The U.S. dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies. The data showed the world’s largest economy created more jobs than expected in June. The report cemented expectations of another 75 basis-point hike at the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later this month. The dollar has hit consecutive 20-year peaks this week. The United States … Read more
Swiss appointed authorities are set to govern on Friday. In the defilement preliminary of ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter. France’s previous football legend Michel Platini, once among soccer’s figures. Blatter, 86, had said the 2,000,000 franc installment followed a “men of honor’s understanding” between the pair when he requested. Examiners denounce Blatter, a Swiss who drove … Read more
Preliminaries on the AI innovation will go on before the competition kicks off in Qatar this summer. The Laws of the Game will be reviewed before the 2018 World Cup in Russia, says International Football Association president Gianni Infantino. “We are exceptionally fulfilled and we will take choice before the competition,” he told a news … Read more
Camp Fire Camp Toccoa, in northeast Georgia, will not be able to operate its overnight programs this summer. The camp is run by a national nonprofit youth development organization. “We have been not able to recruit an adequate number of instructors to run the projects, and to give the consideration and consideration that our campers … Read more
Several fires broke out in southern Siberia on Saturday, affecting over 200 buildings and killed at least five people, according to local officials who issued a state of emergency. The flames in the Krasnoyarsk region extended to some sawmills and a children’s playground, according to the regional emergency ministry on Telegram. Regional governor Alexandre Uss … Read more
KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has urged the Sindh government to harmonise taxes levied in the province with the other provinces to ensure competitiveness to investors, a statement said. The OICCI, the representative body of foreign investors operating in Pakistan, has sent its recommendations for budget 2022/23, where it said … Read more
Pakistan has spent Rs144 billion for the import of mobile phones during the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year. The spending on imports of mobile phones recorded a sharp increase of 21 per cent, compared with Rs119.22 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year. The massive rise in mobile … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong has refused to renew the visa of an Australian correspondent from The Economist, the newspaper’s chief editor said, as authorities in the Chinese city tighten a crackdown on free speech and dissent. Sue-lin Wong is at least the third foreign journalist working in Hong Kong to be forced out in recent years. Press … Read more
LOS ANGELES: At least eight people died and several were injured in a crush at the Astroworld music festival in the southern United States on Friday, authorities said. “The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage and that caused some panic and it started causing some injuries,” Houston fire chief Samuel Pena … Read more
SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned a book on censorship over “offensive images” including blasphemous sketches of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), authorities said. The city-state is majority ethnic Chinese but has a sizeable Muslim minority, and has strict laws to curb hate speech and actions promoting ill-will between religious or racial groups. The book, “Red Lines: Political Cartoons … Read more
SYDNEY: In the Australian state of Victoria, healthcare workers battling a rising number of Covid-19 cases believe that a series of violent demonstrations in the capital city of Melbourne could trigger an even worse spike in the disease. On Friday morning, police riot squads, armed with tear gas and rubber bullets were bracing for further … Read more
BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Monday issued a circular urging further management and education for artistic performers across the country. Noting problems including tax evasion in the performance industry, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stressed that artistic performers should strengthen their legal awareness. Artistic performers should be educated in terms of laws on copyright and … Read more
With the monsoon season around the corner, authorities in Karachi are still struggling to clear 18 drains in the city clogged with encroachments and sludge. Director Municipal Services Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Noman Arshad, while speaking to Bol, explained that the department did not receive the allocated budget for the cleanliness drive. “Encroachments in the … Read more
The President of Friends of economic and business reforms Kashif Anwar send a letter to Hammad Azhar, Minister for industry and production. According to letter Kashif Anwar said that every citizen of Pakistan is severely affected due to pandemic COVID-19 in the country. Since 22nd March 2020, majority of the markets, industries, private businesses are … Read more
