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Pakistan’s Murree Brewery is exporting beer : NPR
A worker stands stands in the factory where beer is produced at Murree Brewery on Nov. 29, 2025 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Betsy Joles for NPR hide caption toggle caption Betsy Joles for NPR RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Inside Murree Brewery’s factory, green-and-red cans move down a conveyor belt to get filled with frothy golden beer. Every month, more than 1 million…
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‘Worst-case scenarios’: How Democratic election officials are preparing for potential Trump intrusion in the midterms
Washington — Democratic election officials are preparing for potential federal government intrusion in the midterms, as President Donald Trump’s appointees escalate their efforts to find evidence for his long-debunked election fraud claims. The potential for federal government intervention in state elections “is now in a category, like a weather event, like a bomb threat, like a power outage” that officials…
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The disruptive force of weight loss drugs: How GLP-1s do more than shed pounds
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know…
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Engineering-driven startups at ASU advance biomedical innovation
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: The future of engineering-driven health innovation is currently unfolding at Arizona State University. In the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, a new generation of biomedical entrepreneurs is…
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Unreported Atrocities: Eyewitnesses Detail Massive and Deadly State Crackdown Against Protesters in Iran’s Provincial Cities
Arrests Skyrocketing After Mass Killings, Detainees Held in Hidden Warehouses, Violent Nighttime House Raids, Trials Conducted En Masse Without Lawyers, Protesters Being Charged with Capital Crimes “Forces charged into the crowd and assaulted people using knives, machetes, pistols…” January 30, 2026 — The geographic scale, intensity, and rate of the mass killings carried out by Iranian security forces during the…
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Every Sam Raimi Movie, Ranked Worst to Best
Clockwise from top left: Spider-Man 2, The Quick and the Dead, The Evil Dead, and Drag Me to Hell. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Everett Collection (TriStar, Columbia, Universal), Rosebud Releasing In some ways, Sam Raimi is the ultimate filmmaker success story. He went from messing around in the woods with a camera, his buddies, and goop he could hurl at them to…
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Protesters gather in Salt Lake City
Standing on the steps of Salt Lake City Hall, Jakey Sala Siolo told a crowd of more than a thousand that he was tired. He was angry. He has family in Minneapolis, he said, and his sister’s workplace is on the street where Renee Good was killed by federal immigration agents earlier this month. “Hearing these stories directly from those…
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2026 heart health faculty experts list – USC News & Events
Posted on: February 1, 2026; Updated on: February 1, 2026By Gregory Hardy, ghardy@sc.edu Heart disease is the leading cause of death in South Carolina, and rates are rising among younger adults and communities facing the greatest health disparities. During February’s American Heart Month, University of South Carolina faculty experts are available to provide insight into the science, clinical care…
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New satellite view of Tibet’s tectonic clash
Applications 30/01/2026 2062 views 20 likes A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth’s fault lines are far weaker and the continents are less rigid than scientists previously thought. This finding is based on ground-monitoring satellite data. The study, published in Science, includes several high-resolution maps based on data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites.…
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Children among 6 injured as suspicious material explodes in Karnataka’s Bidar
(Source: X) Bidar (Karnataka): Six people, including four children, sustained injuries after some suspicious material allegedly exploded in the Bidar district of Karnataka on Saturday, January 31, police said. Two adults have sustained severe injuries and were undergoing treatment at a hospital, they said. #WATCH बीदर, कर्नाटक: हुमनाबाद तालुक के मोलाकेरा में रहस्यमय धमाके में 5 लोग घायल। अधिक जानकारी…
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