China Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week that China is ready to work with Russia to forge closer partnership in energy cooperation. Energy cooperation is an important cornerstone of practical cooperation between China and Russia, and also a positive force for maintaining global energy security, Xi said in a congratulatory letter […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Qatar in Islamabad Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani this week called on Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari here and conveyed an invitation from the Qatari foreign minister to watch FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. The foreign minister congratulated the Qatari ambassador on his country hosting the biggest football event. […]
Read MoreStaff writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Jakob Linulf said this week that Denmark was among the top donors to the refugees in the world. “Afghanistan is becoming one the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Afghan refugees and their hosts in neighbouring countries are also facing increased challenges. Denmark is one of refugees top 10 […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi visited Pak-Afghan border at the Kharlachi and Borki area of Kurram district this week, where the border authorities briefed him on the border situation. In a bilateral negotiation, the reopening of Pak-Afghan border was decided for trade and movement. Along […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week expressed grief over the demise of legendary artist Ismail Tara. “The iconic actor and comedian #IsmailTara brought so much of happiness and joy to many of us. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and millions […]
Read MoreZheng Yongnian The recently concluded international meetings – the ASEAN Summit, the G20 Leaders’ Summit and the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting – have once again put Asia in the global spotlight. Asia has become a global geopolitical and economic center. However, peace across the region is facing a growing number of challenges. Among them, what […]
Read MoreSinem Cengiz When the Italian referee Daniele Orsato blew his whistle to start the match between the host country Qatar and Ecuador at Al-Bayt Stadium last Sunday evening, the FIFA World Cup for 2022 officially kicked off. After that whistle, Qatar was a different place than I had seen it a day before. History will […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond Rishi Sunak this week celebrated the end of his first month as UK prime minister, yet many of his fellow Conservative MPs are already looking beyond his time in office to the next leader and the party’s future direction. Sunak has not had the disastrous start to his leadership that Liz Truss did. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy will extend all possible support to Pakistan to enhance olive production. Speaking during a meeting of the Steering Committee, on Olive Culture Holistic and Multi-Professional Mechanism, for a Pakistani Olive Oil Value Chain project at the Ministry of National Food Security […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week vowed to ease visa process for the Pakistani businessmen. The envoy hoped that the simplified the process of visa issuance to Pakistani businessmen and traders will further promote business to business ties between Pakistan and Italy. “Simplification of the VISA process and procedure […]
Read MoreBeijing: Five days after the closely watched meeting between the top leaders of China and the US at G20, Chinese President Xi Jinping had a brief conversation with the US Vice President Kamala Harris at the request of the US side during the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and the Chinese president hoped that Harris can […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Qatar to Pakistan Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said this week that the FIFA World Cup 2022 – the biggest sporting event in the global calendar in Qatar – will make a huge positive impact on the entire region. While briefing the media persons about the mega sporting event, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said this week that the establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund and financial arrangements to address the issue of climate justice, was a “major win” for Pakistan and all of the developing world. The foreign minister, in a statement, said, “In monumental achievement for climate justice […]
Read MoreStaff writer Sharm El-Sheikh: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman this week, while representing G-77 plus China group statement at the concluding plenary of the international climate change conference termed the establishment of Loss and Damage Fund a landmark achievement and the international moot as an implementation conference by fulfilling the long-standing goal. […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi this week said that Pakistan had great potential to meet the human resource of Romania in all professional sectors. He expressed the remarks while meeting with Minister for Labour and Social Solidarity of Romania Marius-Constantin Budai in Bucharest. He said […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has agreed to lead a delegation of Pakistani businessmen who was likely to fly to Ethiopia Airlines which will commence its flight to Karachi by the end of this year or January 2023. The consensus between Kamran Tessori and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E Jemal Beker Abdula […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Make that Italian holiday permanent — and this local government will give you a down payment. Indeed, this quaint town in one of Italy’s southernmost corners is throwing cash at new residents. The provincial Presicce is joining the ranks of other dilapidated, down-on-their-luck but oh-so-pretty Italian towns to incentivize fresh blood by creative […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week felicitated Ayla Majid on becoming first South Asian woman to be appointed as Vice President of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). With the appointment, Majid has made history as she is the first South Asian woman to be elected for this global position […]
Read MoreHu Xijin US President Joe Biden will be absent on Friday at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand. He returned home directly after the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, to attend his granddaughter’s wedding. Such an arrangement would generally be understandable in Western culture, but the discussion has emerged in media outlets, […]
Read MoreDing Gang The last two names on the list of the US delegation to meet with President Xi Jinping were Rush Doshi and Jonathan Czin, both of whom are members of the Biden-chaired US National Security Council, which is responsible for China affairs. These two men should not be overlooked as we make predictions about […]
Read MoreAndrew Hammond UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have pledged not to return the UK to the financial austerity of the years from 2010 to 2019, but he announced collective tax rises and spending cuts of £55 billion ($64 billion). Hunt was appointed to the Treasury last month following the debacle of the Truss government’s emergency […]
