Rio de Janeiro recorded his hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures on Monday reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) – about 145 degrees warmer than Bismarck, North Dakota – while residents flocked to the Ocean to try to cool off. It was the highest temperature since the Southeast Brazilian city began … Read more
A man sorts and organizes medication packaging in a pharmacy store in Peshawar. – Reuters / File Health services are becoming more and more inaccessible for consumers who are in inflation, as Pakistan Bureau Statistics (PBS) figures for January 2025 show a sharp increase in medical spending. The latest data published by the PBS earlier … Read more
A representative image of a currency dealer counting $100 bills. — AFP/File The current account surplus for December alone climbs to $582 million. The turnover surplus decreased by 15% compared to the previous month. . Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomes current account surplus. KARACHI: Pakistan recorded its highest current account (CA) surplus in 15 years … Read more
LeBron James will have to make way for the NFL. Doubleheader on Wednesday on Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in US history, with numbers nearly five times those of the NBA. The Baltimore Ravens’ 31-2 win over the Houston Texans averaged 24.3 million while Kansas City’s 29-10 win over Pittsburgh averaged 24.1 … Read more
A currency trader counts Pakistani rupee notes as he prepares to exchange U.S. dollars in Islamabad, December 11, 2017. — Reuters Pakistan has a current account surplus of $729 million. The surplus reflects the importance of remittances and the reduction in trade deficits. November marks the 4th consecutive month of surplus. KARACHI: Pakistan recorded its … Read more
THE Guinness World Records are known for shedding light on the most interesting, unique and even strange happenings in human nature around the world. 2024 was no exception. Earlier this year we talked about a toddler who became the Youngest male artist in Guinness World Records after his paintings were featured in an exhibition at … Read more
A worker pulls a loaded handcart down a street at a wholesale market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 4, 2023. — AFP COLOMBO: Consumer prices in Sri Lanka fell 2.1 percent in November, the highest rate of deflation recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, according to official data released on Saturday. An … Read more