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04/01/2023

Unauthorized use of cellphones by Russian soldiers led to a deadly Ukrainian rocket attack on the facility where they were stationed, according to the Russian military, as it raised the death toll from the weekend attack to 89.

Gen. Lt. Sergei Sevryukov said in a statement late Tuesday that phone signals allowed Kyiv’s forces to “determine the coordinates of the location of military personnel” and launch a strike.

The Russian military is taking unspecified measures to “prevent similar tragic incidents in the future,” Sevryukov said, and promised to punish officials responsible for the blunder.

The attack, one of the deadliest on the Kremlin’s forces since the start of the war over 10 months ago, occurred one minute into the new year, according to Sevryukov.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/russia-says-cellphone-use-led-ukraine-to-target-its-troops/

04/01/2023

The first major U.S. winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes region on Tuesday while posing a tornado and flood threat to a large swath of the South.

The National Weather Service (NWS) forecast intense snowfall of 1 to 3 inches (2-1/2 to 7-1/2 cm) per hour in parts of Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota on Tuesday, accompanied at times by thunder, with more than a foot of snow expected to accumulate.

Drifting and blowing snow from strong, gusty winds was expected to make road travel virtually impossible in some areas, while snow fog, mist and freezing rain created treacherous driving conditions in others, the NWS said.

Winter storm warnings, ice storm warnings and winter weather advisories were posted in and around Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota as freezing rain swept north through the region, followed by bands of heavy snow, according to the NWS.

By Tuesday evening, about a half foot of snow had fallen on the Twin Cities’ western suburbs, and 4 inches at Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport, said Richard Bann, a meteorologist for the NWS Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

The weather service said the storm front originated from a low-pressure system churning over Iowa.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/years-first-winter-storm-hits-us/

04/01/2023

Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said the government and people would have to put in their effort the make the rehabilitation of the flood-hit country possible, alongside the help of friendly countries.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Government Boys Secondary School of Kili Jia Khan that was rebuilt, the PM expressed hope that the “civilized” world would come to Pakistan’s aid to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-affected areas at the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan scheduled to be held in Geneva on January 9.

PM Shehbaz said he would co-chair the moot with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

He also shared that he was “constantly contacting” the leadership of friendly countries to invite them to the conference.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/pm-shehbaz-hopeful-for-support-from-friendly-countries-at-geneva-moot/

03/01/2023

Mishal Bukhari, a well-known Pakistani anchor, died on Tuesday at the age of 38 from cancer.

Journalist Rai Shah Nawaz took to Twitter to share the heartbreaking news that Mishal Bukhari had died.

It is worth noting that Mishal Bukhari was a senior and veteran journalist in Pakistan, as well as an excellent news anchor and TV show host.

She was born in Karachi on July 8, 1984, and began her career as an anchorperson for a private news channel.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/mishal-bukhari-well-known-journalist-died-at-the-age-of-38/

03/01/2023

CES, the annual tech industry event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is returning to Las Vegas this week with the hope that it looks more like it did before the coronavirus pandemic.

Media previews start Tuesday and Wednesday, with the show opening Thursday and continuing through Sunday.

The show changed its name to CES several years ago to better reflect the changing industry and the event, which had expanded beyond audio and video to include automotive, digital health, smart phones, wearables and other technologies.

Companies and startups will showcase innovations in virtual reality, robotics and consumer tech items to the media and others in the tech industry. The show is not open to the general public.

Organizers say their goal is to draw 100,000 attendees. That would be a marked contrast with the look and feel of the past two shows — the last of which saw a 70% drop in in-person attendance amid the spread of the Omicron variant. The one before that was held virtually, replacing in-person displays and meet and greets with video streams and chats.

Even if organizers reach their goal, it would still represent a 41% dip in attendance compared to the in-person show held in early 2020, before the pandemic consumed much of everyday life.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/ces-2023-tech-world-to-gather-and-show-off-gadgets/

03/01/2023

Oil prices slid on Tuesday from their highest levels in a month on a stronger dollar and after the head of the International Monetary Fund warned of a tougher 2023 as major economies experience weakening activity.

