Pakistani city mourns 42 Shia Muslims who were ambushed, killed in gun attack

Post Views: 41 Shia Muslims chant slogans to condemn the killing of Shia Muslims by gunmen in an ambush in Kurram district during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday (November 22, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Protesters in Pakistan’s restive northwest chanted anti-government slogans, and tensions flared Friday (November 22, 2024) after funeral prayers … Read more

Judge in Trump criminal hush money case delays sentencing indefinitely

Post Views: 43 President-elect Donald Trump, who was to have been sentenced on November 26, fought to block that proceeding before he succeeds President Joe Biden in January. File | Photo Credit: AP The judge in President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case on Friday (November 22, 2024) delayed his sentencing indefinitely, in what the … Read more

Adanis knew of U.S. probe when they sold ‘bribe-linked assets’ to TotalEnergies, say prosecutors

Post Views: 26 In September 2024, TotalEnergies paid $444 million into a joint venture with Adani Green Energy for a 50% stake in 1.15 gigawatts of solar installations at the Khavda solar park. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Gautam and Sagar Adani knew their renewable energy company was under U.S. investigation for suspected bribery when … Read more

Hungary’s Orban vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Post Views: 35 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu after their meeting at the PM’s office, the former Carmelite Monastery, in Budapest, Hungary on Friday (November 22, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing … Read more

Russia says it needs migrants to fill labour shortage

Post Views: 36 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia needs migrants in order to develop because of its dwindling domestic workforce, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Friday (November 22, 2024). “Migrants are a necessity,” he told State news agency RIA Novosti. “We have a tense demographic … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin vows more test of Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat

Post Views: 50 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the Ministry of Defence leadership, representatives of the defense industry, and missile systems developers in Moscow, Russia, on November 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (November 22, 2024) that Russia would keep testing its new Oreshnik hypersonic … Read more

FTA talks with India to relaunch early in 2025: U.K. PM tells Parliament

Post Views: 38 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his statement on COP29 and G20 Summits at the House of Commons in London on November 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Free Trade Agreement negotiations with India — expected to significantly boost the estimated GBP 42 billion a year bilateral trade partnership — will … Read more

U.S. President-elect Trump taps Bessent as Treasury Secretary, Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary and Dr Nesheiwat as Surgeon General

Post Views: 30 President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he will nominate well-known international investor Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary, Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary, and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as the next Surgeon General of the U.S. Making a slew of announcements for top administrative positions on Friday (November 23, 2024), Mr. Trump appointed … Read more

COP29 U.N. Summit: Civil society protests against climate finance proposal, calls for ‘no deal’ over ‘bad deal’

Post Views: 34 Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit | Photo Credit: REUTERS Civil society members staged a silent march at the U.N. climate summit, condemning the developed nations’ proposal to increase annual climate finance to a meagre $250 billion by 2035.  They called on the developing world to … Read more

Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon’s capital Beirut, destroy at least one building amid fight with Hezbollah militants

Post Views: 36  Israeli airstrikes Saturday (November 23, 2024) in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a cease-fire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 63 people were wounded in the strikes, the fourth in … Read more