Vice President Kamala Harris was in charge of the country for a brief period on Friday morning when President Joe Biden went under anesthesia for a colonoscopy being conducted as part of his annual physical. Biden took power back at 11:35 a.m. EDT, after speaking with Harris and White House chief of staff Ron Klain. He reliquished power at 10:10 a.m. …

By: Raja zahid A Khanzada Houston, Texas, USA: “The term “American Dream” was coined by James Truslow Adams in 1930s, saying that life should be better when equal opportunities are accorded to everyone to excel irrespective of their background. Can one achieve American Dream in some other parts of the world: Yes – It is possible at The Agha Khan …

LONDON: A regulator on Thursday said it had opened a formal probe into donations received by a Saudi tycoon’s charitable trust which were intended for Prince Charles’ foundation. The Charities Commission, which registers and oversees charities in England and Wales, said it had been in contact with the Mahfouz Foundation since media reports in September. Saudi billionaire Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, …

KARACHI: Auto financing reached Rs346 billion as of October 2021, showing a jump of 44 per cent year-on-year and 2.2pc on month-on-month, figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan on Thursday revealed. Car financing went up from Rs240bn in October 2020 to Rs338bn in September 2021, the SBP figures showed. “Impressive auto-financing by the banks till October was based …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce was informed on Thursday that an agreement was reached with Iran regarding barter trade. This was stated by commerce secretary Sualeh Faruqi in response to a question of Senator Fida Mohammad. The meeting was chaired by Senator Zeeshan Khanzada. Mr Sualeh said due to lack of banking channels with Iran, some issues existed …

The commercial theatre that has been taking place for the last many years on the premises of Lahore Arts Council (LAC) at the Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall and the Alhamra Cultural Complex would soon be banned, Secretary Information and Culture Raja Jahangir claimed while talking to Dawn. Mr Jahangir said he was adamant to put an end to this commercial …

Distraught and in tears, Tim Paine stepped down as Australia’s Test cricket captain on Friday after revelations he had been investigated and cleared over sexually explicit text messages sent to a female former colleague four years ago. The development has plunged Australia’s Ashes preparations into disarray three weeks before the first Test in Brisbane starts on Dec 8. Breaking down …

Colleyville has documented 3,785 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 21 deaths among residents, according to the Tarrant County website. As of Thursday, Colleyville has 93 active cases, and the county has 11,367. Federal regulators cleared the final regulatory hurdle Nov. 2 in approving pediatric COVID-19 shots, giving the OK for thousands of North Texas children to be protected from the novel coronavirus. Tens …

NEW DELHI: Kashmir’s Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has called for a total shutdown in Kashmir Valley on Friday to protest police brutality with the families of slain civilians, killed by paramilitary forces in Srinagar’s Hyderpora district this week amid suspicious circumstances, a Hurriyat statement said on Thursday. A separate demand was raised by the Farooq Abdullah-led Gupkar Alliance …

ARBIL: Hundreds of Iraqis returned home on Thursday on an Iraqi Airways flight from Belarus, where thousands of migrants have camped on the Polish border for weeks hoping to enter the EU. It was the first repatriation flight of migrants — many of them fleeing war and poverty-wracked Middle Eastern countries — since the Poland-Belarus border crisis began. A total …