Brent crude futures dropped 98 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $84.93 a barrel by 0148 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $79.49 a barrel, down 77 cents, or 1pc, after the US dollar strengthened. A stronger greenback makes dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for holders of other currencies.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Sunday that the United States, Europe and China — the main engines of global growth — are all slowing down simultaneously, making 2023 tougher than 2022 for the global economy.

Still, oil prices settled more than 2pc higher on Friday with Brent and WTI closing 2022 up 10.5pc and 6.7pc, respectively.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/oil-slides-after-imf-says-slowing-global-growth-engines-portend-tougher-2023/

03/01/2023

China’s state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the Covid-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing to the World Health Organisation on the evolution of the virus later in the day.

China’s abrupt U-turn on Covid controls on Dec 7, as well as the accuracy of its case and mortality data, have come under increasing scrutiny at home and overseas and prompted some countries to impose travel curbs.

The policy shift followed protests over the “zero Covid” approach championed by President Xi Jinping, marking the strongest show of public defiance in his decade-old presidency and coinciding with the slowest growth in China in nearly half a century.

As the virus spreads unchecked, funeral parlors report a spike in demand for their services and international health experts to predict at least one million deaths in the world’s most populous country this year.

China reported three new Covid deaths for Monday, up from one for Sunday. Its official death toll since the pandemic began now stands at 5,253.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/china-state-media-plays-down-severity-of-covid-wave-before-who-meeting/

03/01/2023

Raja, who describes himself as a geopolitical analyst and rights activist on Twitter, released a video on December 31 in which he made several broad statements against the army’s former top leadership. According to one allegation, four “top models and actresses” would socialise with former officials as well as politicians. Other than claiming it was revealed to him by “sources,” he was unable to substantiate his claims with evidence.

He also mentioned the initials of the four women about whom he was making claims: MK, MH, SA, and KK or AK. The confusion in the previous set of initials was exacerbated when he claimed to have said AK following Khan’s tweet.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/actor-kubra-khan-has-threatened-to-sue-youtuber-adil-raja-for-defamation/

03/01/2023

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has been named one of the 200 Best Singers of All Time by the American magazine Rolling Stone. He is ranked 91st on the list, which also includes Jungkook of K-pop boy band BTS, South Korean singer-songwriter IU, late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, and Canadian singer The Weeknd.

The list was made public on Sunday. “It’s easy to lose track of time, and to hear how his music easily reached global audiences in the eighties when he began performing abroad and recording for Peter Gabriel’s Real World label,” the magazine wrote for the ‘Dum Mast Mast’ singer.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/rolling-stones-featured-nusrat-fateh-ali-khan-on-its-200-best-singers-of-all-time-list/

03/01/2023

Opener Imamul Haq anchored Pakistan with a pugnacious half-century as the home team reached 154-3 at the close on Tuesday after New Zealand piled up a handy 449 in their first innings of the second Test in Karachi.

At the close of day two, Haq was unbeaten on 74 and Saud Shakeel 13 as the home team need another 96 runs to avoid the follow-on.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/haq-anchors-pakistan-after-new-zealand-pile-on-449-in-second-test/

03/01/2023

Britain will officially declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph reported on Monday, citing sources.

The move, which will be announced within weeks, is supported by Britain’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the report said.

Proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group would mean that it would become a criminal offense to belong to the group, attend its meetings, and carry its logo in public.

The UK Home Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the Telegraph report.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/britain-to-proscribe-irans-revolutionary-guard-as-terror-group-report/

03/01/2023

An Israeli official said the 15-minute visit by Ben-Gvir, a top member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious cabinet, complied with a so-called status-quo arrangement dating back decades that allows non-Muslims to visit on condition they do not pray. He did not approach the mosque.

Although the visit passed without incident, it risks stoking tensions with Palestinians that have already been running high after an upsurge in violence in the occupied West Bank in the past year.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on Palestinians to “confront the raids into Al Aqsa mosque”. He accused Ben-Gvir of staging the visit as part of a bid to turn the shrine “into a Jewish temple”.