Read MoreIshtiaq Ahmad COP27, being held in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, started well. For the first time, the UN climate change conference’s official agenda included the issue of a loss and damage fund, over which the developed world — that produces the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions — has dithered for decades. […]
Read MoreWang Cong, Bai Yunyi and Yang Sheng Bali: Current state of China-US relations is not in the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and is not what the international community expects, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia this week, which marked the first […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: In recognition of Islamabad’s progress to improve money laundering and terrorist financing controls, the United Kingdom (UK) this week removed Pakistan from ‘High Risk Third Countries’ list. Taking to Twitter, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari shared a letter of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, revealing that the UK had removed Pakistan […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Hangzhou: The 2022 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit that concluded this week has demonstrated the role of digital technologies in advancing common prosperity in China, with a focus on expanding businesses, bridging the urban-rural divide and narrowing the income gap. Numerous case studies, on-site presentations and informed voices at the conference asserted […]
Read MoreFlorence: Italy ended 49 years of hurt from Australia by upending the Wallabies 28-27 for the first time in test rugby this week. Wallabies debutant Ben Donaldson could have denied Italy after the fulltime hooter but his attempted conversion of Cadeyrn Neville’s last-minute try flew wide. Donaldson looked stunned as he was consoled by teammates, […]
Read MoreMelbourne: Thirty years after losing the 50-over ODI World Cup final to Pakistan at the same venue, England turned the tables on the South Asian side with brilliant death bowling and Stokes’s heroics. With all-rounder Sam Curran recording a miserly 3-12, Pakistan collapsed in the final overs to finish on a below-par 137 for eight […]
Read MoreCairo: Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman has urged the international community to take practical steps to save the world from the negative impacts of climate change. Addressing the Inter-Parliamentary Union at COP-27 in Egypt, the climate change minister stressed the necessity for collaborative responsibility to face the challenge of global warming, unprecedented rains, floods […]
Read MoreDing Gang Donald Trump recently said that he will make an important announcement. Most people believe that he will announce his candidacy for the 2024 US elections. Trump has chosen to send this signal before the US midterm elections, apparently to garner more support for a Republican victory. It also shows that he still has […]
Read MoreGlobal Times G20 Leaders’ Summit took place place on November 15 and 16 in Indonesia’s Bali. Some media outlets have labeled it as “possibly the most stressful G20 ever.” By all accounts, this is no exaggeration. To be honest, Indonesia’s job as chair of the summit is not easy. Ahead of the summit, an article […]
Read MoreLuke Coffey After months of suspense and expectation, the results of the US midterm elections surprised a lot of people. While many were expecting the Republican Party to sweep the board in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the so-called “red wave” never materialized. Instead, while votes are still being counted, the Republicans […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Financial expert Umar Rehman Malik said this week that Pakistan must get justice amid the climate challenges. “Justice is definitely what Pakistan needs. Heat is predicted to almost double death rates in Pakistan compared to richer countries,” he tweeted. Umar Rehman Malik was commenting on Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s tweet in […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy and Pakistan should explore all the possible avenues focusing on agriculture, machinery, textiles, and tourism to bolster cooperation. Speaking at a recent event, the Ambassador said Italy and Pakistan have a long history of cordial relations and cooperation in political, […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Islamabad: Ambassador of the State of Qatar Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani this week said that his country was always ready to cooperate with Pakistan. In a meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, Ambassador Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani saif that both the countries had excellent […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: China has assured Pakistan that it fully supports Islamabad’s “legitimate aspirations, legitimate rights, and interests.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed this to his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during a bilateral meeting in Beijing this week. “China’s development is a growing force for world peace and a stronger factor for global stability. […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s embassy in Pakistan led by Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese celebrated the National Unity and Armed Forces Day here this week. This day is celebrated since 1919 which commemorates the victory in World War I, a war event considered the completion of the process of unification of Italy. It is celebrated every 4 November, […]
Read MoreMilan: Italy s sports authorities are studying reports of undue psychological pressure being placed on its young women gymnasts over their eating habits, after a complaint was lodged with a prosecutor. “Medals are a matter of national pride but no medal can make up for inappropriate behaviour,” Sports Minister Andrea Abodi said on Wednesday, Italian […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Fourteen organizers of an illegal Halloween rave in the northern city of Modena were reportedly arrested and €150,000 ($149,000) worth of audio equipment had been confiscated. Thirteen of those detained were Italian, authorities said, and one was Dutch. Police announced that they were clearing the last stragglers from the abandoned warehouse, where the […]
Read MoreCanberra: Pakistani High Commissioner to Australia Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week appreciated that 98 percent fields in Sindh were ready for cultivation after floods. “We are a resilient nation and will overcome this challenge as well. Will Insha Allah (God willing) build back,” he tweeted. As the wheat sowing season is progressing in full swing, […]
Read MoreCopenhagen: Denmark’s number 10, Christian Eriksen, will be a quiet but inspirational figure for his team during the World Cup, after his sudden cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 game traumatised a nation. The Middelfart-born playmaker spent eight months out following his collapse on June 12, 2021. He returned in a Premier League game for […]
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