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Nation celebrates Eidul Azha with religious zeal

Large Eid prayer congregations were held at central mosques, Eidgahs and open grounds in all cities, towns, and villages nationwide

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The shocking death toll of cars in poor countries

The story of global health over the last few centuries has generally been one of great progress — vastly longer lifespans, far fewer women dying in childbirth, many fewer children dying from miserable diseases like measles and smallpox. But there is one often…

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I asked a billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.

Earlier this year, a billionaire investor and philanthropist named Tom Kaplan auctioned off a small Rembrandt drawing of a lion at Sotheby’s in New York City. It sold for nearly $18 million. A press release prior to the auction noted that Kaplan would donate …

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The pope takes on AI

Monday morning, the Roman Catholic Church made its biggest foray yet into the discourse on artificial intelligence and the role it should play in human life as the technology develops. In the first encyclical of his papacy, titled Magnifica humanitas (Latin f…

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Philips’ new display has a screen on both sides

Its name might be dull and uninspired, but the Philips 24B2D5300 Business Monitor brings a novel feature I've never seen on a display before: screens on either side. The design will primarily benefit people who are constantly angling their computer screen so …

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This mechanical bird drops dead when your home’s air quality worsens

The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design - an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a certain level, a mechanical bird mounted on your wall would appear to drop dead, then prompt you to…

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Netflix’s next great sci-fi show is set in a retirement community

Four decades on, '80s-style science fiction adventures continue to exert their influence on modern film and TV. The idea of a group of kids teaming up to face an otherworldly threat has become a trope at this point, seen in everything from Super 8 to Stranger…

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Apple’s latest MacBook Air is $200 off in both sizes for Memorial Day

If you’re looking for a laptop that’ll still perform well several years from now, Apple’s latest MacBook Air is hard to beat. Now, in particular, is a good time to pick one up, as you can currently buy the 13-inch MacBook Air at Amazon in the run-up to Memori…

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PM urges nurturing new dimensions of Pakistan-China friendship for future generations

Prime Minister said Pakistan-China relations have reached a high point where one cannot match or find a befitting parallel to match these great relations

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Nation to celebrate Eidul Azha tomorrow with religious zeal

Eid prayers’ congregations will be held at mosques, Eidgahs and open places in all cities, towns and villages across the country

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Imam of Masjid-e-Nabawi urges Muslims to forge unity

Delivering the Hajj sermon at Masjid-e-Nimrah from the plains of Arafat in Makkah today, Imam of Masjid-e-Nabawi Sheikh Ali Al-Hudhaify urged Muslims to forge unity among themselves

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How to make the most important choice of your life

The average person works 80,000 hours over the course of their career. Ideally, that time should be fulfilling, well-paid, and spent doing things that make the world a better place. Of course that’s much, much easier said than done. In an increasingly fragile…

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Why Steve Kerr Stayed With the Warriors

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Trump is waging a silent war on legal immigration

When the member states of the United Nations reviewed their Global Compact on Migration earlier this month, one country was conspicuously absent from the discussions: the United States. In a post on X explaining its reasoning, the State Department said it obj…

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Vibe coding is coming to your phone

"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to? It's just a few taps away. The tagline wasn't strictly true - I'm still waiting for that one perfect grocery l…

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