Israel denies having such designs. Ben-Gvir once advocated ending a ban on Jewish prayer at the site but has been more non-committal on the issue since aligning with Netanyahu. Other members of his Jewish Power party still advocate such a move.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/palestinians-enraged-as-israeli-minister-visits-al-aqsa-mosque-compound/

03/01/2023

The Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Energy Conservation Plan, introducing certain measures to ensure judicious utilization of national resources.

“The approval to the conservation plan has been accorded in line with the advice of the Power Division. It will come into force at once across the country,” Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said while unveiling the salient features of the austerity plan here at a media briefing after the cabinet meeting.

He was flanked by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister for Energy (Power Division) Khurram Dastgir Khan, Minister for Housing and Works Maulana Abdul Wasay, Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman and Minister for Defence Production Israr Tareen.

Elaborating the main contours of the plan, Khawaja Asif said restaurants, hotels, and markets would close down by 8:30 p.m. and marriage halls by 10 p.m. “With this initiative, which has been taken in consultation with trade bodies, there will be a saving of around Rs 62 billion [annually].

He said additional duty would also be imposed on inefficient electric fans, whose production would be halted from July 1, 2023.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/markets-halls-to-shut-early-as-cabinet-okays-national-energy-conservation-plan/

02/01/2023

Pakistan was created under unique circumstances, without natural and ethnic boundaries and any concept of nationhood. It’s the only country in the world built on the back of democratic processes. The country faced dire conditions, and many experts predicted that it wouldn’t last more than six months. The collective literacy rate was 3% as the colonial education system was only designed for the elite. Pakistan had inherited no industry, barring a cement factory and a few textile units. Both East and West Pakistan had a combined total of 29 industrial units. The country that was never meant to survive now celebrates 75 years of existence and is flourishing.

Read opinion: https://thediteur.com/bet-on-pakistan/

02/01/2023

Sri Lanka began a fresh austerity drive on Monday, freezing government recruitment as new taxes and higher electricity prices kicked in with authorities trying to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Indian Ocean island nation needs to achieve debt sustainability as a precondition to a $2.9 billion bailout from the Washington-based lender after it defaulted in April as its economy went into crisis.

The IMF has also asked Colombo to trim its 1.5 million strong public services, sharply raise taxes and sell off loss-making state enterprises.

A record 20,000 civil servants retired at the end of December — eight times as many as usual according to the public administration ministry — after President Ranil Wickremesinghe reduced their retirement age from 65 to 60.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/sri-lanka-freezes-govt-recruitment-in-fresh-austerity-drive/

02/01/2023

Off-spinner Agha Salman and pacer Naseem Shah helped Pakistan derail New Zealand to 309-6 on Monday after opener Devon Conway scored a brilliant hundred on the first day in the second Test in Karachi.

Salman grabbed 3-55 and Shah took 2-44 to trigger a New Zealand middle-order slump which saw the tourists lose five wickets for 45 runs during the final session, slumping from 234-1 to 279-6.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/pak-halt-nz-on-309-6-after-devin-conways-century-in-2nd-test/

02/01/2023

Two children were killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, a day after assailants sprayed bullets toward a row of homes, leaving at least four dead, police said.

The blast occurred near one of the houses targeted overnight in Dhangri village in southern Rajouri district. A 5-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl died in the blast. The injured were being treated at a hospital.

On Sunday night, two gunmen indiscriminately opened fire at three houses in Dhangri, top police officer Mukesh Singh told reporters. He said four civilians were killed and five others were wounded.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/police-2-kids-among-6-people-die-in-kashmir-village-attack/

02/01/2023

The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 395.45 points, with a positive change of 0.98 percent, closing at 40,815.90 against 40,420.45 points on the previous day.

A total of 242,173,251 shares were traded during the day as compared to 284,512,885 shares the previous day, whereas the price of shares stood at Rs 7.278 billion against Rs 7.960 billion on the last trading day.

As many as 334 companies transacted their shares in the stock market; 211 of them recorded gains and 107 sustained losses, whereas the share price of 16 companies remained unchanged.

Read more: https://thediteur.com/psx-witnesses-bullish-trend-gains-395-points/

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