An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an “anomaly” as it neared its goal. A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-metre) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT. The …
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The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code. Tesla tycoon Elon Musk was an early investor in OpenAI and Microsoft is reported to be in talks …
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Consumer inflation in the United States slipped in December to the lowest level in more than a year, government data showed on Thursday, signalling the worst of red-hot price increases may be over. As American households struggled with decades-high inflation in the past year, the Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark …
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Russia said its forces had wrested control of the war-scarred town of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of victory in months of battlefield setbacks, but Ukraine said fierce fighting was still underway. Both sides have conceded heavy losses in the battle for the salt mining outpost, with Moscow …
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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) was urged by a number of political parties, including its main allies, early on Sunday to reconsider its decision to boycott the second round of the local government (LG) elections, which are set to take place today in a number of Sindh districts as well …
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be “tested” through a confidence vote in a tit-for-tat move similar to the one he himself had faced as the premier in April last year. Speaking to a private news channel, Imran said that Shehbaz had …
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Russia has launched a new barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people in the eastern-central city of Dnipro and disrupting power supplies in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, officials said. The attacks on Saturday smashed a nine-storey apartment block in Dnipro, reducing an entire section …
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The polling for much-awaited local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad Divisions is underway. The polling began at 8am and will go on till 5pm. This is the second phase of Sindh’s LG polls which is being held in seven districts of Karachi and nine districts of the Hyderabad …
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An overnight terrorist attack left three police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), martyred in Peshawar. The assault took place in Peshawar’s suburban area where terrorists ambushed the Sarband police station in Saturday’s early hours, leaving three police personnel, including DSP Badaber Sardar Hussain, martyred. Chief Minister Khyber …
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In a major decision regarding the uncertainty surrounding the local bodies elections in Karachi and Hyderabad, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) once again turned down the Sindh government’s request to defer the polling, Geo News reported Saturday, citing a spokesperson for the electoral body. Earlier today, the Pakistan Peoples …
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