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Tuesday


June 30, 2026                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Karachl Edition


Dangerous heatwave
to grip US as nation
_Inarks 250 years —

WASHINGTON,   United  hated Itness, particularly foe  recently hard hiteanutile,  foretson the tart dando | Pee
States; A dangerous heat the most vulnerable.                . the Balkans felt the impacton Vis In the Adriatic Sea, some
wave Is expected to sweep — “Drink water often. Linit  Monday of the record-break- 34 miles (55 km) southwest | B
across much of the central time outside in the afternoon. ing heatwave that has caused of Split.                                  es
and eastern United States Check on neighbors,” said hundreds of excess deaths In neighbouring Serbia,
beginning on Tuesday and the public alert system in the and disruptcd daily lifeacross the State Hydrometeoro-
lasting through the July 4 nation’s capita] Washington. .. the continent for more than a logical Service (RHMZ) has
weekend, when the country ~ The heat wave arrives as. week, with growing concems wamed temperatures would | B::
celebrates its 250th birthday the United States prepares to. over the spread of wildfires. reach 30 degrees Celsius on| Bs
and hosts knockout stages of mark the 250th anniversary There was also a warming Monday. —- -

the World Cup.               of its independence from that the heat was likely to Further south, Albania
,. Temperatures are forecast Britain, with the capital set to. build again from the start of contained a wildfire that has
to soar above 100F (38C), host what organizers say will next week in countries such consumed many hectares of  eC
with high humidity pushing be the largest fireworks dis- a3 France and Germany that bushes and olive trees near
heat indexes even higher, pkey inhistory. .                       bore the brunt. over the past  the southom village of Klos.
the National Weather Service - The World Cup has mean. few days,                         over the weekend.

wamed on Monday,         . While entered its knockout —_—‘In Croatia, the weather — Scientists have said the
“ Ovemight cooling will be stages, with several matches service sued a red alerton heatwave, which began


DHIPRO,  Unraine: Ukrainian rescuers and medics evacuate an injured n manona stretcher ‘ollowing anair attack
amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine here on Monday. —AFP wiepboto


‘fuel tensions, further severe consequences for the

limited, with many aress see. set to take place in the swel- Monday for regions including on June 20, was the worst                            °             *                    R at

ing lows inthe ni to upper. tering conditions               _ the capital Zagreb and the recorded in Europe, and the                         UK   unveils plans  to :                                   ussian

‘Ns, the agency added.            More frequent, longer-last- tourist destinations of Split blistering conditions have                                                                                               6   trik:     kill

+ _ ‘That combination of pro» ing and more intense heat. and Dubrowmik,                   disrupted power generation,                                                                                                              st       es

Giveian gieiigen eta cameemnss| ——_‘TeDlace destroyers    nine across

increase the risk of     lobally, w   rope al   ed a wildfire buming pine tems.   :                    (       ;                       :

‘with ‘hybrid’ vessels      Ukraine
.                             ‘                             .                                     .           a                                                                            «2 0. [KYIV, Ukraine: Russian

UN  chief slams    relentless’                                LONDON: Britain will replace  awaited Defence Investment  two weeks in the role “refo- | strikes kiDed at kost nine peo

Tsraeli settlement expansion

UNITED NATIONS, United entrench the unlawful
States: UN chief Antonio Israeli occupation, under
Guterres has condemned mine the right of the Pales-
the “relentless” expansion tinian people to self-deter-
of Israeli settlements in mination, and threaten the
the West Bank, saying ina viability of a fully indepen-
report seen on Monday by dent, contiguous, and sov-
AFP they are contributing ereign Palestinian State,” .
to the territory’s worst dise Guterressaid.                 settlers, pointing out it often
placement crisis since 1967. - He specifically warned occurs in the presence of .
* The secretary-general, against Isracli plans to # or with the support of ~
in & quarterly report on the develop in the so-called El Isracli security forces. *
West Bank, said an increase area of the West Bank, say- “Settler violence, access.

territorial contiguity of the
Occupied Palestinian Terri-

tial threat to the two-State
solution,” Guterres said,

“The report’ also
denounced _ impunity
towards violence by Isracli

its ageing destroyer warships Plan DIP).
with at least six “hybrid” ~
vessels, the government has Starmer announced his own the SfoD said on Sunday.
announced, as it prepares resignation 11 days later as ..
1967,”  Guterres said.           to unveil its much-delayed support for the beleaguered lished ahead of an upcoming

In  & joint statement | plans for defence investment leader within his ruling cen two-day Nato summit hosted

cusing” the plan “towards

Council meeting on the|sde.                               away, following a string of July7,itadded.

West Bank, five European! - The new vessels, which missteps, policy Utursand . The six new “Common

members of the council] will replace the Royal Nasy‘s government scandals.             Combat Vessels" = part of the

= France, Britain, Greece, | six current Type 45 destroy-. _ Originally planned to be DIP ~ mean plans announced

Latvia and Denmark — con-| ers from the early 2000s, will released last year, the DiP has In March 2021 for a Type 83

dcraned setlement activity. | “mix crewed and uncrewed been repeatedly delayed as destroyer to replace the oul
“We call on the Isracli] capabilities and be more the government struggles to going Type 5s will how be

Government to end its] suited to the pace and nature find the moncy to raise mili- shelvod «

, expansion of settlements | of modern warfare’, the Min tary spending and prioritise .. The new warship can “act


in seller outposts was lead- ing new settlements *would
ing to an upsurge in violence effectively sever the connec»
and restricting Palestinians” tion between the northem
access to their land.               and southem West Bank” *
*These developments                                   the
sis in the West Bank since said, —AFP

*As such, it would have


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KM), Section-2: Ranipur-Rohl Road (70 KM)

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onNHAwebdsite,          .
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the subject Work has been extended til Monday, 20 July, 2026 tif 1400 Hours. Tenders
willbe opened Immediately after closing the same day,
Allother terms and condaions shaltremain the same.

ina suitcase in a resort city
are “devastated”, her step-
mother sald on Monday, as.
authorities charged an Aus-
tralian man for her murder,

“I never imagined
she would be gone this
quickly,” Orradce Bussara-
kham told AFP by phone.
“We ¢ didn’t get to gay good.
bye.

Orradee and the girl's

mala, were in Bangkok on
Monday to collect the body,
which was found near a
railway track in the seaside

on Saturday.

AAS-year-old Australian,
Simon Peter Carman, has
been charged with premed-
itated murder in the case,

“9,                                                                                                   Police Licutenant Colonel

A)                                                                  Kosala Ngampong told AFP,
Nationa Highway Authority (HILA)
Hin 0  ol commoners Governent of Pakstan                                    Carman was arrested at
GENERAL MANAGER PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (Pacay              Bangkok's Suvarnabhumt

Airport on Friday night as
he prepared to board a Might
back to Australia, after the
victim's friend had reported
her missing. —AFP

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