Resistance is a 2020 biographical drama film based on true events of the Holocaust – indeed one of the darkest chapters in human history. The film opens in Munich, Nazi Germany, 1938. In the opening scene, Bella Ramsey who is playing Elsbeth (aged 10-12) in the movie, in the middle of the night hears screams from...
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Religion, Modernity and Politics
By: Umer Siddique Rana RELIGION has remained a living topic in almost all ages. Many have discussed religion in different ways; some have even made religion a topic of acrimonious debate. Karl Marx has declared religion to be the opium of the people. He mentioned this while writing A Critique on Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, published...
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission and the United Arab Emirates’ presidency of this year’s COP28 climate summit pledged on Wednesday to seek support for global goals to expand renewable energy, which they said would help countries to shift from unabated fossil fuels. The two sides will work to “ensure maximum support on global 2030 targets for...
Excise dept shares vehicle’s details of PTI chief, Bushra Bibi
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad excise department shared details of vehicles registered in the PTI chief and his wife Bushra Bibi’s name, ARY News reported. As per details, the excise department also shared the details of former SAPM Shehzad Akbar, and Zulfi Bukhari’s registered vehicles to National Accountability (NAB) in the 190 million pound NCA scandal. The...
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One kilo gold bars are pictured at the plant of gold and silver refiner and bar manufacturer Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, Switzerland, July 13, 2022. — Reuters 24 carats gold fell to Rs227,300 per tola after losing Rs800. Yellow metal decreased by Rs4,100 in the last three days. Price of silver fell by Rs50 to settle at...
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TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is set to take off this weekend for a tour to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, state media reported Wednesday. Raisi’s tour of “friendly countries” begins Sunday and aims to raise Iran’s “level of economic, political and scientific cooperation” with the three US-sanctioned Latin American nations, the IRNA state news agency...
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LONDON: India struck at either end of the session to leave Australia 73-2 at lunch on the first day of the World Test Championship final at the Oval on Wednesday. Australia were in trouble in the opening overs when Usman Khawaja fell for a duck before opening partner David Warner counter-attacked. The under-pressure left-hander was...
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LONDON: Stock markets mostly retreated Wednesday as data showed ongoing weakness in China’s economy, offsetting hope that the Federal Reserve would skip an interest rate hike this month. The OECD grouping of leading industrialised nations slightly raised its growth outlook for the world economy as inflation eases and after China dropped Covid restrictions, but it...