Taiwan had been due to be hit with 32% U.S. tariffs two weeks ago, until President Donald Trump paused his “reciprocal tariffs” for 90 days. Speaking at a news conference in Taipei, Premier Cho Jung-tai said the initial T$88 billion ($2.71 billion) aid package would be increased to as much as T$410 billion ($12.61 billion), […]
Trump’s Vice President JD Vance said it was time for Russia and Ukraine to either agree to a U.S. peace proposal “or for the United States to walk away from the process,” echoing a warning Trump gave last week. Speaking to reporters in India, Vance said the proposal called for freezing territorial lines “at some […]
However, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of the dollar in the open market stood at Rs 280.90 and Rs 282.40, respectively. The price of the Euro decreased by Rs1.66 to close at Rs 322.78 against the last day’s closing of Rs 324.44, according to the State Bank […]
According to sources, the international money lender has urged the federal government to cease funding matters devolved to provinces under the 18th Constitutional Amendment. Sources revealed that the IMF’s directive has compelled the federal government to remove 168 provincial projects from the upcoming federal budget. Sources further said that these 168 provincial projects, currently part […]
While Zelenskiy did not respond directly to Putin’s proposal, he emphasized in his nightly video address that Ukraine “was ready for any conversation” about a ceasefire that would stop strikes on civilians. The two leaders face pressure from the United States, which has threatened to walk away from its peace efforts unless some progress is […]
Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status, and the enrollment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of academic decision making […]
The tariffs on companies from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam will still need to be ratified at a meeting of the International Trade Commission in June. The decision unveiled Monday comes after anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations filed around a year ago by several US and other solar manufacturers. Those companies were accused of “unfair […]
These meetings will commence on Monday and continue till 26th April. During the visit, the finance minister will hold meetings with senior officials of World Bank, International Monetary Fund, global credit rating agencies and commercial and investment banks. He will hold meetings with his counterparts from China, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye. Meetings […]
Israeli officials have vowed to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and Netanyahu has insisted that any negotiation with Iran must lead to the complete dismantling of its nuclear program. U.S. and Iranian negotiators are set for a second round of preliminary nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday. Over the past months, Israel has […]
Araghchi, who is slated to hold a second round of Oman-mediated talks with US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, was shown disembarking from an Islamic Republic airplane. The United States and Iran are set to resume high-stakes talks Saturday on Tehran’s nuclear programme, a week after an initial round of discussions that both sides described […]
