SEOUL: The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired one projectile, believed to be a short-range missile, into the eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Tuesday. The JCS said in a statement that the projectile was launched eastwards from the DPRK’s inland region at 6:40 a.m. local time (2140 GMT Monday). … Read more
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden faces the most important test of his presidency this week as Democrats in the US Congress launch a highwire bid to implement his sweeping economic agenda while keeping the government’s lights on. The House and Senate are moving towards votes on legislation dealing with infrastructure and social programs worth almost $5 trillion … Read more
LYON: A man pelted French President Emmanuel Macron with an egg while he was visiting a restaurant and hotel trade fair in the southeastern city of Lyon on Monday. The egg hit his shoulder but bounced off without breaking. The assailant was quickly subdued and removed from the room, with Macron saying he would try … Read more
TAIPEI: Britain sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Monday for the first time since 2008, a move that challenges Beijing’s claim to the sensitive waterway and marks a rare voyage by a non-US military vessel. HMS Richmond, a frigate deployed with Britain’s aircraft carrier strike group, sailed through the strait on a trip … Read more
KARACHI: Businessmen Group (BMG) chairman and former president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Zubair Motiwala has appealed the federal and provincial governments to pay special attention to the woes of Karachi, which has largely been ignored and resulted in further worsening of the already awful infrastructure across the city, a statement … Read more
WASHINGTON: A surge in the civilian aircraft purchases sparked a surprise jump in the sales of big-ticket manufactured US goods in August, according to the government data released on Monday. Durable goods orders rose 1.8 per cent, compared with July to $263.5 billion, taking the flight on a nearly 78 per cent increase in non-defence … Read more
VIENNA: The EU on Monday urged Iran to allow inspectors access to a nuclear site, while Tehran argued the facility was exempt from a recent agreement with the UN watchdog. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Sunday it had been denied “indispensable” access to the TESA Karaj centrifuge component manufacturing workshop near … Read more
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina and China are combining efforts to complete two dams in southern Patagonia, which will realise Argentine’s “energy dream” of being less dependent on energy imports. Located on the Santa Cruz River, the Nestor Kirchner-Jorge Cepernic Hydroelectric Power Plant, the largest initiative in bilateral cooperation, began in 2013 when the Chinese company Gezhouba … Read more
WASHINGTON: The US actions in the trade sphere not only curtail America’s economic development, but also undermine its alliances; thereby, diminish its own global power, said renowned US economist Anne O Krueger in an article recently published on Project Syndicate. Though former US President Donald Trump’s protectionist strategy clearly failed, the Biden administration is nonetheless … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 1,757 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said Monday. The overall tally of the infected people climbed to 1,240,425 in the country, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic said. Sindh province has been the worst hit, with a total of 455,808 … Read more
LONDON: Britain experienced further ‘panic-buying’ of motor fuel on Monday as a shortage of lorry drivers on Covid and Brexit fallout could reportedly prompt the government to use the army to make deliveries. The Petrol Retailers Association claimed that almost half of the UK’s 8,000 fuel pumps had run out of petrol on Sunday, as … Read more
FRANKFURT: Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability on Monday after the Social Democrats narrowly won a general election but faced a rival claim to power from outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative camp. For a country synonymous with stability after 16 years of Merkel’s steady leadership, the coming weeks and months promise to be … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A surge in the number of dengue fever cases has been reported in parts of Pakistan over the past 24 hours amid fears that the country might face an outbreak of the disease in the coming days. A total of 90 new cases of dengue fever have been reported across Punjab over the past … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to include the Karachi Coastal Comprehensive Development Zone (KCCDZ) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, a statement received here said. The decision was taken during the 10th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) on CPEC, held on September 23, 2021. KCCDZ, an initiative of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs focuses … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The construction and expansion of highways will not only usher in a new era of economic development in remote areas of Balochistan but also pave the way for economic development in the entire region through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a government official said. Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed said that … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The exports of footwear increased 23.72 per cent during the first two months (July-August) of the fiscal year 2021/22 against the same period of the previous year, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The footwear exports rose to $26.787 million in July-August 2021/22, compared with the exports of … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) is all set to ensure active participation in the Dubai Expo 2020, commencing from October 1 to display world-class hand crafted vast range of Pakistani furniture. Talking to a delegation of furniture exporters led by Chaudhary Muhammad Ashfaq Kamboh, PFC chief executive officer Mian Kashif Ashfaq said that the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that tourism in Pakistan has a great potential to boost economy, as well as improve the economic health of small business operators and the people attached with the tourism industry. In a message on the occasion of the World Tourism Day, he said, the purpose of the celebration … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has lauded the efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and termed inclusion of Karachi Comprehensive Coastal Development Zone in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a ‘game changer’. He expressed the hope that it would help clean up the marine habitat for fishermen, develop low-income housing units and create investment … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab government has issued directed the deputy commissioners to ensure availability and sale of sugar at Rs89.75/kilogram. The directives were issued at a meeting jointly chaired by Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal and Punjab chief secretary Kamran Ali Afzal at the Civil Secretariat. The minister expressed displeasure over the … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The negotiations between the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and traders succeeded and confusions pertaining to the Tax Laws (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 were clarified. A delegation of elected leadership of small traders led by Kashif Chaudhry, central president of the Markazi Tanzeem-e-Tajiran, Pakistan has been in contact with the FBR for the last … Read more
KABUL: The Taliban urged international airlines Sunday to resume flights to Kabul, saying all technical issues at the country’s main airport have been resolved. Facilities at Kabul airport were badly damaged in the chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 people that ended August 30 with the withdrawal of the last US troops. Since then only … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan termed the inclusion of the Karachi Comprehensive Coastal Development Zone in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a ‘game changer’. He also lauded the efforts of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs during an address on Sunday in the capital. The premier remained hopeful the inclusion of the Karachi coastal uplift … Read more
KATHMANDU: Sajha Yatayat, a cooperative-based public transport entity in Nepal, is purchasing 40 electric buses from a Chinese company, a board member of the Nepali operator said on Saturday. “We have selected CHTC Kinwin (Nanjing) Automobile Co, Ltd to supply the electric buses from among nine bidders — all Chinese companies,” Bhusan Tuladhar, a board … Read more
PARIS: A former Greenpeace campaigner who aims to unite the fractured French left will from Saturday do battle with a self-styled “eco-feminist” radical for the presidential nomination of France’s Greens. Seven months before the polls, Yannick Jadot, a 54-year-old member of the European Parliament, faced 49-year-old economist Sandrine Rousseau in the second round of the primary … Read more
KABUL: A month after seizing power following a lightning offensive in Afghanistan, the Taliban this week completed their interim government — but their political agenda is still unclear. The lack of clarity is fuelling concern among Afghans and the international community that the hardline Islamists are heading towards imposing the same brutal policies against women and … Read more
YANGON: Scores of pro-democracy Buddhist monks took to the streets of Myanmar’s second-biggest city on Saturday, rallying against the military coup in demonstrations that coincided with the 14th anniversary of previous clergy-led mass protests. Myanmar has been in turmoil and its economy paralysed since February when the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, ending … Read more
KHARTOUM: Sudan’s oil minister said on Saturday protesters blocked two key oil pipelines in Port Sudan, the main seaport on the Red Sea, over a peace deal with rebel groups. Warning of “an extremely grave situation”, Oil Minister Gadein Ali Obeid told AFP one pipeline transports oil exports from South Sudan while the other provides … Read more
