Urgent call for O+ blood donors
The O+ blood stock is experiencing a significant decrease, and the Department of Blood Bank Services (DBBS) have requested donors to start donating today. The DBBS said there is a…
Expat arrested for illegal remittance service
An Asian national was arrested for conducting international money transfers to a number of expatriate workers through unlicensed applications in exchange for financial gain.The arr…
The Milky Way devoured a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago
WASHINGTON: The Milky Way, a large and spiral-shaped galaxy that is home to hundreds of billions of stars including our sun, has taken a long and complicated path to achieve its…
Court orders Pak ex-PM to be moved to hospital
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, meeting…
Dollar feeble as war worries jolt bonds
The U.S. dollar held near multi-month lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as traders walked back expectations of near-term monetary tightening, although the imminent thr…
Aviation fuel climbs again as hope for Mideast peace fades
Aviation fuel prices surged last week as the shipping blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continued and the hopes of an immediate peace deal faded.According to the Jet Fuel Price Moni…
‘Oil market starts pricing in a prolonged Hormuz crisis’
The oil market is increasingly behaving as though disruptions to Middle East energy supplies are not a temporary shock but a new reality. Nearly six months after war erupted betwe…
Oil climbs as hope for US-Iran peace fades
Oil prices rose on Tuesday as prospects receded for a deal to end the Middle East war, with Iran saying it would adopt a more offensive stance and the United States ruling out exte…
Hormuz crossings rise slightly from weekend
Ship crossings via the Strait of Hormuz were still in single digits on Monday, despite rising slightly from the weekend, according to preliminary shipping data on Tuesday, amid a…
Is the BRAT diet really the best way to treat a stomach bug?
I’ve always heard that the BRAT diet, with its bland foods, helps ease diarrhea and nausea from a stomach bug. Do doctors still recommend that?A: Doctors once swore by a diet of b…