All future construction in Pakistan will now be carried out under the Green Building Code – a decision taken under the vision of the Prime Minister and the leadership of Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary, to align the country’s construction sector with global standards of environmental sustainability, energy efficiency, water conservation, and the use of renewable materials. Addressing the “Pakistan Green Buildings Session” held in Islamabad in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Federal Minister for Planning said that under the URAAN Pakistan framework, the government has…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday gave assent to the much-debated 27th Constitutional Amendment after approval from the Parliament. With the president’s signature, the amendment has now officially become part of the Constitution. “The Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2025 is assented to, as advised by the Prime Minister [Shehbaz Sharif], at Para-5 of the Summary,” read a notification issued by the President’s House. The development came moments after the Senate approved the amendment bill following changes approved by the National Assembly a day earlier, amid noisy protests by the opposition. Federal Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar presented the…

The Senate is set to meet today to re-approve the 27th Constitutional Amendment, with the government confident it has secured the numbers needed for passage. Officials say the required 64 votes are in place following fresh outreach to opposition senators. The Senate will reconvene today to take up the 27th Constitutional Amendment once again. According to government sources, preparations for re-approval of the amendment — this time with further changes added by the National Assembly — are fully complete. Members of the treasury benches have been instructed to ensure their presence in the session, given that constitutional amendments require a…

Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) Justice Mussarat Hilali’s health deteriorated on Thursday. Sources divulged that Justice Mussarat’s blood pressure was increased ahead of her arrival to the courtroom. Justice Mussarat’s medical checkup was done at the judges’ room. The doctor has advised Justice Mussarat to take a rest. Subsequently, Justice Mussarat and Justice Ali Muhammad Mazhar have been delisted. It is pertinent to note that Justice Mussarat had suffered from a heart disease in 2024.

The US gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials discussing how their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Gaza tunnels the Israelis believed were potentially lined with explosives, according to two former US officials familiar with the matter. The information was shared with the White House and analyzed by the intelligence community in the final weeks of former president Joe Biden’s administration, the officials said. International law prohibits the use of civilians as shields during military activity. Officials inside the Biden administration had long raised concerns about news reports that indicated Israeli soldiers were using Palestinians to potentially protect themselves in…

A light truck crashed into a market in South Korea on Thursday and sped for 150 metres (164.04 yards) before coming to a halt, injuring 20 people including two who were unconscious after suffering cardiac arrest, emergency officials said. The incident took place at a market located in Bucheon, about 20 km (12.43 miles) west of the capital Seoul, a fire official told a televised briefing. The truck appeared to reverse for 28 metres before accelerating towards the outdoor market, the official said. The driver had blamed a sudden surge of acceleration for the incident, he said. The driver was…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, hours after the House of Representatives voted to restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the package by a vote of 222-209, with Trump’s support largely keeping his party together in the face of vehement opposition from House Democrats, who are angry that a long standoff launched by their Senate colleagues failed to secure a deal to extend federal health insurance subsidies. Trump’s signature on the bill, which cleared the…

Pakistan is expected to get $1.2 billion as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has summoned its board meeting on December 8 (Monday). According to details surfaced on Thursday, the international lender will approve the $1.2 billion tranche for Pakistan during the meeting. Moreover, the country will also get $200 million under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). Pakistan will also receive $1 billion under the EFF. The government will publish the Governance & Corruption Diagnostic (GCD) Assessment Report ahead of the board meeting. It is pertinent to note that the report is included in the key structural benchmarks of the…