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Pakistan orders a 50% cut in official-vehicle fuel, a 5% reduction in non-employee spending, and new travel and procurement restrictions.

Pakistan is reviewing possible fuel-saving measures, including a four-day workweek and limits on official transport, but no final policy has been announced.

Every Friday the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics publishes a number, and every Friday it is reported as though it were inflation. It is not. It is the Sensitive Price Indicator, and it measures something narrower and more…

NASA says scientists used IXPE to directly measure the magnetic fields of pulsar PSR J1101−6101 in the Lighthouse Nebula for the first time
Indian solar-observatory measurements strengthen evidence that magnetic reconnection helps transfer energy into the Sun's extremely hot outer atmosphere.
The United States has announced new tariffs on 60 trading partners, including Pakistan, India and China, framing the measure as a response to forced labour concerns in global supply chains rather than the broader tariff…

WHO's 2026 breastfeeding evidence points to counselling, baby-friendly hospitals, maternity protection and marketing rules as measures that deliver results.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has added a new layer to scientists’ view of Jupiter’s moon Io, using microwave measurements to reveal heat patterns that sit below the surface rather than only at ground level. The data, released…
Lawmakers are hoping to avoid a third shutdown since last September. The stopgap funding measure now heads to the Senate, where it faces an uncertain

PM Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed support for polio eradication in talks with the Gates Foundation and separately approved measures to streamline Pakistan's trade procedures.

Vietnam has drafted new rules that would let children under 16 keep social media accounts while stripping away their ability to post, comment or react to content, an approach officials are billing as more measured than…

The BJP government's response so far has been a measured crackdown as it also attempts to woo the

The Islamabad High Court has sought a detailed report on the PIMS fire inquiry and safety measures taken after the deaths of 14 children.
A leading voice for Holocaust survivors delivered a carefully measured but unmistakably urgent warning to an Australian royal commission this week, drawing a comparison few public figures make lightly. H2: A Careful…

A NASA-supported monitoring network has produced a detailed three-year picture of PM2.5 and black carbon pollution across Ethiopia's capital.
Andy Burnham is being urged to take a less cautious approach to economic policy if he wants Labour to do more than hold the line. In an opinion piece for The Guardian Business, economist Jonathan Portes argues that the…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Tuesday that the province has consistently been receiving less water than its allocated share, and announced the formation of a provincial water task force to…

New Hubble Space Telescope research shows that star formation in the Andromeda galaxy, our closest large galactic neighbor, has been steadily declining for the past 500 million years, with the pace of that decline…

H2: London’s clean-air policy shows signs of reversing damage A major study has found that children’s lungs in London grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were pushed out of the city centre under…

NASA PACE satellite data show falling chlorophyll in the central Pacific as the 2026 El Nino suppresses nutrient-rich water and affects marine ecosystems.

Users in Pakistan reported difficulty accessing Al Jazeera's English-language website after officials criticised the broadcaster's coverage of elections and unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency found the Senate passed 97 bills with only six ordinances laid in the upper house during 2025-26, even as its scrutiny function weakened.

US wholesale inflation paused in July as cheaper energy and food offset increases in services and construction, new federal data shows.
Fresh US labor data show remote work remains a major part of professional employment, although access varies sharply by occupation.