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A United Nations’ (UN) special rapporteur warned on Friday that PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan is being held in conditions that could amount to inhuman or degrading treatment, calling on Pakistani authorities to comply with international norms and standards. In September, his legal team approached the rapporteur to urge the Pakistani government to cease the alleged mistreatment of the couple. Prime Minister’s Aide Rana Ihsan Afzal, however, dismissed the concerns of the UN rapporteur and said Imran was being kept “according to prison rules and the jail manual”. “His children have access and he should schedule [a call] and put in the appropriate request. There is no issue or obstacle from the government of Pakistan,” said the premier’s aide. He added that the PTI founder is being provided facilities “greater than his rights” as a B-class prisoner. “He has the facilities of exercise available, good food is available and ample space is also available.” The UN official, Alice Jill Edwards, urged...

Brazil’s largest private bank says Bitcoin can improve portfolio diversification and hedge currency risk despite a volatile year for the asset. Itaú Asset Management, the investment arm of Brazil's largest private bank, Itaú Unibanco, has recommended that investors hold 1% to 3% of their portfolios in Bitcoin next year. In a new research note, Itaú Asset’s Renato Eid said that the global backdrop of geopolitical tension, shifting monetary policy and persistent currency risks strengthens the case for adding Bitcoin (BTC) as a complementary asset. He called Bitcoin “an asset distinct from fixed income, traditional stocks, or domestic markets, with its own dynamics, return potential, and — due to its global and decentralized nature — a currency hedging function.” Read more

В Калифорнии, США, домовладелец Кен Джонсон уже одиннадцать дней живет в стрессе и не может спать, ведь под его домом поселился огромный бурый медведь весом 250 кг.

On the witness stand in a Tel Aviv courtroom, amid a tedious corruption trial that skirts his far graver sins, Netanyahu was forced to face reality, if only for a moment

Один американец рассказал, что три года назад разошелся с девушкой из-за ее поступка, который не смог простить. Со временем он предположил, что поступил неправильно и спросил мнение сети относительно правильности своего поступка.

Depuis vendredi, le gymnase couvert d'Ankorondrano ressemble moins à une salle de sport qu'à un laboratoire politique. Environ trente partis s'y retrouvent pour des assises nationales des partis politiques et préparatoires à la concertation nationale annoncée par les autorités. Officiellement, il s'agit de dégager des propositions communes en vue de la « refondation ». Dans les couloirs, le mot qui revient le plus souvent est pourtant un autre : méfiance. Le lancement de cette concertation (…) - Politique

A coalition of unions, employers and religious groups filed a lawsuit on Friday seeking to block US President Donald Trump’s bid to impose, open new tab a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly-skilled foreign workers. The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco is the first to challenge a proclamation Trump issued two weeks ago announcing the fee as the Republican president moves to further restrict immigration to the United States. Plaintiffs include the United Auto Workers union, the American Association of University Professors, a nurse recruitment agency and several religious organisations. They argued that Trump’s power to restrict the entry of certain foreign nationals does not allow him to override the law that created the H-1B visa programme. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, in a statement, said Trump’s administration engaged in lawful actions “discouraging companies from spamming the system and driving down American wages, while providing certainty to employers who need to bring t...

Les habitants de la capitale et des communes environnantes doivent prendre leur mal en patience. Il faudra sans doute attendre 24 mois avant d'espérer voire s'atténuer, durablement, leurs problèmes d'approvisionnement en eau qui y sévissent depuis plusieurs années. Ce délai correspond à la durée annoncée pour les travaux et pour la mise en service d'une station de pompage à Amoron'Ankona, dont la pose de la première pierre, marquant le lancement officiel du chantier, s'est tenue hier. Deux (…) - Société

20-летняя американка со своим бойфрендом отправились в ресторан отпраздновали совместную дату отношений. Однако необычная грубость и обман мужчины в общении с официантом подтолкнули девушку к неприятному выводу.

Владельцы популярных смартфонов Xiaomi скоро обзаведутся свежим апдейтом. Компания активно тестирует прошивку HyperOS 3 на базе Android 15 для ряда устройств, выпущенных несколько лет назад.

