Defence surge could help jumpstart Europe’s flat economy
A defence spending surge could boost Europe’s sluggish economy as long as it provides a springboard for a broader industrial revival and if governments convince the sector that the funding…
Wall Street ramps up staffing as election nears, expecting volatile trading
Banks, brokerages, investment managers and exchanges are adding staff to handle high trading volumes on and around Election Day with markets expected to become volatile as results come in. Political…
Karbala glimpses
COMMUNITIES across the Muslim world, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, are familiar with the heartrending epic of Karbala, as the event is firmly embedded in the cultural…
Joe Uncool? Biden grumps at media as election pressure mounts
From testy exchanges with reporters to outright silence, the pressure of Joe Biden’s US presidential election battle with Donald Trump appears to be straining his relationship with the media. While…
AI film festival gives glimpse of cinema’s future
With fantastical characters including mud people and giant grandmothers, an AI film festival is giving a glimpse of the storytelling made possible by the novel technology. Nearly 3,000 short films…
Modi and MPs from Pakistan
REVANTH Reddy, the waggish Congress chief minister of Telangana, was fielding questions from a BJP-hugging TV anchor about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s prospects in the ongoing elections. “Do I see…
Jumpstart Pakistan?
As Pakistan struggled with ever-growing challenges in recent decades, a succession of regimes have sought to jumpstart the country – notably its economy – without comprehensively tackling long-term challenges. It…
HSBC dumps London tower for smaller office as real estate reckoning unfolds
HSBC’s move to ditch its 45-floor Canary Wharf tower in favour of a much smaller development in central London is one of the most visible examples yet of an office…
HEC conducts idea pitching boot camps for PMNIA
The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan is conducting Idea Pitching Boot Camps for the candidates for round-l of the Prime Minister’s National Innovation Award (PMNIA). Around 256 candidates are participating…
Google’s immersive Street View could be glimpse of metaverse
Fifteen years after its launch, a Google Maps feature that lets people explore faraway places as though standing right there is providing a glimpse of the metaverse being heralded as…
