Day: July 15, 2024
‘Cool it down,’ Biden tells nation after Trump assassination bid
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden sought to calm a divided nation after his rival Donald Trump survived an assassination bid, saying in a rare Oval Office address Sunday it was time to lower the temperature of America’s hostile politics. “You know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Biden said in the televised speech, just the third he has given from behind the historic Resolute Desk during his presidency. As the country reeled from images of a bloodied Trump waving his fist…
Journalist Malik Hassan Zaib shot dead in Nowsehra
A local journalist Malik Hassan Zaib was shot dead by two unknown assailants in the Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday. The incident took place in the city area of Akbarpura, where the victim came under gun attack while he was on his way in a car along with his brother, District Police Officer (DPO) Azhar Khan said. His brother escaped the attack, the police officer said, adding that the journalist’s body had been shifted to a nearby hospital. The law enforcers, arriving on the spot, collected clues…