Residents reported hearing cracking sounds shortly before the apartment block crumbled around 10am on Friday (Jul 4) in Karachi's impoverished Lyari neighbourhood.

As Tokyo seeks to avert the US' threat to impose tariffs of up to 35 per cent on Japanese goods, Prime Minister Ishiba stressed that Japan, as the biggest investor nation in the US economy, should be treated differently from other countries.

At the 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Anwar expressed confidence that the grouping, which today accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the global economy, holds vast potential to boost trade.