Liz Truss’ plan to cut taxes has sent shock waves through financial markets. Her government’s 45 billion pound ($48 billion) plan to slash taxes has caused the pound to plummet. The International Monetary Fund urges the government to “reevaluate” the plan. Nobody told Boris Johnson’s successor that Britain was due a period of calm after … Read more
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has criticised his government’s handling of a sugar crisis. Sugar shortages and price surges contributed to the chaos in supermarkets. In Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, sugar prices have nearly doubled this year. NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan: The president of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev criticised his government’s handling of a sugar crisis on Thursday, as … Read more
On Sunday, Hollywood actor Tom Cruise attended the “A Gallop Through History” performance at the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Home Park in Windsor as part of the official celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Rather than being driven to the event, the Mission: Impossible actor took a stroll and was mobbed by a … Read more
Since the military administration of President Siad Barre fell in 1991, Somalia has been in disarray. A new president was elected about midnight on Sunday after a long process. His ouster was followed by a civil war and the rise of the Al-Shabaab Islamist group, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and tried to take over … Read more
Since the military administration of President Siad Barre fell in 1991, Somalia has been in disarray. A new president was elected about midnight on Sunday after a long process. His ouster was followed by a civil war and the rise of the Al-Shabaab Islamist group, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and tried to take over … Read more
This is an unkind era for Pakistani football. Political turmoil for controlling the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has made the sport in a downward spiral since 2015’s disputed elections. Forced takeovers, FIFA bans, disruptions in national events and almost zero international football have been constant. 2021 saw all that repeat at once. Troubled beginning The … Read more
All-rounder Rashid Khan appealed for peace in Afghanistan. He asked the world leaders not to leave his country in “chaos” amid increasing violence. “Dear World Leaders! My country is in chaos, thousands of innocent people, including children and women, get martyred every day, houses and properties being destructed. Those families displaced. Don’t leave us in … Read more