The DeFi Education Fund has led a rebuttal to Citadel Securities’ call for the SEC to bring DeFi platforms under securities laws if dealing in tokenized stocks. A group of crypto organizations has pushed back on Citadel Securities’ request that the Securities and Exchange Commission tighten regulations on decentralized finance when it comes to tokenized stocks. Andreessen Horowitz, the Uniswap Foundation, along with crypto lobby groups the DeFi Education Fund and The Digital Chamber, among others, said they wanted “to correct several factual mischaracterizations and misleading statements” in a letter to the SEC on Friday. The group was responding to a letter from Citadel earlier this month, which urged the SEC not to give DeFi platforms “broad exemptive relief” for offering trading of tokenized US equities, arguing they could likely be defined as an “exchange” or “broker-dealer” regulated under securities laws. Read more

Не все запреты в мире рождаются из здравого смысла. Некоторые стали результатом культурных традиций, другие появились из-за попыток навести порядок, но объединяет их одно: для туристов они выглядят откровенно абсурдно.

Dense fog once again enveloped parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the night between Friday and Saturday, severely affecting routine life and disrupting road traffic due to extremely low visibility.

Thailand’s leader vowed to keep fighting on the disputed border with Cambodia as fighter jets struck targets on Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had brokered a ceasefire. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul posted on Facebook that the Southeast Asian nation would “continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people”. Trump, who brokered a ceasefire in the long-running border dispute in October, spoke to Anutin and Cambodian premier Hun Manet on Friday, and said they had agreed to “cease all shooting”. Neither of them mentioned any agreement in statements after their calls with Trump, and Anutin said there was no ceasefire. “I want to make it clear. Our actions this morning already spoke,” Anutin said. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the continued fighting. Hun Manet, in a statement on Saturday on Facebook, said Cambodia continues to seek a peaceful resolution of disputes in line with the October agreem...

Als Europa niet wil eindigen als ‘slagveld van de supermachten’, moet het een vuist maken. Er wordt veel gepraat, maar te weinig gedaan, zegt oud-premier Jan Peter Balkenende. 

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique skipped scheduled visits to public sector health facilities in Multan on Friday and rather attended a wedding ceremony along with his official cavalcade comprising multiple SUVs and police mobile. The visit attracted strong criticism from social media after it transpired that the minister had attended the wedding ceremony of a son of a doctor who was recently held guilty of gross negligence in a medicines theft case and was awarded a major penalty under the Peeda Act. The minister returned to Lahore without discharging official assignments/meetings as announced officially and conveyed to the higher authorities of Multan, including the police. The issue came to the limelight when pictures of the minister with the doctor went viral on social media where critics accused him of misusing official resources for his private trip. Multan is 340km from Lahore. Kh Salman defends his visit being a public figure On Thursday, the office of the minister for the Specialis...

Nanao atrikasa tetsy Anosy, omaly, ny eo anivon’ny mini­siteran’ny Asa, notarihin’ny minisitra Florent Soatiana Bety Leonne sy ireo solontenan’ny vondron’orinasa. Nam­baran’ny minisitra fa natao izao atrikasa izao hahafahana mandeha any amin’ny fanavaozana sy hametrahana ny laharam-pahamehana, amin’ ny alalan’ny fampanana asa. « Miaraka hatrany ny sehatra tsy miankina sy ny fanjakana. […]

Nanatrika ny fivorian’ny Firenena miteny amin’ny ampahany na manontolo ny teny frantsay (Francophonie), tany Dakar, Sénégal, ny delegasionina notarihin’ny minisitry ny Fanabeazam-pirenena, Dr Hanitriniaina Elys Karena, tamin’ity herinandro ity. Tanjona amin’ity atrikasa ity ny hanaovana jery todika ny “Initiative francophone pour la formation à distance des maîtres” (Ifa­dem). Tetikasa vatsian’ny […]

Horaisin’ny fanjakana ny fitantanana ireo fananan’ny Madarail. Voakasik’izany ny any Toama­sina sy Mantasoa ary eto Antananarivo. Tsikaritra fa nisy fampanofana tany sy trano tamin’ny Madarail Immobilier (mpanofa) nataon’ny Madarail SA (mpampanofa). Fotodrafitrasa maro toy ny trano, tany marobe ary toby fiantsonan’ny fiaran-dalamby ireo toerana ireo. Tsy azo amidy na afindra […]