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Day: July 4, 2022

Trial begins: Xiao Jianhua, tycoon who disappeared in 2017

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Xiao Jianhua

Xiao vanished from Hong Kong’s Four Seasons hotel in January 2017. Reportedly, he was snatched by mainland Chinese agents. Xiao is said to have acted as a broker for the Chinese leadership. Canadian-Chinese tycoon Xiao Jianhua is standing trial on Monday, Ottawa’s embassy in Beijing said in a statement, after the businessman disappeared from a … Read more

Zelenskyy promises that Ukraine will liberate the occupied Luhansk

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Zelenskyy

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated troops for “liberating” Ukraine’s Luhansk province. Russian forces are now turning their attention to capturing more parts of the neighboring Donetsk region of the Donbas. Local officials expect Russian forces to concentrate their attacks on Sloviansk. Following many weeks of intense combat; the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk … Read more

If Prince Andrew is ‘thrown out’ of the Firm, he will ‘go rogue,’ according to a source

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Prince Andrew

Royal specialists warn that if Prince Andrew is expelled from the Royal Family, he may “go rouge.” During an appearance with True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat, royal expert and author Ingrid Seward made this remark. She began by hypothesizing Prince Andrew’s potential future in the chat and explained how, ” They’re not going to … Read more

Restaurants can’t make you tip staff, the law says

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restaurants

The government forbids hotels and restaurants from included service fees in the price of the meals they provide. CCPA recently issued an order prohibiting hotels and restaurants from automatically including service costs in invoices. Following an increase in consumer complaints about restaurants demanding a forced gratuity, such rules were published. The government forbids hotels and … Read more

Bushra Ansari talks about her friendship with Musarrat Nazir

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Bushra Ansari

Bushra Ansari never looked back in her professional life after becoming successful on television. Early in life, Bushra began her career as a singer before transitioning to acting. She revealed her friendship with legendary vocalist Musarrat Nazir. Beautiful, clever, and incredibly flexible Pakistani artist Bushra Ansari. In addition to the well-known sitcom Fifty/Fifty, she also … Read more

What will abortion assistance from your employer look like?

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Abortion

Following Roe v. Wade ruling, businesses are fast to create policies offering abortion aid. Many gave travel reimbursement, but few provided details on how employees may take use of this. They are free to seek medical treatment in any state in the union with this money. Following last month’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe … Read more

ECP orders cancellation of appointments, transfers in NAB

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PP Rawalpindi

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has instructed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to cancel the appointments and transfers. The ECP strongly has strongly taken notice and ordered the District Monitoring Officers (DMO) to immediately cancel the orders of appointments and transfers. Read more: Imran Khan to kick-off election campaign for Punjab by polls on … Read more

The Netflix plans of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ‘smell of desperation.’

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Prince Harry Meghan Markle

According to experts, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix ambitions “smell of desperation.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex inked a multi-million-dollar deal with Netflix in 2020 Soon after Megxit that included several programmes, including an animated series that has been cancelled. However, the royal couple managed to secure a ‘fly-on-the-wall’ style docu-series for Netflix … Read more

Ali Zaidi: Mahmood Maulvi will be PTI candidate for NA-245 by-election

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Ali Zaidi
  • “PTI candidate for NA-245 by-election will be Mahmood Maulvi and his campaign in charge will be Imran Ismail,” says the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Syed Ali Zaidi
  • Elections are going to be held in NA-245, and the Residing Officer (RO) is being replaced here fifteen days prior to the election and the new RO is being brought from Khairpur
  • We don’t want to talk about anyone’s family, such things are immoral. Bushra Bibi does not speak to any channel

 

KARACHI: “PTI candidate for NA-245 by-election will be Mahmood Maulvi and his campaign in charge will be Imran Ismail,” says the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Syed Ali Zaidi in a press conference in Karachi on Monday.

The former federal minister for maritime affairs added, “After rigging in first phase of local government elections, the blue-eyed police officers are being transferred. The province of Sindh is also part of Pakistan and the Supreme Court. Elections are going to be held in NA-245, and the Residing Officer (RO) is being replaced here fifteen days prior to the election and the new RO is being brought from Khairpur.”

The PTI leader questioned that in Punjab the transfers of the election commission personnel are banned then why the transfers are happening in Sindh? Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is going to contest elections with full force, Ali Zaidi added.
Former Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail told the media that with Rs. 35 billion, the PTI cleaned the stormwater drains of Karachi.

