Islamabad: As the Pakistan government continues to expel illegal immigrants from the country, hundreds and thousands of Afghan nationals are facing major challenges at the crossings on both sides of the border. Sadaam Khan, an Afghan living in Karachi, paid about 5 lakhs PKR to the transport truck to bring his 15-member family to the.
Canberra: A majority of Australians are struggling financially, a new poll revealed on Tuesday. The poll, which was published by independent market research company Essential, found that 41 per cent of Australians say they are “struggling a bit” to pay bills and 13 per cent reported they are in “serious difficulty” with being able to.
New York: Indo-Canadian Sikh poet Rupi Kaur has declined an invitation for a Diwali event on Wednesday from US President Joe Biden’s administration over its response to the situation in Gaza. “I decline any invitation from an institution that supports the collective punishment of a trapped civilian population—50 per cent of whom are children,” Kaur,.
Beijing: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Monday. The announcement was made by China’s state-run Xinhua news agency. Albanese, who arrived in Shanghai on November 5, became the first Australian Prime Minister to visit China since 2016. In a post on Monday morning, Albanese said: “It is 50 years.
Tel Aviv: More than 35 Jewish and Arab organisations on Monday issued a call for reaching a ceasefire, releasing the kidnapped hostages and promoting a political agreement that will guarantee safety, justice and freedom for the people in Gaza amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. In a joint statement, the organisations said: ”In memory of the.
Dhaka: At 76-years-old, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a political phenomenon who has guided the rise of this nation of 170 million from rustic jute producer into the Asia-Pacific’s fastest-expanding economy over the past decade, Time said in a cover story on the world’s longest-serving female head of govt. In office since 2009, after.
International desk: The death toll in Nepal Earthquake has risen from 69 to 128. A shallow depth Earthquake of Magnitude 6.4 jolted Nepal last night. The toll can increase in coming time, the officials said. The earthquake, measuring 6.4 in magnitude, had its epicenter in Lamidanda, Jajarkot district. This seismic event, which occurred at 11.47.
Stockholm: Sweden will add to its nuclear power capacities to fast-track the country’s transition to fossil-free electricity production while securing energy supply in times of crisis, the government said. The announcement came as the government was launching an inquiry into the future role of atomic energy, marking a shift from the previous policy to gradually.
International desk: A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Thursday, but did not have the potential for a tsunami, disaster management agency said. The agency had first released the quake with a magnitude of 6.6 before revising it. The earthquake, which centred on-land, struck at 4.04 a.m., Xinhua news agency reported. The.
International desk: The Taliban regime in Kabul announced that it will build shelters for the hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan after the neighbouring country formulated a phase-wise process for the expulsion of the undocumented migrants. Acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani instructed the construction of shelters during.
