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Rest in peace, USAID

Rest in peace, USAID

It seems every executive order from Trump is intended to change the landscape of the bureaucracy.

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DeepSeek revolution

DeepSeek revolution

Grit and ingenuity can often trump throwing enormous amounts of money at everything.

01.02.2025 200

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Trump’s new world

Trump’s new world

It is undoubtedly going to be a new world under Donald Trump.

25.01.2025 100

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Misery theatre

Why do we allow an emotional connection to be formed with those we do not personally know?

15.01.2025 100

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The new colonisation

THE world already knows about the outsize role that the richest man in the world — billionaire Elon Musk — played in the 2024 American presidential...

08.01.2025 100

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Tech lords of the world

THIS past weekend, rumours were flying around that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was hosting a $600 million wedding to his fiancée Lauren Sanchez in...

01.01.2025 6

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Days of rage

LAST week, Saudi-German psychiatrist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen drove his car into a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. The market was...

25.12.2024 10

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The spell that spaces cast

WHEN the Catholic armies entered the city of Granada in Spain in the late 15th century, they also took over Alhambra, the palace-fortress complex...

18.12.2024 30

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Hooked on artificial intelligence

WHAT if you could tell all your life problems to someone and they would help you deal with them? While most of the conversation around artificial...

11.12.2024 20

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‘Thingification’

IT is another world — quite literally. Nasa has been releasing footage taken by rovers on the surface of Mars. Among the most striking clips is one...

04.12.2024 20

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On coercive control

IT is not news anymore that women live in a moment where male anger and violence is a constant threat. Everywhere in the world, women are being...

27.11.2024 10

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Weighed down by urban atrocities

IF the smog is poisoning Lahore, it is perpetual neglect that plagues Karachi. Over the course of the past decades, the original portion of the...

20.11.2024 9

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Buried and forgotten history

FOR the longest time, archaeologists forever in search of lost civilisations used to walk the earth, and map and dig areas where they believed...

13.11.2024 10

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A vision to behold

OVER the course of its tumultuous existence, the story of Pakistan has been told in myriad ways. In keeping with the debate surrounding its very...

06.11.2024 5

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The Palestinian factor

THE state of Michigan sits in the upper Midwestern portion of the United States. Once the hub of the American auto industry the state has since...

30.10.2024 4

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Under the sea

WHEN people think of unexplored frontiers these days, they tend to think of other planets and the universe at large. Space exploration, including...

23.10.2024 5

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Weather worries

ACCORDING to scientists, for 800,000 years of Earth’s existence the amount of carbon in the atmosphere did not exceed 300 ppm (parts per million)....

09.10.2024 9

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Moments of dread

ONE might say that nothing will happen and that the world will continue just as it has so far. However, after last week and the endless volley of...

02.10.2024 4

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As cities heat up

THE news from New York is not good. On Sunday, as world leaders arrived for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly that was set to begin on...

25.09.2024 8

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Silencing Afghanistan’s women

THERE is no doubt that many have had a role in Afghanistan’s destruction, but the question of who exactly is to blame for the country’s current...

11.09.2024 70

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Pakistan’s human exports

WHEREVER in the world you go, you are bound to come across Pakistanis in various states of despair. These days, travel to any European capital —...

04.09.2024 30

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Inner truths

ONE of the hardest things to do in this world is to face and tell yourself the truth. In the world that we inhabit, our roles are more or less...

28.08.2024 9

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Night duty

THE incident occurred on Aug 9, 2024, hours after crowds in India and Pakistan cheered on their respective contenders for the javelin gold in...

21.08.2024 7

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Striving to hope

TODAY is Independence Day. On the back of Arshad Nadeem’s victory in the Olympics this one appears to be a bit less grim than the ones immediately...

14.08.2024 10

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Economy of voyeurism

WITH every year that passes, there are fewer and fewer people who remember a time before social media. In those bygone days, gossip was largely...

07.08.2024 10

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Time and freedom

IN between the cat videos and scenes of Bollywood dances dutifully performed at various cousins’ weddings are a different set of clips. These clips...

31.07.2024 10

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Giving up is good sometimes

THIS is not just about the decision of the president of the United States. That is, however, a good place to begin. On Sunday, President Joe Biden...

24.07.2024 7

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On writing

ONE of the best gifts an artist — in this case, a visual artist — gave me was to show me what she called her ‘rejection folder’. I had only...

17.07.2024 10

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