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LAHORE (RNN TV) — Since April 4, multiple social media posts on platforms X and Facebook have circulated a video of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur during a media interaction, falsely claiming that he made disparaging remarks about Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. Contrary to the viral…

China slaps 125% tariffs on US goods but to ‘ignore’ further hikes

Lahore (RNN TV)—–China said Friday it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125% but would ignore further levies by President Donald Trump because it no longer makes economic sense for importers to buy from America. After a week of market mayhem as the world’s two largest economies took turns…

New Zealand Parliament Blocks Controversial Indigenous Rights Bill

Lahore (RNN TV)—- WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s founding agreement following months of protest and debate over the place of indigenous Maori in the Pacific nation. The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between the British…

Trump says China pulled back from TikTok deal over tariffs

LAHORE (RNN TV)—-President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal over TikTok’s sale if not for the latest round of US tariffs imposed on Chinese imports, AFP reported. Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump told reporters, “The report is that we had a deal, pretty…

US attorney general says third Trump term would be ‘a heavy lift’

Lahore (RNN TV)—–The US attorney general said on Sunday that it would be “a heavy lift” for Donald Trump to find a legal way to run for a third term as president. “I wish we could have him for 20 years as our president,” Pam Bondi told Fox News Sunday, “but…

Russian man survives bear attack as sightings near Moscow increase

Lahore (RNN TV)—-A brown bear attacked and badly mauled a Russian man in a forest about 125 km (78 miles) from Moscow, local media and residents said, as sightings of bears become more frequent in the region surrounding the capital. The man, who apparently survived the attack by managing to…

Three dead in Japan after medical helicopter crash

lAHORE (RNN TV)—–TOKYO: Three people died after a medical helicopter crashed into the sea off southwestern Japan, the coast guard said on Monday. A total of six passengers were on board the helicopter heading to a hospital in Fukuoka city from Tsushima Island in the Nagasaki region on Sunday afternoon.…

‘Donut Fries’ Are the Dunkin’ Donuts Snack We’ve All Been Waiting

I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like stepping into a time machine, transported back to the age when I started reading…

Tech Firms Sign ‘Digital Geneva Accord’ Not to Aid Governments

I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like stepping into a time machine, transported back to the age when I started reading…

Tax Day, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing

I recently had the enviable task of reading nearly every story Richard Matheson ever wrote and selecting 33 tales to be included in Penguin Classics’ The Best of Richard Matheson. This turned out to be like stepping into a time machine, transported back to the age when I started reading…