Trami, locally known as severe tropical storm Kristine, dumped heavy to torrential rain on the main island of Luzon triggering widespread flooding and landslides. With maximum sustained winds of 95 kph (59 mph), the storm was moving westward across the mountainous northern region of Cordillera towards the South China Sea, the state weather agency said […]
“We have formally requested to be considered for this facility,” the minister said in an interview on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank autumn meetings in Washington. The International Monetary Fund had already agreed to a $7 billion bailout for Pakistan but has further funding available via its Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST). The RST, […]
The contributions, disclosed in a filing to the Federal Election Commission by Musk’s America PAC group, come after a prior report showed he gave the group around $75 million over three months between July and September. America PAC, which is focused on turning out voters in closely contested states that could decide the election, also […]
But the Kremlin leader struck a hardline tone, warning the West it was an “illusion” to think Russia could be defeated on the battlefield and that any peace deal would have to recognize Russia’s control of swaths of Ukrainian territory. Putin was speaking at the end of the BRICS summit in the city of Kazan […]
Our correspondent in Zahle reported the death of three journalists in an Israeli raid on Hasbaya,” Lebanon’s National News Agency reported, adding that “Israeli warplanes raided at 3:30 am (0030 GMT) on the Lebanese-Syrian border.” Israel said Thursday its spy chief will attend Gaza ceasefire talks and Hamas vowed to stop fighting if a truce […]
Police officers from the special investigations and technology divisions were sent to the Casa Sur Hotel by the prosecutor’s office “to seize elements of interest for the investigation,” said a police source who asked not to be identified. Television images showed a handful of agents working on computers at the lobby counter. The 31-year-old British […]
The bench, headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, referred a petition for the reinstatement of seven sacked employees of the petroleum and natural resources ministry to the constitutional bench, observing that the matter involved a constitutional point. The sacked employees had first approached the high court before moving to the Supreme Court for reinstatement. Justice […]
We express our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press statement. The Government of Pakistan reaffirmed its unwavering support for Turkiye’s efforts to combat the scourge of terrorism and stood in solidarity with the brotherly people of […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of chips that are used in everything from Apple’s iPhones to Nvidia’s cutting-edge artificial intelligence hardware. Huawei, the world’s leading equipment maker for fifth-generation mobile internet networks, has been embroiled in a tech war between Beijing and Washington. The United States slapped sanctions on Huawei […]
In their letter, the congressmen including prominent Muslim members Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib urged the Biden administration to seek assurances from Pakistani authorities regarding the PTI founder Imran Khan’s safety. They also requested that US diplomats visit the PTI leader in prison and emphasized that US policy should focus on human rights conditions in […]
