22 Dec, 2024

China’s ‘Batwoman’ Scientist Warns: Another Covid Outbreak Re-emergence Near Certain

Renowned virologist Shi, known for her virus research, has issued a warning in collaboration with colleagues, stressing global preparedness against future diseases akin to Covid-19. The study, conducted by Shi’s team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, assessed the human spillover risk of 40 coronavirus species, designating them half as “highly risky.” Six of these have […]

Russia calls the West “An Empire of Lies.”

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov At UN Dismisses Ukraine’s Peace Talks, Warns of Conflict, and Rejects Grain Deal Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in his UN address, criticizes Western nations and specific Ukrainian peace proposals amid the Russia-Ukraine war tensions. He dismissed Ukraine’s 10-point peace plan as “completely not feasible,” and suggested that if Ukraine and […]

Discovery: Consciousness Persists After Heart and Brain Flatline

Study Finds Brain Signals Corroborate Near-Death Experiences During Cardiac Arrest During attempts to revive the “technically dead” patients who had no heartbeat or brain activity, some of them remained conscious. One recalled the shock from the electrodes, while another described doctors’ actions. Dr. Sam Parnia and his team held a new study on near-death experiences. […]

Chinese Coal Power Plants in Pakistan Use Lower-Quality Coal, Charge Higher Rates

Pakistan’s Power Regulatory Body Exposes This Use of Inferior Coal Under CPEC framework, Raising Concerns Over Capacity Payments. Chinese coal-fired power generators operating in Pakistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework have been violating their signed agreements with Islamabad. They are using lower-quality imported coal, despite their pledge to import coal with a calorific […]

U.S. dollar scores first ‘golden cross’ since July 2021, signaling more trouble for stocks ahead

Heading into Friday’s settlement, the dollar scores golden cross as the 50-day average on the ICE U.S. Dollar Index a gauge of the buck’s value against a basket of its biggest rivals that’s heavily weighted toward the euro, stands at 103.15, higher than the 200-day moving average, which was 103.11. The index itself finished at […]

Indian Rupee strengthens as JPMorgan includes India’s government bonds in emerging market index

In a week marked by financial developments, the Indian rupee closed higher on Friday, settling at 82.93 against the U.S. dollar, a weekly gain of 0.3%. This performance comes on the heels of an announcement by multinational investment bank JPMorgan, revealing its plans to incorporate India’s government bonds into its emerging market index. This process […]

 Pakistan PM Preparing Response to ‘Enemy’ India ‘Being Strengthened’ by US

Pakistan is preparing to respond to the U.S’ policy of empowering the South Asian nation’s longtime rival India, caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar told Newsweek Senior Foreign Policy Writer and Deputy Editor of National Security and Foreign Policy Tom O’Connor in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Kakar assumed […]