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The International Olympic Committee has received a complaint alleging FIFA president Gianni Infantino has repeatedly breached rules on political neutrality in his support of President Donald Trump. FairSquare, a nonprofit organisation and advocacy group, asked the IOC to investigate, among several instances, Infantino’s possible involvement in the suspension ​of a one-game ban for striker Folarin Balogun, enabling him to play for the United States in a round of ‌16 match on July 6 against Belgium. Infantino acknowledged receiving a call from Trump, who publicly lobbied for Balogun to play, but the FIFA president said he did not interfere with the…

Russia sent two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station on Tuesday from Kazakhstan, resuming crewed flights from a recently repaired launchpad with a rare joint attendance by the heads of NASA and Russia’s space agency. US astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft at 10:47am EDT (1447 GMT), bound for the ISS, where they will spend about eight months as the station’s 75th rotation crew. The crew arrived at the football field-sized space laboratory just over three hours later as they orbited…

Britain will introduce a default overnight curfew on  social media  apps for 16- and 17-year-olds, the government said, adding new restrictions for ​older teenagers to its plan to introduce a sweeping ban on social ‌media for under-16s. Affected users would be blocked from using apps between midnight and 6 a.m. unless they change the default setting. Features designed to keep users scrolling for longer, ​including videos that automatically play one after another, would also be ​switched off by default. The new measures aim to prevent a ⁠cliff edge for those who will gain access to social media when ​they turn…

A senior US Commerce Department official has said the Trump administration is preparing new regulatory measures covering artificial intelligence and semiconductor exports. Jeffrey Kessler, who oversees US export controls, made the announcement while addressing a congressional hearing on Tuesday, indicating that further action on AI and chip technologies is imminent. Kessler also confirmed that the administration does not intend to reinstate the Biden-era AI diffusion rule, which had established a global framework limiting the export of advanced AI chips to certain countries. The remarks suggest the administration is pursuing a different approach to regulating sensitive AI and semiconductor technologies, with…

Intel has announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) investment to upgrade its manufacturing campus in Ireland, aiming to expand European semiconductor production to meet growing global demand for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The US chipmaker said the investment will modernise and maximise capacity at its Leixlip facility near Dublin, which manufactures Intel 3 silicon wafers and is regarded by the company as Europe’s most advanced semiconductor manufacturing site. The project will also connect the upgraded plant with Intel’s other facilities on the campus, strengthen the company’s European manufacturing network, advance research and development, and provide retraining opportunities for employees.…

World Youth Skills Day is being observed across the globe including Pakistan today (Wednesday), aimed at equipping every young person with the competencies they need to thrive in a shared future. World Youth Skills Day is observed globally on July 15, having been established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2014 to raise awareness about the crucial need to equip young people with technical, vocational, and future-ready skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship. The 2026 theme for the day is “Skills for a shared future,” which focuses on combining technical and digital abilities with social-emotional and civic competencies…

A student at South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, China, was caught attempting to cheat in an examination using AI-enabled smart glasses. According to reports, around 10 minutes after the exam began on July 1, invigilators noticed a green light flashing in the lenses of the student’s glasses. Becoming suspicious, they instructed the student to remove the glasses, after which the student admitted to using AI-powered smart glasses. According to China News Weekly, the student was using Leqi Smart Glasses, which were introduced in September last year. The device is connected to four major artificial intelligence models, including DeepSeek, Tongyi…

By: Moiz Farooq Executive Editor Daily Ittehad Media Group and Pakistan Economic Network The media industry is changing faster than ever before. Social media, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms have made information available within seconds. While this has made communication easier, it has also created serious challenges. Fake news, deepfakes, and misleading content have made it difficult for people to separate facts from falsehoods. As a result, public trust in the media has been affected across the world. At such a time, the 4th Shusha Global Media Forum, held under the theme “The Mission of Media in Promoting Peace: Restoring…

China’s air quality continued to improve in the first half of 2026, according to a new review of the country’s air quality. The report said the average concentration of PM2.5 particles maintained its downward trend as electric vehicles (EVs) made a growing contribution to reducing transport-related emissions. In the first half of the year, EVs displaced an estimated 33.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in oil consumption, up 42% from a year earlier and nearly three times the level recorded in the first half of 2023. The reduction was roughly equivalent to 6% of China’s crude oil imports in…

China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 4.7% year on year in the first half of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday.