The death toll from a collapsed old residential building in Karachi’s Lyari area climbed to 19 on Saturday, with rescue teams fearing the casualties could rise further as an operation to clear the debris is still underway.
Deputy Commissioner South Javed Leghari said that the rescue teams had recovered 19 bodies so far while six injured were being treated in hospital.
“Unfortunately, rescue teams who have been working since yesterday afternoon fear there are more bodies under the debris and rubble of the building and the casualties will increase,” he said.
The five-storey building in the Baghdadi area of Lyari collapsed on Friday. Initially, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab told the media at the incident site that seven bodies had been recovered and the injured were moved to hospital.
The building was on the list of dilapidated buildings in the old areas of Karachi. Leghari said there were 22 old buildings, out of which 16 had been vacated by the authorities, but six still remained occupied by residents who didn’t want to leave.
The official said the rescue operation will continue for another 10–12 hours.
Lyari is one of Karachi’s most congested low-lying and low-income areas.
Earlier this week, 22 people were rescued from an old building in the Soldier Bazar area when a portion of it collapsed, leaving residents trapped on the upper floor.
The provincial government has declared some 570 buildings in the old Karachi area as dangerous and asked residents to evacuate them.
Kate Middleton often channels her late mother-in-law Princess Diana through her clothing—but also took a page from Diana’s book at a July 2 royal engagement.
On Wednesday, the current Princess of Wales declined wearing gloves while planting flowers in a well-being garden—making her relatable and not fussy.
Before her, the former Princess of Wales also refused to wear gloves, specifically when meeting with members of the public so as to feel closer to them.
During a surprise engagement on July 2, Kate Middleton took a page right out of her late mother-in-law Princess Diana’s royal playbook.
While visiting Colchester Hospital last Wednesday, Kate not only opened up about her experiences with cancer treatment, but also got her hands dirty—literally—planting flowers named in her honor in the hospital’s well-being garden. As the Princess of Wales planted “Catherine’s Rose,” she “surprised onlookers when she refused to wear gloves,” Hello! reported.
Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025.
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Sky News royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills was there, and told Hello! that the future queen was offered gloves but “She didn’t want gloves. She had filthy hands. My cameraman, who was there, kind of zoomed in on her filthy hands. He was like, ‘Oh, is that appropriate or not?’ And I was like, ‘Yes, it’s her getting her hands dirty.’”
“So while the palace keeps saying, ‘We’re going to have to all get used to that flexibility in terms of engagements she’s doing,’ I think, when she’s there—they are fully in,” Mills added.
Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025.
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Kate Middleton at Colchester Hospital on July 2, 2025.
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Mills was also present not just for Kate’s turn at gardening, but also as Kate shared courageous comments about her cancer journey. “It was fascinating being in the room with her,” she said (via Hello!). “She very loudly and clearly wanted to get across this message that, yes, she is now effectively back to royal work, but it’s really difficult, and I certainly haven’t heard her publicly talk in the way that she did yesterday. Her words were really strong.”
“For me, it was the first time that she really clearly said, ‘I’m sorry, yes, I’m back at work, but now there are some times that I just can’t do what I used to be able to do,’” she continued. “She talked about the rollercoaster of it all, and kind of how it’s not just a smooth plane to recovery, but also very much for her, it did feel like a plea. It felt like, again, her reinforcing this message of, ‘I’m here. I’m here to do the public work. You are going to see me, but look, give me and my family a bit of understanding, but also be a bit more understanding towards other people who are also going through that difficult time.’”
Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025.
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Like Kate, Diana often eschewed wearing gloves, also to be more relatable to the public. Queen Elizabeth wore gloves consistently and constantly—not only to keep her hands clean, but also to avoid germs—but Diana ripped up that page of the royal playbook and went gloveless as soon as 1981 and her first year marrying into the royal family. She wanted to “convey approachability and warmth,” said Eleri Lynn, curator of the exhibit “Diana: Her Fashion Story” at Kensington Palace, Diana’s former home.
“She abandoned the royal protocol of wearing gloves because she liked to hold hands when visiting people or shake hands and have direct contact,” Lynn told People.
Billy Crystal and Princess Diana shaking hands.
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Princess Diana greeting well-wishers at the Tate Gallery.
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Newsweek reported that “One of Diana’s key aims was to remove the barriers that were placed between her and the general public because of the fact of who she was. Gloves were just a physical embodiment of this, and by removing them, she sought to connect more intimately with the people she met,” which the outlet called “radical thinking for the 1980s.”
Back to Kate for a moment—after getting her hands dirty in the garden on Wednesday, Kate took part in an impromptu and unplanned meet-and-greet with well-wishers clamoring to shake the Princess of Wales’s hand. But before she did so, Kate relatably said (per Hello!), “I’m just washing my hands—I’ll be back.”
Kate Middleton often channels her late mother-in-law Princess Diana through her clothing—but also took a page from Diana’s book at a July 2 royal engagement.
On Wednesday, the current Princess of Wales declined wearing gloves while planting flowers in a well-being garden—making her relatable and not fussy.
Before her, the former Princess of Wales also refused to wear gloves, specifically when meeting with members of the public so as to feel closer to them.
During a surprise engagement on July 2, Kate Middleton took a page right out of her late mother-in-law Princess Diana’s royal playbook.
While visiting Colchester Hospital last Wednesday, Kate not only opened up about her experiences with cancer treatment, but also got her hands dirty—literally—planting flowers named in her honor in the hospital’s well-being garden. As the Princess of Wales planted “Catherine’s Rose,” she “surprised onlookers when she refused to wear gloves,” Hello! reported.
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Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025
Sky News royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills was there, and told Hello! that the future queen was offered gloves but “She didn’t want gloves. She had filthy hands. My cameraman, who was there, kind of zoomed in on her filthy hands. He was like, ‘Oh, is that appropriate or not?’ And I was like, ‘Yes, it’s her getting her hands dirty.’”
“So while the palace keeps saying, ‘We’re going to have to all get used to that flexibility in terms of engagements she’s doing,’ I think, when she’s there—they are fully in,” Mills added.
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Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025
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Kate Middleton at Colchester Hospital on July 2, 2025
Mills was also present not just for Kate’s turn at gardening, but also as Kate shared courageous comments about her cancer journey. “It was fascinating being in the room with her,” she said (via Hello!). “She very loudly and clearly wanted to get across this message that, yes, she is now effectively back to royal work, but it’s really difficult, and I certainly haven’t heard her publicly talk in the way that she did yesterday. Her words were really strong.”
“For me, it was the first time that she really clearly said, ‘I’m sorry, yes, I’m back at work, but now there are some times that I just can’t do what I used to be able to do,’” she continued. “She talked about the rollercoaster of it all, and kind of how it’s not just a smooth plane to recovery, but also very much for her, it did feel like a plea. It felt like, again, her reinforcing this message of, ‘I’m here. I’m here to do the public work. You are going to see me, but look, give me and my family a bit of understanding, but also be a bit more understanding towards other people who are also going through that difficult time.’”
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Kate Middleton on July 2, 2025
Like Kate, Diana often eschewed wearing gloves, also to be more relatable to the public. Queen Elizabeth wore gloves consistently and constantly—not only to keep her hands clean, but also to avoid germs—but Diana ripped up that page of the royal playbook and went gloveless as soon as 1981 and her first year marrying into the royal family. She wanted to “convey approachability and warmth,” said Eleri Lynn, curator of the exhibit “Diana: Her Fashion Story” at Kensington Palace, Diana’s former home.
“She abandoned the royal protocol of wearing gloves because she liked to hold hands when visiting people or shake hands and have direct contact,” Lynn told People.
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Billy Crystal and Princess Diana shaking hands
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Princess Diana greeting well-wishers at the Tate Gallery
Newsweek reported that “One of Diana’s key aims was to remove the barriers that were placed between her and the general public because of the fact of who she was. Gloves were just a physical embodiment of this, and by removing them, she sought to connect more intimately with the people she met,” which the outlet called “radical thinking for the 1980s.”
Back to Kate for a moment—after getting her hands dirty in the garden on Wednesday, Kate took part in an impromptu and unplanned meet-and-greet with well-wishers clamoring to shake the Princess of Wales’s hand. But before she did so, Kate relatably said (per Hello!), “I’m just washing my hands—I’ll be back.”
Max Verstappen claimed pole for the British Grand Prix for Red Bull, a blistering run beating the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris into second and third. Mercedes’s George Russell was fourth, with Lewis Hamilton very much in the mix, taking fifth for Ferrari.
The pole was somewhat against odds for Verstappen, who absolutely wrung the neck of the Red Bull to beat a very strong assault from both McLaren and an improved Ferrari. The world champion has not been particularly happy with his car all weekend, having struggled with its balance all season. With the team using a trimmed back low-downforce configuration at Silverstone, it required every bit of his considerable skill to wrangle across the old airfield. As he has demonstrated previously this season, sometimes he can be the ultimate differentiator.
Max Verstappen during qualifying at Silverstone, where he took his first pole since Miami, six races ago. Photograph: Andrej Isaković/AFP/Getty Images
It was a salutary reminder of quite why there is so much interest in his future, with Mercedes considering him again and Red Bull just as anxious to hang on to their prized asset.
With Red Bull having brought what is likely to be their last major upgrade of the season to the last race in Austria, with a revision to the floor of the car aimed at helping address the balance issues that have plagued it all year, they will be buoyed that this time they had the advantage over McLaren, at least in Verstappen’s mercurial hands.
The team have been honest in that no quick fix was expected to the problems, with a disconnect between wind-tunnel predictions and real-world performance at the heart of their inability to solve the problems, but Verstappen enjoyed his lap at Silverstone perhaps more than many of late to take his fourth pole of the year and his first since Miami, six races ago.
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Verstappen opened the running in Q3, taking the top spot, but was swiftly eclipsed by Piastri, who set a time of 1min 24.995sec. Norris followed but could not quite hook it up and was just under two-tenths back, while Hamilton was enjoying his best qualifying of the season to grab second place just over one-tenth back from Piastri, with Verstappen fourth.
The final laps would prove decisive and were a suitably tense affair. Norris went out first and pushed hard but did not improve enough over Piastri, while Hamilton set a superb first sector but was unable to quite make the difference. However, behind them Verstappen was flying, putting together his best lap of the session when it really mattered. Hammering it to the very limit, he took the top spot with a time of 1:24.892, a full tenth up on Piastri and Norris.
Quick Guide
British Grand Prix qualifying times
Show
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1min 24.892sec
2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1:24.995
3. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:25.010
4. George Russell (Mercedes) 1:25.029
5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 1:25.095
6. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1:25.121
7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes, three-place grid penalty) 1:25.374
8. Oliver Bearman (Haas, 10-place grid penalty) 1:25.471
9. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1:25.621
10. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1:25.785
Q2
11. Carlos Sainz (Williams) 1:25.746
12. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) 1:25.826
13. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) 1:25.864
14. Alex Albon (Williams) 1:25.889
15. Esteban Ocon (Haas) 1:25.950
Q1
16. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 1:26.440
17. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) 1:26.446
18. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 1:26.504
19. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) 1:26.574
20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) 1:27.060
Ollie Bearman was in eighth place for Haas but has a 10-place grid penalty for failing to slow under a red flag in third practice. Kimi Antonelli was seventh but has a three-place penalty for his crash with Verstappen in Austria.
DXVK 2.7 released today as a major feature update for this translation layer for enabling Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 based games and applications to run atop the Vulkan API. DXVK is a critical piece of Valve’s Steam Play (Proton) software stack for enabling Windows games on Linux.
