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Shehbaz calls for urgent population planning to ease pressure on resources

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting on people’s welfare in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: X/PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed on Tuesday that maintaining a balance between population growth and available resources was essential for sustainable development, saying that rapid population growth puts increasing pressure on national resources and poses a major challenge to […]

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UK’s FCA lowers stablecoin capital buffers to 1%, undercutting EU’s MiCA

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reduced the proposed capital requirements for stablecoin issuers as it set out its formal guidance for cryptocurrency regulations. The Financial Services Authority reduced the amount of financial backing that must be set aside to 1% of the total value of the stablecoins they issue. It was previously 2

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Qualcomm takes aim at Nvidia, AMD, Huawei with Dragonfly AI accelerator rack packed with 43TB LPDDR5x, future generations set to smash 7PB/s bandwidth

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The Qualcomm Dragonfly AI200 AI accelerator rack is the first of several releases planned by the chip designer as it aims to score victories in the data center segment The upcoming Dragonfly AI250 accelerator leverages its proprietary High Bandwidth Compute (HBC) to offer a theoretical 18x the amount of bandwidth of its sibling Qualcomm’s push

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Bilawal, Fazl urge government, protesters to resolve AJK crisis through dialogue

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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari meets JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to discuss national political issues in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: X/PPP Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday called for dialogue to resolve the ongoing unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, while announcing an electoral

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Newsom strikes an anthropic deal to get California government half-price Claude AI access

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The California government will have access to Anthropics Claude at a 50% discount The technology will be used to improve workflows and cyber security Governor Newsom said Claude will be used “accountably, transparently and in the service of the people” The California government will now be able to use Anthropic’s Claude AI at a half-price

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‘EastEnders’ star Natalie Cassidy breaks down after daughter’s devastating injury

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Cassidy shares nine-year-old daughter Joanie with fiance Marc Humphreys EastEnders Star Natalie Cassidy has been left devastated after her nine-year-old daughter was rushed to hospital with a serious injury. Cassidy, known for her role as Sonia Fowler in the long-running BBC soap EastEndersrecently detailed the incident about her Life with Nat podcast. The 43-year-old British

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Circle (CRCL) selloff may be “overreaction,” but Open USD faces adoption test

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Still, he argued that Circle’s 16% selloff on Tuesday went too far. “I think it’s an overreaction,” he told CoinDesk. Circular Sales (TradingView) He pointed to Paxos’ Global Dollar Network (USDG), another consortium-backed stablecoin that shares reserve income with partners but has yet to gain significant market share. It has grown to a supply of

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Violation of Indus Water Treaty would have profound consequences: DPM Dar

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday warned India against any attempt to undermine the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying it could result in dire consequences for the region and wider international order. For more than six decades, India and Pakistan amicably managed the Indus River system through the IWT Transboundary

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New WHO plan calls for stronger efforts against fungal diseases

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The new oneBlueprint for strengthening responses to fungal diseases and antifungal resistanceissued Tuesday, lays out practical steps to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Fungal diseases affecting more than 300 million people each year and is associated with high mortality, long-term illness and large losses in health and productivity worldwide. Growing global threat They range

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Tensions continue in AJK as Shaukat Nawaz Mir was arrested amid the JAAC sit-in

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Muzaffarabad Deputy Commissioner confirms Mir’s arrest during a joint operation in Dhirkot Leader of the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) Shaukat Nawaz Mir. SCREENGRAB/ Youtube Shaukat Nawaz Mir, leader of the newly banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), was arrested in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Dhirkot area on Tuesday, according

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