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When Elon Musk’s Starship to blastoff after failed bid months ago?

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Amid a probe into Starship’s explosion in April during its first test flight, Elon Musk is required to wait until all the preventive measures are taken to preclude any failure on its next flight, as the space vehicle is being ready to carry Nasa’s Artemis III crewed mission to the moon in 2025. SpaceX’s Starship is more potent than Nasa’s all-powerful Space Launch System (SLS) generating 16 million pounds of thrust during liftoff with 33 Raptor engines. As the Artemis III mission date approaches, SpaceX has launched only one integrated…

Retracing President Arif Alvi’s turbulent tenure

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Dr Arif Alvi assumed the office of President of Pakistan in 2018 after winning the presidential election nearly hands down and completed his topsy-turvy tenure on Friday (September 8) to join the few who finished their full constitutional term without any political nor non-political disruption.  Despite the ouster of PTI Chairman Imran Khan from the prime minister’s office in April last year, after a no-confidence motion against him, and the subsequent departure of his party’s government, President Alvi remained in the office under the Pakistan Democratic Movement…

Asian Games 2023: Pakistani sports climber Iqra Jillani aims for historic win

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KARACHI: Iqra Jillani, Pakistan’s accomplished sports climber, is determined to make history for her country at the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, starting on September 23. With the goal to secure a medal in sports climbing, the ambitious mountaineer has been diligently preparing for this achievement over the past three months. At the age of 25, Iqra, who holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and works in the energy sector in Islamabad, is one of the five climbers chosen to represent Pakistan in the regional sports event. Her fellow…

Nearly 300 die, over 150 injured as 6.8 earthquake devastates Morocco

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As many as 296 people have lost their lives as a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Marrakesh, Morocco Friday, triggering chaos as multiple videos surfacing on social media showed collapsing buildings and debris. The earthquake hit 44 miles (71 kilometers) southwest of Marrakesh at a depth of 18.5 kilometers at 11:11pm local time (2211 GMT).  “According to a provisional report, the earthquake killed 296 people in the provinces and municipalities of al-Haouz, Marrakesh, Ouarzazate, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that 153 people were…

Nawaz Sharif confirms he will return to Pakistan next month

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LONDON: For the first time, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday confirmed that he would return to his homeland in October this year. Nawaz — who has been in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019 owing to health reasons — said this for the first time on Friday during his meeting with his party workers and supporters at Stanhope House. Those in attendance included ex-PM Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N leaders Chaudhary Tanveer, Danyal Chaudhary, Chaudhary Nadeem Khan, Dr Anjum and others. Sources…

Digital watchdog warns users after detecting Israeli spyware in Apple devices

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Apple users beware! Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab on Thursday revealed they found spyware linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple devices. While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO’s Pegasus spyware, it said in a statement. “This shows that civil society is once again serving as the early warning system about really sophisticated attacks,” said John Scott-Railton,…

Parvez Elahi sent on 14-day judicial remand in Judicial Complex attack case

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi on Friday was sent to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand in the Judicial Complex attack case. An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain in Islamabad rejected the prosecution’s request seeking 10 physical remand of the PTI leader. The PTI president was arrested hours after his release from NAB custody on September 1, after the LHC had explicitly restricted the authorities from arresting him earlier that same day. The September 1 order was a reiteration of similar orders issued by the…

Donald Trump’s former advisor Peter Navarro found guilty of contempt of Congress

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Former US President Donald Trump’s erstwhile advisor on trade Peter Navarro was found guilty by a federal grand jury Thursday of contempt of Congress as he did not testify before the House of Representatives committee probing into the January 6 riots, but he said to appeal the verdict. The 72-year-old was found guilty on two counts in Washington after a two-day trial. Navarro had refused to appear for a deposition before the committee and also declined to supply documents to the panel. Peter Navarro, who is an economist, is the second…