Lukashenko told his Chinese counterpart that their nations are up against “unprecedented pressure” from the West, according to the Belarusian state news agency Belta. “China will not allow the world order to be broken,” Lukashenko added. “Many, many nations are convinced of this.” The Belarusian leader, who in January won a seventh consecutive term after […]
The country banned couples from having more than two children in 1988, but a family’s size is now a decision for each individual couple, Vietnam News Agency said. The country has experienced historically low birth rates in the last three years. The total fertility rate dropped to 1.91 children per woman in 2024, below replacement […]
The draft text, seen by Reuters, also demands the release of all hostages held by Hamas and others, and the immediate lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and its safe and unhindered distribution at scale, including by the U.N. throughout the enclave. A resolution needs nine votes in favor […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a social media video post that ICE had taken into custody the family of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who lived in Colorado Springs and who federal officials have said was in the U.S. illegally, having overstayed a tourist visa and an expired work permit. Noem said while Soliman will […]
Several fiscally conservative Republicans in the US Senate supported the views Musk expressed in social media posts, which could complicate the bill’s path to passage in that chamber. “I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk wrote in a post on his social media platform X.. “This massive, outrageous, […]
At a WTO ministerial meeting in France, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao reiterated China’s stance on upholding a multilateral trading system and said WTO has the country’s backing for a more important role in global economic governance. China’s decision in April to suspend exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets has upended the […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to reduce tariffs on British imports of cars and steel to the United States last month, with Britain agreeing to lower tariffs on beef and ethanol. But a delay in implementing the deal means steel tariffs may go up before they come down, as […]
More than 135,000 Afghans left Pakistan in April, while the number dropped to 67,000 in May, and more than 3,000 were sent back in the first two days of June, according to the ministry. Millions of Afghans have poured into Pakistan over the past several decades, fleeing successive wars. Hundreds of thousands have come since […]
A sequence of multiple earthquake shocks jolted the port city’s Malir, Quaidabad, Landhi, and Gadap areas. The National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Pakistan, reported a maximum 3.6 intensity quake on the Richter scale to a minimum 2 magnitude jolt in Karachi since the first tremor on Sunday. Chief Meteorologist Ameer Haider stated that “the seismic energy […]
As per details, ISPR confirmed that 14 Indian-sponsored militants were killed during IBO in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan. The recovered cache included weapons and ammunition from the slain militants. Following the engagement, a clearance operation is underway in the region to eliminate any remaining threats. The ISPR asserted that security forces remain fully […]
