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Thai climate ambitions face trade heat
Oped, Published on 28/05/2025
» Early last month, the US announced plans to impose a reciprocal tariff rate of 36% on goods originating from Thailand due to a trade deficit. This set off alarm bells between Thai policymakers and export-oriented business sectors. So, efforts are underway to negotiate a deal that would safeguard Thailand's highly fruitful trade relationship with the US.
Pakistan names caretaker PM amid turbulence
Published on 12/08/2023
» ISLAMABAD: A little-known senator from Pakistan’s least-populous province was named caretaker prime minister on Saturday to see the country through to an election that is at least three months away.
Former Pakistan PM Khan survives attempt on life
Published on 03/11/2022
» Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was in stable condition after being shot in the foot on Thursday at a political rally in what the country’s president deemed “a heinous assassination attempt”.
Pakistan court says parliament must reconvene, orders PM no-confidence vote
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the national assembly had been illegally dissolved, and ordered parliament to reconvene to hold a no-confidence vote that will likely see Prime Minister Imran Khan booted from office.
Ukraine war's spillover swamps poor countries still reeling from Covid-19
Business, Published on 24/03/2022
» Over the past 120 years, a Beirut bakery has survived civil war, Lebanon's financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Fighting in Ukraine, disrupting food and energy supplies world-wide, may soon put it out of business.
Concrete jungle threatens mangroves on Pakistan island
AFP, Published on 23/11/2020
» KARACHI: A short boat ride from the shores of Karachi, mangrove trees sprout along the quiet inlets of an uninhabited island that environmentalists say provides vital coastal protection to Pakistan's largest city.
Bombing at Pakistan open-air market kills 16
Associated Press, Published on 12/04/2019
» QUETTA, Pakistan: A powerful bomb went off at an open-air market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 30, police and hospital officials said.
Voice of change or lifestyle bibles: blogs flourish in 2015
AFP, Published on 23/12/2015
» PARIS - Thought to be on the wane a decade ago, blogs in 2015 are alive and well as a powerful voice driving change in politics, human rights and lifestyle choices across the globe.
Australia fight to save Test after Younis's epic 213
AFP, Published on 31/10/2014
» Australia were left with a daunting task to save the second Test and series after Younis Khan hit an epic double hundred to put Pakistan in command on Friday.
Imran Khan's party wins Karachi seat election rerun
AFP, Published on 19/05/2013
» The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.