Web archive - July 27, 2024

World

WATCH: Why are Olympic surfers competing 16,000 kilometers away from Paris?

48 surfers will compete in Teahupo’o – a picturesque village on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti

Pakistan

Karachi: a financial hub or the city of dump?

The megacity grapples with the serious issue of waste management

World

Assisted death or 'torture'?: Controversy erupts over suicide capsule's use in Switzerland

The Nitrogen Hypoxia or suffocation by nitrogen gas which considered by the inventor as painless procedure

Entertainment

MrBeast labelled a ‘monster’ by Beast Games contestant

Contestants speak out against unfair teams, inadequate supplies, and mistreatment on the set of MrBeast’s new show.

Pakistan

Four ‘Kharji terrorists sent to hell’ in Tank IBO: ISPR

Military's media wing says weapons and ammunition were recovered from the site

World, Sports

Why South Asia's largest populations send so few athletes to Olympics

Pakistan, with 245 million people, and Bangladesh, with 174 million, managed to send just 7 and 5 athletes to Paris

Pakistan

Turkish foreign minister's plane makes refuelling stop in Karachi

Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori welcomes Hakan Fidan and his delegation upon their arrival at Karachi airport

Technology

Spacex and NASA set to launch crew-9 mission next month

NASA and SpaceX will embark on their ninth crew rotation mission to the ISS

Entertainment

Snoop Dogg’s Baphomet necklace at Paris Olympics fuels outrage

Rapper's 'satanic' necklace gains attention following the controversial Last Supper parody at the opening ceremony.

Pakistan

Miftah Ismail proposes plan to cut household electricity costs by 24%

Ex-finance czar suggests cutting sales, govt expenses, income taxes on power bills, reduce size of PSDP by Rs50b