Web archive - October 14, 2021

Music

Found my feeling again: Adele announces new album, '30'

The artist took to social media and shared a statement on how she came about her new album after a six-year hiatus

World

Afghan pomegranate pickers jobless as fruits rot at shuttered border

Between 40,000 and 50,000 tonnes are exported across border to Pakistan, India and the Gulf states each year

World

India's October power shortage worst since March 2016

The October shortfall was already the biggest in absolute terms for a single month since November 2018

World, Pakistan

US to ship 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan

Pakistan has administered at least 93.6 million doses so far

TV

Ahead of season 3 release, Netflix renews 'You' for season 4

Well, who would mind more of Joe Goldberg, are we right?

Gossip

There were parallels marrying an older, politically powerful man: Jemima Goldsmith

Author draws a comparison between herself and Monica Lewinsky

Film

Hollywood crews to strike next week for increased pay, adequate breaks

The union will continue bargaining with producers this week and strike if demands aren't met.

Pakistan

Parliamentary committee rejects anti-forced conversion bill

Move prompts protest from members of minority communities saying their lives will become 'living hell' after rejection

World

It may be 'last chance' to find Covid origins: WHO

Top health authority names 26 proposed members of its Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens

Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar

Newly-appointed US Consul General shares ‘excitement in Pashto’

Fighting Covid-19 is one of the most important partnerships that the US has with Pakistan, says Richard Riley