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CHEQUERS, LONDON: Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ‘really let me down’ after he met Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday, the final day of the US president’s historic UK state visit. A day after King Charles III treated him to royal pageantry at Windsor Castle, Trump appeared at a news conference … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday revised upward the cost of the first phase of the Reko Diq copper and gold mines project for the second time in six months. The cost has now jumped 79% to $7.7 billion from the initial estimate due to higher cost of loans being taken for the project and to … Read more
TEHRAN: A member of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed in an attack in the country’s restive southeastern region on Thursday, state media reported. “Reza Azarkish, a local Basij member, in the city of Iranshahr in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan was shot dead by a terrorist group,” the … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, on Thursday met the Polish Ambassador in Islamabad to discuss ways to expand agricultural trade and cooperation. As per a statement, the talks focused on boosting Pakistan’s exports to Poland and addressing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) challenges that restrict access to European … Read more
PARIS: Protests and strikes planned for Thursday in France have forced a delay in the transfer to a secret location of the Bayeux Tapestry ahead of its historic planned loan to the UK next year, an official said. French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to loan the mediaeval tapestry—which records the 1066 Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon … Read more
LONDON: Marcus Rashford scored twice as Barcelona kicked off their Champions League bid with a 2-1 victory away to Newcastle United on Thursday, while Erling Haaland notched his 50th goal in the competition in Manchester City’s win over Napoli. The third consecutive evening of action in the first round of games in this season’s league … Read more
NEW DELHI: India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne “brain-eating” amoeba doubled compared to last year in Kerala. Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a doctor who is part of a government task force to arrest the spread, told AFP that officials were “conducting tests on … Read more
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[ KARACHI: Bulls roared at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday as the benchmark KSE-100 index surged 1,776 points to close near the record high at 157,953. The rally, fuelled by the landmark Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed in Riyadh, was further supported by strong blue-chip performance and robust trading activity, with volumes … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The European Union has planned to fully revive and activate the EU-Pakistan Business Forum, with a meeting planned for the first half of next year, which will serve as a catalyst for enhanced economic cooperation. Newly appointed EU Ambassador Raimundas Karoblis stated this in a meeting with Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb … Read more
