Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in an address on Monday alleged that a propaganda cell in the country was "feeding journalists" against him. He claims that the propaganda cell purposefully misconstrues his words and that "They [the journalists] are told to pick and choose things from my interview and then turn those against me".

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan claims propaganda cell 'feeding journalists' against him

Burning, drifting, and being devoured by insects, Canada’s Boreal forest is shrinking and climate change is to blame. Second only to the South American Amazon forest, the Boreal forest is vital to ensuring the future of planet Earth, reports AFP.

Global warming slowly devastating Boreal forest a.k.a. Earth's second lung

Iran on Monday launched cross-border missile and drone strikes against Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq. As per a statement by the local authorities, one person was killed and eight wounded in the attack.

One killed, eight injured in Iranian drone strike on Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq

Days after the former Pakistani prime minister survived an assassination attempt in Punjab state, the security of Imran Khan and his sons was beefed up and they were provided an additional squad of commandos from the Kyber Pakhtaunkhawa provincial police.

Imran Khan family gets additional security after assassination attempt on ex-PM

The rollercoaster ride that is Elon Musk's Twitter is on another low with the much-awaited, paid subscription of the so-called "Twitter blue" subscription stopped, however, the billionaire has now revealed that the service will probably come back by the "end of next week.

Elon Musk reveals Twitter blue-tick will probably come back by the 'end of next week'

The Chinese district of Guangzhou, which is home to 1.8 million people on Saturday ordered its citizens to stay at home for virus testing following another rise in the number of infections.

As China eases 'Zero-COVID' rules, close to 12,000 cases of new infection reported

Following unauthorised transactions potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the new CEO of the troubled cryptocurrency platform FTX said on Saturday that the company was making "every effort to secure all assets.

FTX says making ‘every effort to secure all assets’ after unauthorised transfers worth millions

The retaking of Kherson from Russian troops was hailed as an "amazing triumph" for Ukraine on Saturday by the White House. Talking to reporters while on his way to the ASEAN summit in Cambodia, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, "It does look as though the Ukrainians have just won an extraordinary victory where the one regional capital that Russia had seized in this war is now back under the Ukrainian flag -- and that is quite a remarkable thing.

US hails Ukraine’s ‘extraordinary victory’ in Kherson, says it will have ‘broader strategic implications’

As per reports, at the sidelines of the upcoming Group of 20 industrialised nations meeting in Indonesia United States President Joe Biden have a sit-down with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, while a similar meeting with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not in the cards.

At G20, Biden will ask Xi Jinping to help restrain N.Korea's 'worst tendencies'; won't meet Saudi Prince MBS

United States ex-president Donald Trump will formally announce that he is running for another shot at the country's highest seat announced the businessman's longtime advisor Jason Miller.

Trump to make a 'very professional, very buttoned-up announcement' for presidential bid on Tuesday

About USD 1 billion in customer funds have vanished from troubled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Reuters reported citing top official sources. The exchange's founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly transferred $10 billion of customer funds from FTX to Bankman-Fried's trading company Alameda Research, the people told Reuters.

FTX founder secretly moved $10bn of customer funds to his firm, over $1bn missing: Report

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual summit is currently taking place in Cambodia, and on Saturday, the region's political leaders will meet with a number of visiting world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.

ASEAN Summit: Ukraine says Russia playing 'hunger games', no sign of negotiation willingness

Donald Trump who has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the 2021 attack on the US Capitol, filed a lawsuit on Friday, claiming he has "total immunity" and will not appear next week.

Trump files suit to block Jan 6 panel subpoena to avoid being ‘compelled’ to testify, hand papers

Top US financial regulators have undertaken an investigation into whether Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto exchange FTX.com handled costumers' assets properly. As per a report by Bloomberg they are also looking into the crypto exchange's relationship with other parts of the Bankman-Fried empire.

Crypto-exchange FTX's troubles far from over over; top US finance watchdogs probe its costumer assets handling

China's climate envoy Xie Zhenhua on Wednesday said that China would be willing to support a mechanism for compensating poorer countries for losses and damage brought on by climate change.

COP27: China ready to back mechanism to compensate poor countries for climate change

While scores of social media posts tried to raise questions on democrat victories in the US Mid Term elections, the misinformation didn't come close to the "firestorm" that was Joe Biden's presidential victory in 2020.

Compared to the 2020 presidential elections, US midterms saw less misinformation, but it was there

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that Twitter's new owner Elon Musk's connections with other nations were "worthy" of being scrutinised. According to Reuters, Biden was asked if he believed that the "chief twit" posed a threat to US national security and whether the American government should look into his purchase of Twitter with the aid of a Saudi Arabian corporation.

US President Biden says Twitter owner Musk's relationship with other countries 'worthy of being looked at'

Markets and people alike are awaiting the official results of the US Midterm elections with bated breath. The question remains; who will win this race, Democrats or Republicans?

US Midterm Elections 2022: Dead lawmaker wins the election for Pennsylvania State Representative

Just days after taking over Twitter as the "Chief Twit", Elon Musk has been openly pondering on how to bring in money. The company has already made certain moves, like laying off half of its global workforce and starting to charge $8 per month for the once-free blue tick verification.

Twitter users may soon have to pay more than just $8 as Musk deliberates putting platform behind paywall

The US and Russia have decided to resume talks related to the New START nuclear arms reduction deal, which was put on hold since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

US, Russia to restart talks on New START nuclear arms reduction deal

Extreme weather events are fast becoming a reality. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned that heatwaves can kill 90,000 Europeans annually if nothing is done.

By 2100 in Europe, 90,000 people will die due to hot weather, warns European Environment Agency

As Twitter takes up more and more of Elon Musk's attention, concerned Tesla Inc. shareholders sold their shares, bringing the billionaire's net worth below $200 billion.

Elon Musk's net worth falls below $200bn; Investors dump Tesla shares as he becomes ‘more focused on Twitter'

Twitter as we know and love is gone. The social media platform which in the past was pretty famous for its trolls and parody accounts has now taken a hard stance against people "impersonating" its new owner Elon Musk.

Millions of followers, blue-tick go down the drain as Twitter suspends accounts for impersonating Elon Musk

Hot weather has resulted in the death of at least 15,000 people in Europe so far this year, said the World Health Organization on Monday. The three months from June through August were the hottest for Europe since records began, and the exceptionally high temperatures caused the worst drought the continent has seen since the Middle Ages, according to the organisation.

In 2022, Europe experienced the worst drought since the Middle Ages; it killed around 15,000 people: WHO

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