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London police set up specialist Jewish protection team

British police are setting up a new team of 100 officers, including counter terrorism specialists, to help protect Jewish communities across London after a series of anti-Semitic attacks, including the stabbing of two men. The plan announced on Wednesday for a dedicated protection team comes as officers announced more arrests for anti-Semitism, including detaining a 35-year-old man after rocks were thrown at an ambulance belonging to the Jewish community. London’s top police boss Mark Rowley said Jewish communities were facing “sustained threats” from hostile state actors as well as extreme right-wing groups and elements of the extreme left. Detectives are examining whether the arson incidents have possible Iranian links, after British security officials warned that Iran was using criminal proxies to carry out hostile activity. Since late March, there have been a number of high-profile arson attacks with four Jewish ambulances burned and synagogues targeted . Last week, two Jewis...
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Going Green with Solar

PAKISTAN is undergoing an energy revolution unlike any the country’s planners designed, any donor funded, or any government blueprint envisioned. Rooftop by rooftop, tubewell by tubewell, factory floor by factory floor, ordinary Pakistanis are building one of the fastest clean energy transitions ever recorded. In a country simultaneously battered by catastrophic floods, record-breaking heatwaves and an electricity tariff crisis of its own making, the sun has become both an escape route and, quietly, a contributor to Pakistan’s climate commitments. This is the story of that revolution, and the storm gathering in its wake. The roots of Pakistan’s solar revolution lie in a catastrophic confluence of policy failure, global market forces and consumer desperation. Between 2021 and 2024, electricity tariffs surged by 155 per cent, driven by IMF-mandated removal of subsidies, soaring fuel costs from the Russia-Ukraine war, and capacity payments owed to idle CPEC-era thermal plants. At the pea...

Trump family’s crypto firm sues backer

WASHINGTON: World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by US President Donald Trump and his sons, said on Monday it had filed a defamation lawsuit against Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, in the latest escalation of a dispute between the project and one of its most prominent backers. World Liberty posted a copy of its lawsuit on X in which it accused Sun of launching a “public smear campaign” including cla­ims that it said were false. The crypto project – one of several lucrative crypto businesses co-founded or controlled by the Trump family — said that Sun had done things he wasn’t allowed to do with his tokens, including transferring them to crypto exchange Binance. In April, Sun sued World Liberty Financial saying the company had illegally frozen the tokens he had bought. Sun said World Liberty secretly installed tools to prevent the sale of his tokens after they became tradeable in September 2025. In it...

5.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, Pindi

Tremors were felt in Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Monday after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake was reported. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the earthquake was recorded at 10:56am. It added that the epicentre was located near the Tajikistan–Xinjiang border region and had a depth of 128 kilometres. According to state-run PTV , the tremors were felt in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Pakistan falls on three major tectonic plates — the Arabian, Euro-Asian and Indian — which create five seismic zones under the country. The intersection of multiple fault lines means that tectonic movements remain a frequent occurrence in the region. Last week, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Residents of Islamabad and KP also felt tremors on April 3, when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. from Dawn - Home https://ift.tt/CmynFKq

Bulls in control as PSX gains 4,000 points during intraday trade

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark index on Monday rose 4,000 points during intraday trade. The KSE-100 index gained 4,170 points to reach 167,164.26 points from the previous close of 162,994.17 points at 11:29pm. According to Mettis Global , the sharp rally came as investors reacted positively to developments surrounding rising tensions between Iran and the United States, alongside efforts to stabilise the situation in key global energy routes. Global oil prices eased on Monday after US President Donald Trump said the country would begin an effort to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, although the lack of a US–Iran peace deal kept prices supported above $100. Monday’s rally comes after the stock market ended its fourth consecutive session on a jittery note. The fall reflected investor nervousness over geopolitical tensions and surging oil prices, clouding the economic outlook. Analysts have warned that Pakistan’s inflation is likely to remain in double digits if...