Cracks emerges in US, India ‘strategic ties’ over Ukraine crisis
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and US President Joe Biden. — AFP/File After refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations and procurement of oil from…
UN raises alarm, saying water crisis threatens global security, stability
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2023 picture of the dried Canelon Grande reservoir just north of Canelones, in southern Uruguay, as the country goes through a severe…
Global bank stock rout deepens as SVB collapse fans crisis fears
Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts, US. — Reuters.File Shockwaves from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) further pounded global…
Lineker row causes mounting crisis at broadcaster
A BBC correspondent reports to a camera outside the BBC headquarters in central London, Britain, March 11, 2023. — Reuters BBC forced to axe much of Saturday sports coverage. Multiple…
Silicon Valley Bank crisis deals blow to US banking sector
SVB (Silicon Valley Bank) logo is seen through broken glass in this illustration taken March 10, 2023.— Reuters California regulator closes SVB, appoints FDIC as receiver. SVB focused on lending…
‘World dangerously unprepared for next crisis’
IFRC personnel in Malawi during the Cholera outbreak. IFRC/File GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could…
‘World dangerously unprepared for next crisis’
A logo of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland. —Reuters/File GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross…
Bajwa ‘deliberately manufactured’ economic crisis: Imran Khan
PTI Chief Imran Khan also comes down hard on the PDM government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. — YouTube/PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Friday blamed former army…
Faiz, Bajwa responsible for Pakistan’s current crisis: Nawaz Sharif
(L-R) Undated images of former director-general Inter-Services Intelligence Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed, former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, former chief of army staff Qamar Javed Bajwa. —…
China’s population falls for first time since 1961, highlights demographic crisis
An elderly person holds a child near lanterns decorating a shop ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, January 15, 2023.— Reuters Population declined by 850,000 to…