After the PTI’s cleaning Mahmoodabad, Gujjar Nala, and Orangi Town Nala, the Sindh government did not clean them. “Now it is going to rain. Karachi will be inundated again due to continuous rains.”

“Yesterday, a press conference was held about Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi. The conference was full of filth and her character was assassinated. We don’t want to talk about anyone’s family, such things are immoral. Bushra Bibi does not speak to any channel.”

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Sidhu Moose Wala shooters celebrate in a car and wave guns on camera

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sidhu

The killers of musician Sidhu Moose Wala can be seen rejoicing with their weapons. All five of the men are seen grinning as they wave their firearms in front of the camera. While, Punjabi music is played in the background. In a recent video discovered on one of the shooters’ phone, the killers of musician … Read more

Alia Bhatt’s & Vijay Varma’s ‘Darlings’ teaser out tomorrow

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Alia Bhatt's
  • Netflix will distribute Alia Bhatt’s debut film Darlings.
  • Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew also star in the film. A mother-daughter bond drives the plot of the Mumbai-set comedy.
  • The teaser will be released tomorrow.

Alia Bhatt’s debut film with Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew. Red Chillies Entertainment is a co-producer. Netflix will distribute. Fans of the Gangubai Kathiawadi actress have been waiting for an update on Darlings. Alia confirmed in a new video that the film’s teaser will be released tomorrow.

Sharing the video, the mommy-to-be captioned it: “thoda dark … thoda comedy. DARLINGS teaser out TOMORROWS.” Alia, Shefali, and Vijay are talking in the background. Vijay captioned the video, “Yeh ma-beti itna kyun hasse ja rahi hain? Samjh nahi aa raha. Sun ke zara batao, kya hai Darlings?”. Alia and Shah Rukh Khan previously worked together in Dear Zindagi (2016). Gully Boy starred Vijay and Alia.

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Turkish inflation hits two-decade high of 78.6%

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Turkish inflation
  • Inflation in Turkey in June reached 78.6 percent, highest in 24 years.
  • Independent estimates published by Turkish economists showed prices rising at twice as fast.
  • Economy Minister Nureddin Nebati on Friday vowed that consumer prices will start dropping in December.

 

Inflation in Turkey in June reached 78.6 percent, the highest in 24 years, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unconventional economic policies continued to take their toll, according to official data released Monday.

However, independent estimates published by Turkish economists showed that prices were rising at a rate more than twice as fast.

The inflation rate reported by Turkey’s state statistics agency was the highest since the emerging market suffered a currency meltdown during a global financial crisis in 1998.

Inflation had stood at 73.5 percent in May and at 15.0 percent at the start of last year.

Economy Minister Nureddin Nebati on Friday vowed that consumer prices will start dropping in December.

“I promise to you and to the president, we will see a drop in inflation starting in December,” he was quoted as saying by Turkish media.

According to the official data, the surge in inflation in June was driven by a jump of 123.4 percent in the cost of transportation and a 94-percent increase in non-alcoholic drinks.

Turkey’s latest problems began when Erdogan forced the central bank to go through with a series of interest rate cuts last year that he said were part of his “new economic model”.

The policy rate went down despite rising consumer prices.

But the Turkish leader rejects conventional economics and affirms that high interest rates cause prices to rise.

Economists believe his approach has exacerbated the pain felt world-wide from the jump in food and energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

However, more and more economists are starting to question Turkey’s official data.

A monthly report release Monday by Turkey’s ENAG group of independent economists showed consumer prices rising by 175 percent in June.

ENAG said prices had risen by 71.4 percent since the start of the year alone.

The Istanbul chamber of commerce said inflation in Turkey’s largest city has reached an annual rate of 94 percent.

“No one actually believes official Turkish data anymore,” said BlueBay Asset Management economist Timothy Ash.

“There is no expectation of anything like a credible policy response.”

Turkey’s official data are turning into a hot political issue ahead of next year’s general election — widely viewed as the toughest of Erdogan’s two-decade rule.

Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused the state statistics agency of “lying”.

“Stop committing crimes for the benefit of President Erdogan,” Kilicdaroglu told the agency on Twitter.

A survey published by the Metropol polling agency on Friday showed 69 percent of respondents believed the unofficial ENAG figure and just 24 percent the one reported by the government.

Erodgan has doubled down on his economic approach and hinted that he may want the benchmark interest rate to move even lower in the months to come.

He has also tried to reverse the accompanying drop in his public approval by announcing a rapid series of wage hikes to large parts of the population.

He has bumped up the minimum wage earned by roughly 40 percent of the working Turks from 2,826 liras in late December to 5,500 liras ($325) this month.

