Новости за 25.12.2023

A major snowstorm hit Nebraska Sunday evening, creating dangerous and icy road conditions. At the same time, many areas of the country were without prospects of a white Christmas, though a cross country storm this week promises lots of rain.

The TSA screened nearly 2.6 million passengers Saturday amid a smooth travel weekend compared to Christmas weekend last year. There were less than 350 flight cancellations this weekend. Elise Preston has the latest from the Los Angeles International Airport.

CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Fields threw for a touchdown and ran for another score, and the Chicago Bears beat the…

DISTURBING allegations of financial misdeeds levelled against the immediate past Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the Special Investigator, Jim Obazee, underscore the magnitude of corruption in Nigeria. Appointed to probe Emefiele’s two-term tenure, Obazee traced 593 illegal offshore accounts by the bank, allegedly stashed with public funds without appropriate authorisation. The revelations

MANSEHRA: Senator Azam Khan Swati, former federal minister Murad Saeed and Sher Afzal Marwat of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman were prominent among those who filed their nomination papers for the Feb 8 elections on Sunday, the last day for submitting papers.

LAKKI MARWAT: Police foiled a militant attack on Serai Gambila police station here late Sunday night.

At least 11 persons have been confirmed dead following a fatal road accident at the Kwanar Gujungu town in Jigawa State. The Jigawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiitu Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement, a copy of which was made available to PUNCH Metro on Sunday. He said the accident happened

TOBA TEK SINGH: In a major development in the politics of Jhang, PPP senior leader and former federal minister for interior Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat may quit PPP and join the PML-N.

Moscow shared vital intelligence with Belgrade, according to Prime Minister Ana Brnabi

Serbian PM Ana Brnabiс has expressed gratitude to the Russian security services who alerted Belgrade of the planned riots in the capital
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NFL broadcaster Cris Collinsworth made an odd "fat" remark Saturday night as he called the Buffalo Bills-Los Angeles Chargers' Week 16 matchup.

Wapda chairman retired Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani inspects construction work at a project site on the outskirts of the metropolis.—Dawn

KARACHI: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has linked scheduled comp­­letion of the Greater Kara­chi Bulk Water Supply Scheme, commonly known as K-IV, with timely provision of funds.

• Health dept data says 417,213 cases reported last year across province
• Over 3,600 cases registered in Karachi
• Experts say malaria could be deadly if left untreated
• Worsening sanitation, drainage conditions termed contributing factors

WASHINGTON: The joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency has continued its decades-long tradition of tracking Santa’s whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh is coming to town.

UNITED NATIONS: In a startling disclosure, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that 136 UN personnel had lost their lives in Gaza over the past 75 days, marking an unprecedented tragedy in UN history.

VATRY: As French judges began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking, on Sunday, French judicial sources said most of them will be free to resume their trip by today (Monday).

GENEVA: The United Nations called Saturday for the urgent rescue of 185 people, mainly women and children, on a distressed boat last heard to be near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean.

RAFAH: Palestinians held by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip had suffered torture, two freed detainees and a medic said Sunday, a charged denied by the Israeli military.

(Photo credit: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports) Justin Fields passed for one touchdown and rushed for another, and the Chicago Bears held on for a 27-16 win over the visiting Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. Khalil Herbert rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown for Chicago (6-9), which won for the third time in its past four games. Marcedes Lewis had a receiving touchdown. Kyler Murray completed 24 of 38 passes for 230

Soto spent more than 40 Christmas Eves in prison​, after a wrongful conviction for a murder he didn't commit.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: At least 132 nominations have been filed by six political parties for the 66 seats reserved for women in the Punjab Assembly, while the PTI is missing from the scene, claiming that its list of nominations has been withheld by the ECP.

LONDON: Pakistani societies from some of UK’s major universities have condemned the ongoing censorship and political victimisation in the country.

Churchgoers engage in Christmas Eve services at Calvary Church and Warren AME, Dec. 24.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed an appeal over the weekend, requesting to throw out charges that Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election. Trump's lawyers argued that the former president has immunity for any actions taken while he was in office.

The Senate Majority Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, has called for the urgent intervention of the four living former military Nigerian heads of state of northern extraction in the resolution of the persisting Niger Republic crisis following the military coup five months ago, to save Nigeria’s ‘giant of Africa’ and ‘big brother’ statuses. At a