Category: International

Kyiv, Ukraine:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday as Ukrainian forces were engaged in fierce fighting against Russia on the southern front line.Justin Trudeau, who is due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Saturday, placed flowers by a wall displaying the faces of soldiers killed in combat […]

Karachi:A 14-year-old Hindu girl, who was allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Sindh province, has appeared before a district court which refused to send her with her parents despite her insistence that she wanted to go with them.Sohana Sharma Kumari was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from […]

BOGOTA, June – Four children from an Indigenous community in Colombia were found alive in the country’s south on Friday more than five weeks after the plane they were traveling in crashed in thick jungle, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said.The siblings were rescued by the military near the border between Colombia’s Caqueta and Guaviare provinces, […]

The budget announced for the upcoming fiscal year of 2023-24 is not just unimaginative, it has the unique distinction of also being pro-incompetence. At a time when there was a dire need to reduce the fiscal deficit and bring inflation under control, the budget has effectively been designed to attain moderate-to-low growth, largely funded by […]

The United States on Friday banned imports from China-based printer maker Ninestar Corp and a chemical company over alleged human rights abuses in China, according to a post for the Federal Register. Ninestar, whose website says it is the world’s fourth-largest laser printer manufacturer, and Xingjang Zhongtai Chemical Co Ltd, are being kept out of […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy slipped into stagflation — having 0.3% economic growth with the 38% inflation rate — during the outgoing fiscal year and there are no signs of an early recovery after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday ruled out a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). While launching the Pakistan Economic Survey […]

WASHINGTON: The United States and Britain on Thursday announced a new strategic pact as their leaders rededicated the “special relationship” to counter Russia, China and economic instability. In a White House summit, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the lightning-fast evolution of artificial intelligence. But Sunak […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to the United States on a state visit later this month after US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invited him. During his June 22 visit, Modi will attend a state dinner at the White House and address the US Congress. The visit is aimed […]

Passing a budget for fiscal year 2023-24 that meets IMF program objectives is key to paving the way for a final review under the current bailout, the lender’s resident official for Pakistan said. Pakistan stands to secure one board review under the current bailout package of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if measures in its […]