The wage is used as the benchmark for a wide range of social benefits across the economy.

Economists warn that significantly raising the pay of so many people will cause inflation and should be accompanied by interest rate increases or other means of limiting spending.

However, Erdogan denies that Turkey is experiencing inflation.

“We do not have an inflation problem. We have a cost-of-living problem,” Erdogan said last month.

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China lockdowns and a possible US recession hurt Asia markets

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China
  • Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell as high as 1.8%, while South Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.9%.
  • Japan’s Topix rose 1.4% and China’s CSI 300 was largely unchanged.
  • Lockdowns in China and a possible US recession hurt Asian markets.

Asia-Pacific market emotions differed on Monday, despite the resuming of lockdowns in China and ongoing concerns about the possibility of a US recession.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell as high as 1.8%, while South Korea’s Kospi index fell 0.9%. However, Japan’s Topix rose 1.4% and China’s CSI 300 was largely unchanged.

A increasing epidemic of Covid-19 in China prompted the restoration of lockdown measures in one county of Anhui province and the renewal of nationwide testing mandates.

The affected locations included Wuxi, a manufacturing hub in the east, which encouraged workers to work from home and suspended dine-in services at eateries.

Since Shanghai, China’s commercial and financial centre, emerged from a two-month shutdown that shook the markets in April and May, investors have keenly monitored any indications of a recurrence of lockdowns.

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Hafiz: Government should play its role to improve tense atmosphere in GB

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Hafiz
  • Former chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan Hafizur Rehman had a telephonic talk with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the situation of Gilgit Baltistan and the road blockage by the protesters
  • The people in Gilgit-Baltistan are out of their homes for the past ten days for 14 people who are accused of assisting terrorism in the province. The former GB CM told the prime minister that the current government is not helping the people in this matter
  • He asked the prime minister that the federal government should play its role to improve the tense atmosphere in Gilgit-Baltistan and end the sit-ins protests
  • After telephonic conversations with the former Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Shehbaz Sharif ordered Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah to advise the Chief Secretary of GB to improve the situation of the province

 

GILGIT: Former chief minister of Gilgit Baltistan Hafizur Rehman had a telephonic talk with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the situation of Gilgit Baltistan and the road blockage by the protesters, BOL News reports.

According to the report, the people in Gilgit Baltistan are out of their homes for the past ten days for 14 people who are accused of assisting terrorism in the province. The former GB CM told the prime minister that the current government is not helping the people in this matter.

“Thousands of tourists are worried about the closure of roads throughout the province and the Gilgit-Skardu Road and Hunza Road are also blocked. The selected government has failed to listen to the concerns of the protesters and come out with a solution.” Hafiz ur Rehman told PM.

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Onlookers applaud, as an old guy in Russian-occupied Kherson plays the Ukrainian national anthem

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anthem

Ukrainian civilians continue to display their patriotism months after Russia invaded their nation. They have planned a variety of inventive ways. An old guy is seen playing the Ukrainian national anthem as he slowly manoeuvres about on his mobility scooter in a busy market. Ukrainian civilians continue to display their patriotism months after Russia invaded … Read more

Inflation in Turkey nears 80% as prices & wages soar

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Turkey
  • Consumer prices rose by 78.6% year-over-year in June, the fastest increase since 1998.
  • Inflation figures came days after Turkish government announced a 30% raise in minimum wage.
  • Goldman Sachs raised its inflation projection for the end of the year in Turkey from 65% to 75%.

Analysts warned that Turkey risks becoming locked in a spiral of rising prices and salaries as the country’s inflation rate reached nearly 80 percent.

As a result of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unconventional monetary policy and the impact of the conflict in Ukraine, consumer prices increased by 78.6% year-over-year in June, the fastest increase since 1998.

The percentage was somewhat below the 80 percent consensus prediction of analysts.

Erdogan, who disputes the commonly held belief among economists that increasing interest rates reduces inflation, has instructed the central bank to maintain its benchmark borrowing rate well below the inflation rate.

Consequently, the lira has lost 48% of its value against the dollar during the past year. The currency depreciation has been a major factor in price increases in an import-dependent nation, particularly for energy.