DXVK 2.7 brings binding model changes with the descriptor management code being rewritten and modernized. This should significantly help with lowering CPU overhead compared to the legacy binding model and can improve performance in CPU-bound games such as with Final Fantasy XIV, God of War, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Watch Dogs 2, and other games.
DXVK 2.7 also now enables memory defragmentation by default on newer Intel graphics with the Arc B-Series “Battlemage” discrete GPUs as well as Intel integrated Lunar Lake GPUs.
DXVK 2.7 also brings support for planar video output views, D3D11 shaders will now zero-initialize all variables and group-shared memory by default, various other optimizations, and a number of game-specific workarounds.
Downloads and more details on today’s big DXVK 2.7 release via GitHub.
Earlier in June, Pinkvilla was the first to report that Aditya Dhar and Jio Studios are all set to reveal and unleash the first look teaser of their next collaboration, Dhurandhar on Ranveer Singh’s Birthday – July 6, 2025. The espionage, set in the 1970s and 1980s, marks Aditya’s next after URI: The Surgical Strike and his first collaboration with Ranveer Singh. The film rides on a strong ensemble led by Ranveer Singh with Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Yami Gautam and Arjun Rampal among others.
And now, the latest we hear is that the team of Dhurandhar have locked the release date of this action-packed thriller. According to the latest buzz in the trade, Dhurandhar is all set to hit the big screen on December 5, 2025. “Around 25 days of Dhurandar shoot remains, which will be wrapped up by early September. The post production work is going on in tandem, in-fact all the shot portions have already been lined up and edited. The makers will have their edit locked by October end, and opt for a 45 day marketing campaign, starting from Diwali,” a source shared.
Dhurandhar features R Madhavan as Ajith Doval, whereas Ranveer Singh plays the part of one of India’s first agent, who started undercover operations on ground. The film is set in India and Pakistan, and transcends decades from the 70s, till date. The teaser is carrying fantastic reports, and the makers are set to launch it at 12: 12 PM on Sunday. The makers were considering 2 release dates – December 5, 2025 and January 9, 2026 – and at the time of this article going live, they had freezed a December release for the film. “Right now, team Dhurandar is sitting with a poster and teaser that reads December 5, 2025 release. Until and unless, they decide on January 9 at the last minute, the date of release for the Aditya Dhar directorial at the moment is December 5, 2025,” the source informed.
At the moment, the film is clashing with the Prabhas led Raja Saab, and the Shahid Kapoor starrer Romeo directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, however, the later might move to January 2026 as per the latest industry buzz. Dhurandhar marks the return of Ranveer Singh to the big screen after the success of Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, and the actor will be looking to consolidate with another stellar theatrical hit. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In their first of two matches of the Cathy Bessant International Series against No. 10 New Zealand, the No. 14 U.S. Women’s National Team defeated the Black Sticks, 3-0, over Independence Day weekend.
The first quarter of play was uneventful, with USA earning the first penalty corner of the match several minutes into the second frame. Caroline Ramseysent in a high flick, which was saved but earned USA a second set piece chance. The second flick by Ramsey was right on target, but met with a nice save by the New Zealand goalkeeper.
USA’s first goal came late in the second quarter, when Abby Tamer sent a ball in toward the stroke spot and there was a scrum in front of the cage. Phia Gladieux held onto the ball and scooped a backhand flick into the cage to put the United Eagles up 1-0.
At HPE Discover 2025, I was walking through the Intel booth and stopped cold when I saw a few products. One series shown was its newest 10GbE and 2.5GbE NICs based on the latest Intel E610 chipset. This is a new lower-end networking solution that will bring lower power to some key markets.
Intel E610 NICs Shown for Low Power 10Gbase-T and 2.5GbE
The first adapter did not look like anything too exciting, until I realized what it was. This is a PCIe Gen4 x4 adapter for dual 10Gbase-T connectivity. It is based on the new Intel E610 chipset.
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The dual ports support 10GbE, 5GbE, 2.5GbE, and 1GbE. At full dual 10Gbase-T speeds, this card is rated at only 5.1W! That is awesome.
