Rita Ora delivered a show-stopping performance on Friday night as she opened for pop icon Kylie Minogue at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta during the North American leg of Minogue’s Tension Tour. The 34-year-old singer took the stage in a dramatic runway-inspired look, donning a wrapped strapless mini dress with a distressed train. According […]
Green Day shows solidarity with Palestine during Coachella headlining set
The legendary band Green Day made their long-awaited debut at Coachella on Saturday night with a powerful performance that included a rare and pointed reference to Palestine which went viral. The band’s headline set, marking the second day of the Coachella music festival, captivated the crowd not only with its energy but also with a […]
Sarah Michelle Gellar details final birthday with Shannen
Sarah Michelle Gellar is marking a bittersweet birthday this year. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum shared a tribute to her late friend Shannen Doherty on the Charmed alum’s 54th birthday April 12. It marks the first since her 2024 death and comes two days before Sarah will turn 48. “For as long as I […]
Failing System
A nine-year-old girl walks into a school in Kot Addu. She doesn’t come back the same. The arrest of the man accused of attempting to rape her may offer a sliver of accountability but can anyone, daring to proclaim all is well, really deny how he wasn’t a stranger in a dark alley. He was […]
Is the Ukraine War Coming to an End? (Part I)
It was February 24, 2022, when the Russian ground forces breached Ukrainian territory. The purpose was to warn Ukraine that it must not continue its efforts to join NATO. There is little doubt that Ukraine was a red line for Russia, and President Putin had been obvious in telling the US-led Western world that Russia […]
Urgent Choices
Eight Pakistani workers from Bahawalpur, shot dead in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province, their lives executed in cold blood. The banned Balochistan National Army swiftly jumped to the front, claiming responsibility and adding yet another layer of complexity to already strained ties. This is the second such massacre in the last year, a chilling echo of the […]
Pakistan: The New Mining Frontier
The two-day Pakistan Mineral Investment Forum, hosted by Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL) in collaboration with the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) in Islamabad, marked a significant breakthrough in showcasing the country’s untapped trillion-dollar mineral reserves. With the participation of around 300 foreign delegates, including a high-level U.S. delegation led by Eric Meyer, […]
Geostrategic Catastrophe
Whether President George E. Bush’s ill-fated decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was America’s worst geostrategic blunder since World War II and Vietnam or not, Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs may prove worse. By imposing global tariffs, Trump is performing a hat trick of sorts. First, he has more than decimated US stock markets so […]
Beware of Digital Colonization
The term “digital colonization” refers to the process by which powerful entities or nations seize control of and make use of digital resources, data, and technology. Controlling and manipulating digital infrastructure, platforms, and data for the purpose of gaining monetary or political advantage. Generative artificial intelligence has gone from being an abstract concept to becoming […]
