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Water shortage severely affects residents: HCSTSI

HYDERABAD: President of the Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI), Muhammad Saleem Memon, has expressed serious concern over the three-day water crisis in Hyderabad and the supply of dirty and foul-smelling water in various areas.

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‘Crippling traffic jams plague Karachiites’

KARACHI: Megacity Karachi, the pulsating heart of Pakistan’s economy, is currently in the grip of a crippling traffic crisis, with citizens enduring hours-long commutes as a confluence of protests, infrastructure failures, and security closures grind the city to a halt, said Pasban Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Altaf Shakoor here…

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Iran has threatened to block not just the Strait of Hormuz, but the entire Persian Gulf, as it prepares for US sanctions. The threat was made on Sunday by Mohammad Ali Yazdian, a senior adviser to the Iranian oil minister. He told the state-run IRNA news agency that if Iran's oil exports are banned, it will not allow any oil to be exported from the Persian Gulf. "We will not allow any oil to be exported from the Persian Gulf if our oil exports are banned," he said. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital shipping lane for Persian Gulf oil exports. About 20% of the world's crude oil and condensate passes through the strait. Iran has repeatedly threatened to block the strait in response to US sanctions. The new US sanctions are due to come into effect on 5 November. They will target Iran's energy sector and will also affect financial transactions. The sanctions are part of the US effort to curb Iran's ballistic missile programme and what the Trump administration calls Iran's "malign" activities in the region. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has warned that the sanctions will cause chaos in the region. The country has already seen protests and public anger over rising economic hardships. The US has granted temporary waivers to eight countries to continue importing Iranian oil. But Iran has vowed to find ways to circumvent the sanctions. Tehran has also threatened to step up its nuclear programme if it is unable to reap the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal. The deal gave Iran relief from sanctions in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. But US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in May, saying it was not in America's national interest. Since then, Iran's economy has been hit hard by the re-imposition of US sanctions.

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China prepares for ‘Economic D-Day’

China hosted Iran’s deputy foreign minister for talks last week related to the US-Iran war, Beijing announced Sunday, disclosing the previously unreported meeting one day before Washington is expected to unveil “the toughest sanctions in history” against Tehran.

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Meta vuelve a abrazar la IA abierta

La compañía tecnológica estudia comercializar el excedente de capacidad de sus centros de datos como parte de una estrategia de inversión hacia modelos de inteligencia artificial abiertos. Leer

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