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Also at the show, we saw the Intel E610-IT4 in an OCP NIC 3.0 form factor (SFF with pull tab in this case.)
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This card has quad 2.5GbE ports. Interestingly, this can use up to 8.6W with 7.2W typical power. For an OCP NIC 3.0 SFF slot, this is not much to cool, but it is also just a neat solution.
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A lot of folks who might have used the Intel i350 4-port 1GbE NICs are probably looking for a 2.5GbE solution these days, and Intel now has one. That is pretty neat.
Final Words
The somewhat crazy part about this is that these cards were launched by Intel with very little fanfare. I spoke to an Intel product rep at the booth who is a STH reader (hello if you are reading this.) I simply said it is a bit strange that Intel would release new chips and cards in this segment and I did not hear about it. There is a lot of change at Intel these days. At the same time, I know a lot of folks would be interested in these cards. I certainly am. Hopefully we can get some to show-off soon.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday dismissed reports of a meeting between PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and PTI founder Imran Khan, terming them baseless and part of a “sponsored narrative” aimed at sowing political confusion.
Speaking to reporters at Data Darbar, Dar said the current government was initially formed with critical support from the PPP. “When we started, our numbers were incomplete without them. Now that we have a simple majority, there’s no difficulty — but we will continue cooperating with PPP even more than before,” he said.
In response to a question about offering ministries to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Deputy Prime Minister said that the PPP had made no such request. “They are our allies and will remain so. We have an excellent working relationship, and they have extended full support to us,” he said. “Those who stand by you in difficult times are not abandoned when things get better.”
Dar noted that both parties had signed a formal agreement, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif representing the PML-N and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari signing on behalf of the PPP. “That agreement is a sacred document for us, and we are fully committed to its implementation.”
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Addressing recent political speculation, the deputy prime minister categorically denied reports of a meeting between PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and PTI founder Imran Khan.
He described the claims as “baseless rumours” and a “sponsored narrative”, adding that such stories were deliberately floated to create confusion. “These are merely someone’s wishlist. We have no need to approach anyone,” he said.
DPM reaffirmed the government’s openness to engaging with all political parties, saying it was prepared to work across the aisle in the national interest. “When Pakistan was under threat, we engaged not just with coalition partners, but also the opposition. The result was a unified message heard around the world.”
Discussing the economic outlook, Dar said the country had narrowly avoided default in April 2022 when the PDM government took office. “Had that change not happened, we might have defaulted. Yes, we paid a political price — but it stabilised the economy. Today, our reserves stand at $14.5 billion as of June 30.”
He credited PM Shehbaz efforts for key economic gains, including the reduction of interest rates from 22% to 11% and improvements in per capita income.
Dar, who also holds the designation of foreign minister, highlighted a diplomatic breakthrough with the United Arab Emirates, where he met Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed on June 24. “This was the first meeting of the bilateral economic commission in 12 years. We resolved longstanding visa issues, and talks are underway to include blue passport holders as well.”
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On Pakistan’s ties with Iran, Dar said Tehran now sees Islamabad as a sincere ally. “We condemned Israeli aggression against Iran and extended full diplomatic support to a brotherly country,” he said.
Touching on defence and regional matters, Dar said Pakistan had responded firmly to Indian hostility in the past. “India started the war, and we shot down six of their fighter jets. We stood our ground and defeated a much larger enemy,” he said.
While the ceasefire along the Line of Control was holding, Dar acknowledged that tensions could always escalate. “India’s war rhetoric seems driven by domestic compulsions. We remain alert — we’ve handled such situations before and will continue to do so.”
On domestic governance, Dar said corruption must be tackled across all provinces, including Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, through due legal process. “Accountability should be uniform,” he added.
Concluding his remarks, the deputy premier said extensive arrangements had been made for the annual urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, adding that Sufi teachings continue to inspire peace and unity. “We’re ensuring all possible facilities for visitors at the shrine,” he said.
