Newsbeat 24-Month Historical Archive

The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to September, according to official figures.

The UK is seeing impressive growth, but will it last?

Chief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.

The prime minister says the deal could be "more like the Brexit people thought they were voting for" in 2016.

Microsoft said the outage was caused by servers unexpected becoming unavailable, straining other systems.

Stelco's US owner blames Trump's tariffs for layoffs, but its support for those same tariffs has raised questions.

Prime ministerial hopeful calls attempts to marginalise and smear Palestinian citizens of Israel 'an anti-state act'.

Thousands gathered in Tehran for a mass funeral honouring 110 unidentified soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war.

Six-year-old burns victim Masa is one of the patients in Gaza whose recovery is under threat due to Israeli restrictions.

Guinea banned artisanal gold mining in Siguiri on November 2 due to environmental degradation, causing mass exodus.

Tech giant CEO resigned and will testify before Congress.

The Australian airline said the move was aimed at modernising its IT systems and noted the impact of AI.

The Odyssey was meant to take guests around the world for years, but the trip was cut short after its operator ran out of money.

AI safety regulator will also be created after a rogue OpenAI agent hacked government websites.

Supporters of Sheikh Hasina want her to return from exile in India.

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered an internal audit of library collections across the state.

On Saturday, the biggest and longest-running international song contest will make a leap into unknown territory.

Major airports and intelligence services are unaffected, while the government is still assessing the impact.

From city governments in the US to spy agencies in Australia, the Microsoft outage is being felt around the world.

Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.

The news comes at a turbulent time for President Prabowo, who faces a growing rift with his predecessor Joko Widodo.

The 17-year-old's mum has joked that he is "grounded for life" and "never leaving the house again".

The world’s biggest and longest-running song contest is coming to Asia, with eleven countries competing in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.

More than 900 victims are thought to have fallen prey to the FaceStealer scheme in the last 18 months.

Claims the entire Australian team knew of the 2018 sandpaper cheating plot are dividing the cricket world.

Pakistan on Friday announced over a dozen mineral cooperation agreements with foreign companies and countries, declaring that it would move away from exporting raw materials and unprocessed minerals as it seeks to reshape its economic and development priorities.

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Friday that Pakistan was aiming to become a competitive destination for long-term mineral investment.

Matt Henry took six wickets and Will Young struck a century as New Zealand thrashed a ragged India by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui on Friday.

The Sindh government has decided to launch a large-scale operation to remove encroachments from major roads and public transport routes across Karachi.

Show-cause notices have been issued to Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Huzaifa Rehman for allegedly violating the code of conduct under the Election Act 2017, Punjab Election Commissioner Sharifullah said on Thursday.

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he would run for Senate majority leader, challenging Chuck Schumer, who has led the Democrats in the Senate since 2017, after the Democratic Party won a majority in the chamber in the midterm elections.

Mobilink Bank, one of the largest microfinance Banks in Pakistan, has signed a Sale Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire 82.51% shareholding in Apna Microfinance Bank Limited (Apna Bank), subject to applicable legal and regulatory approvals.

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi made an unscheduled visit to Nawabshah on Thursday night and held a nearly hour-long meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari at Zardari House, amid speculation over discussions on key political developments.

Political leadership of Pakistan's two mineral rich provinces on Thursday extended security guarantees to foreign investors, as the federal government is also expected to announce new promissory deals with an international mining firm to extract critical minerals.

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope’s mission to map the universe’s large-scale structure, including observations of more than 900 million galaxies, as scientists investigate the puzzling cosmic components dark matter and dark...

GUJRAT: The district police withdrew the policemen deployed for the security of both the PML-Q and PML-N ministers, lawmakers and ex-lawmakers on merit and without any discrimination, claim officials.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he wanted Vice President JD Vance to focus "his complete and total attention" on any crime and corruption in Democratic-run US cities, saying that effort could save more money than a deal with Iran.

• Wedding halls, hotels warned against hosting such gatherings • CCPO cites gun culture, clashes and hefty charges as reasons behind instructions PESHAWAR: Police have imposed a ban on private jirgas (informal dispute-resolution gatherings) and warned wedding halls and other venues against allowing...

HARIPUR: The civil work, meant to plug the crater caused by the collapse of a weak rock mass in the intake pit area of the Tarbela Dam 5th Extension Hydropower Project (T-5), is in full swing.

Security forces killed three terrorists on the N-25 highway in Balochistan’s Mastung district while repelling an attack on Kandawa Post, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday, citing police.

GILGIT: Eleven people were killed and two injured when a passenger vehicle plunged into a river in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer district on Thursday.

Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive of Nvidia on Thursday, ending his 33-year run at the helm of the AI giant he co-founded after revelations that he had two extramarital affairs, including with a woman accused of spying for China.

Families dealing with inheritance can now get the exact process and list of documents for their case from an automated chatbot, introduced on the revamped succession website of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).

UK police were questioning on Wednesday a senior American soldier assigned to Nato and suspected of spying for Russia, after his arrest amid a joint investigation with the US military and law enforcement.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday highlighted Pakistan’s solar power boom at the COP31 in Turkiye, where world leaders gathered to discuss joint solutions to combat climate change.

Fifties from Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis helped Sri Lanka reach 221-4 at lunch on day three of the opening Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.

Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan was again taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for tests and follow-up treatment for his eye condition, a hospital official told Dawn on Wednesday.

The Pub­lic Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday propo­sed deferring the privatisation of power companies, expected to take place in January, until their assets, machinery, land and other properties are properly assessed and revalued to prevent potential losses to the national exchequer.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast rain, wind and thunderstorms, with snowfall over the hills, in the upper parts of the country over the next two to three days, urging the authorities concerned to take precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incident, particularly...

Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked an effort on Tuesday to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, winning a reprieve for the polarising Pentagon chief before Democrats take control of Congress next year and possibly try again.

A Rawalpindi court on Tuesday granted four-day physical remand of Ahsan Tahir, husband of slain anchorperson and journalist Rabia Ahsan, as police prepared to conduct his polygraph test in Lahore to verify his account of the fatal shooting.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday defended the medical treatment being provided to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, insisting that the government had neither "neglected" his healthcare needs in the past nor would it allow any negligence in the future.

Israel’s parliament was sworn in on Tuesday without a new government, after a deadlocked general election stripped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his parliamentary majority but left his main rivals with no clear path to power.

Defending champions Pakistan maintained their unbeaten run in the ACC Men’s U-19 Asia Cup 2026 with a convincing 101-run victory over Nepal at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Muscat on Tuesday.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday called for a “political reset”, wherein all political parties must unite for the sake of the country, while also urging the prime minister to take measures to build trust with the government’s allies and the opposition.

facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addresses a ceremony marking the completion of one million housing units for people affected by the 2021 floods in Sindh on Tuesday.

The lawyer representing Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that the senior PTI leader, who is currently incarcerated at Kot Lakhpat jail, was taken to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) days after suffering a fall.

facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Two Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey at RAF Lakenheath, amid reports that US military aircraft are being moved from bases in Britain following a reported threat from Iran, near Lakenheath, Britain, November 9, 2026...

facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) at the Finance Division on Tuesday.