LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it will launch a prototype satellite next week in its first in-orbit test of Project Suncatcher, a research effort to explore whether space could potentially host large-scale AI computing infrastructure. Companies including SpaceX and Starcloud are pursuing plans to deploy data centres in low Earth orbit, aiming to harness near-continuous sunlight to power energy-intensive AI computing and sidestep terrestrial constraints on electricity supplies. The new mission, scheduled to fly on SpaceX’s upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare launch in partnership with satellite company Planet Labs, will assess how Google’s AI hardware withstands launch forces,…
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LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) –Authorities in Pakistan’s capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Police deployed 22,000 security personnel to lock down Islamabad, officials told AFP, barring entry and exit to neighbouring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where Khan’s party rules. Key highways, entry points, and major intersections were obstructed, completely severing transport links and bringing movement to a virtual standstill. Cars could be seen stuck in traffic jams, with motorbike riders squeezing in and out of gaps between containers. The government’s preemptive crackdown…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) — White House on Thursday for a lavish state summit expected to be heavy on symbolism but light on substance, with both leaders keen to showcase stable ties despite a deep underlying rivalry. It will be the year’s second meeting of the leaders of the two biggest economies, but Xi’s first visit to Washington in more than a decade. Trump greeted Xi on arrival on Wednesday evening, the first time a US president has welcomed a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews in 11 years, when President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis in 2015, according to C-SPAN,…
LAHORE MIRROR (AFP) — An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned on Thursday that Tehran may expand the Middle East war to the Indian Ocean if the US or Israel attacks again. Pezeshkian says Iran won’t surrender, after Trump’s annihilation threat “Since the conflict has spread from the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea, it is possible that, in response to more war, the front will expand even further, reaching the Indian Ocean and perhaps beyond,” said Yahya Rahim Safavi in a video released by Iran’s Fars news agency.
LAHORE MIRROR — Dr Najeeb Naqi was elected the 25th president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Wednesday, securing 32 votes in the presidential election held in the AJK Legislative Assembly. The polling continued until 1pm, with 45 members taking part in the election. Dr Naqi, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominee, defeated Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Chaudhry Latif Akbar, who secured 13 votes. Dr Naqi received 31 votes from PML-N members and one from a member of the Dast-o-Bazu Party. One assembly member remained absent. Dr Naqi belongs to the Pallandri constituency of Poonch Division. He served…
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS/AFP)– Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a speech at the United Nations on Wednesday that Tehran would never surrender to the United States but still believes in diplomacy, a day after US President Donald Trump used the same forum to threaten to “annihilate” Iran. The duelling speeches at the annual UN General Assembly in New York bookended the first shuttle talks between the US and Iran for months, which appeared to have yielded no concessions in the public stance of either side towards ending the Middle East war. In his speech, Pezeshkian defended Iran’s military actions as…
LAHORE MIRROR — A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Bahawalpur for allegedly seeking instructions from artificial intelligence (AI) on how to poison his father, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) said on Wednesday. According to an NCCIA spokesperson, the teenager was arrested following intelligence information received from abroad. The spokesperson said the suspect was allegedly inspired by the popular American crime drama Breaking Bad and had set up a laboratory at his home, where he reportedly attempted to prepare poison after seeking guidance from AI. The suspect allegedly procured chemical materials from Australia and Islamabad and prepared the poison.…
LAHOR EMIRROR — Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed has claimed the top spot in the ICC Men’s T20I bowling rankings for the first time. Abrar has become the fifth Pakistani bowler to reach No. 1 in the T20I bowling rankings, following Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Imad Wasim and Shahid Afridi. Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan dropped to second place by one rating point after holding the top position for the past six months. Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz remains eighth in the bowling rankings, while Salman Mirza slipped one place to 19th. England’s Jamie Overton made the biggest leap, climbing 47 places to…
LAHORE MIRROR — Retired Lieutenant General Nauman Mehmood has been appointed the first secretary general under the Makkah Defence Pact, the Foreign Office said. According to the Foreign Office, the newly appointed secretary general Nauman Mehmood will lead the alliance’s General Secretariat, which is to be established in Riyadh. The Makkah Joint Defence Pact is a trilateral defence agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye. Under the agreement, an attack on any one of the three countries will be regarded as an attack on all three.
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS)– An Iranian flight, Mahan Air, from Tehran landed in China’s Guangzhou, tracking data by FlightRadar24 said on Wednesday, the day Washington had threatened to “shut down” Tehran’s carriers and punish anyone doing business with them. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned this week that any countries which provided Iranian planes with “landing services” would be “knocked out of the dollar system”, but did not give further details. The Iranian flight was not listed on the official website of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, which was the location shown as the landing site of the Mahan plane.