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Ukraine estimates that national recovery plan will cost $750 billion

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Ukraine

Ukraine estimates that it requires $750 billion to finance a national recovery plan.  Russia’s invasion inflicted more than $100 billion in infrastructure damage, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. The country is currently assessing the damages and formulating a multi-phased restoration plan. Ukraine stated that it requires $750 billion to finance a national recovery plan … Read more

Morocco sues Spain reporter over spyware bugging claim

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Morocco
  • Morocco files lawsuit against Spanish journalist who claims his phone was targeted by spyware.
  • Ignacio Cembrero worked for news website El Confidencial.
  • Media investigation accused Morocco of using Israeli-made spyware to target journalists. Rabat has denied the allegations.

 

Morocco has filed a lawsuit against a Spanish journalist who claimed his phone was targeted by Pegasus spyware planted by Rabat, according to judicial sources.

A court in Madrid accepted the complaint against Ignacio Cembrero, an expert on Spain-Morocco relations who works for the news website El Confidencial, according to a spokesman for the regional court authority.

Last year, an investigation by 17 media organizations accused Morocco of using Israeli-made spyware, which infiltrates mobile phones in order to extract data or to activate a camera or microphone to spy on their owners. Rabat has denied the allegations.

According to a copy of the complaint seen by AFP, Morocco is demanding that Cembrero withdraw his allegations and pay Morocco’s legal costs.

“The Kingdom of Morocco is not involved in spying on Ignacio Cembrero nor on any other citizen” and “does not have the Pegasus programme”, the lawyer representing Rabat said.

Cembrero had also flagged the lawsuit on his Twitter account.

“Morocco is taking me to court for accusing it of spying with Pegasus,” he tweeted on Monday.

He has said it is “the fourth time” Morocco had sued him in Spain but the first time it had demanded he “retract” claims Rabat was responsible for spying with Pegasus software.

“It’s a political trial to curtail journalists’ freedom of expression,” he tweeted.

A vast investigation by more than 80 reporters in 10 countries revealed in July 2021 that Pegasus spyware had been used against at least 50,000 people around the world.

They included at least 180 journalists as well as human rights defenders, politicians and military top brass.

The information was first leaked to Amnesty International and French NGO Forbidden Stories who then shared it with more than a dozen media organizations.

Morocco was singled out as one of the countries that had purchased the programme from Israel’s NGO Group and had used the spyware against journalists.

According to Forbidden Stories, Cembrero’s phone was one of several phones targeted “for targeting” by Pegasus.

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Taking part in the Harveys Lake Fourth of July Parade

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Harveys Lake

The Sons of the American Legion held their annual Fourth of July parade in Harveys Lake. The parade travels 8.3 miles around the lake with firetrucks, tractors, motorcyclists, and more. People set up to watch from their boats or from the beach or on the sidewalk. The Harveys Lake parade begins with extensive planning; often … Read more

Holiday travel increases airport traffic to epidemic levels

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Holiday travel

About 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at U.S. airports Friday. That surpasses the previous pandemic-era record of 2.46 million reached earlier in the week. At Boston’s Logan Airport, traffic for the week was up 127% over the same time in 2020. Holiday travel increases airport traffic to record pandemiclevels; since the epidemic started … Read more

‘Petrified’ Prince Harry ‘throwing toys out of a pram’ as a result of retaliation: report

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Prince Harry

Prince Harry is apparently becoming ‘petrified’ of The Crown’s future intentions for Megxit. The Crown is a Netflix drama about the early reign of the Queen. Although the show features many members of the British Royal Family, Prince Harry has reportedly insisted to not be featured on the show Russell Myers, royal editor of the … Read more

Tesla hit with new lawsuit alleging racial abuse against Black workers

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Tesla

Fifteen Black Tesla employees filed a complaint against the electric vehicle manufacturer. They claim they were the targets of racist abuse and harassment in the company’s factories. 10 lawsuits have been filed against Tesla alleging sexual harassment and racial discrimination. On Thursday, fifteen Black former or present Tesla employees filed a complaint against the electric … Read more

Libya protests planned over power cuts, political deadlock

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Libya

 “Beltress” says further protests planned in Tripoli’s Martyr’s Square. Masked youths set alight car tyres and block roads. Public anger fueled by power cuts that often last 18 hours. People of Libya angered by rising prices, chronic power cuts and political deadlock planned further demonstrations Monday after a night of angry protests across the capital. … Read more

‘Kaali’ poster sparks outrage online

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kaali

Leena Manimekalai, an independent filmmaker, attracted criticism online. It was attracted days after tweeting the cover art for her most recent project Kaali. A woman costumed as the Hindu goddess Kali is seen smoking a cigarette and raising a pride flag for the LGBT community in the poster Leena Manimekalai, an independent filmmaker, attracted criticism … Read more

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