LONDON: Following the 90-day suspension of augmented tariffs by President Donald Trump on 9th April, EU (that faced a 20% tariff) too has paused plans for retaliatory levies on commodities from USA on 10th April, holding that it was an important step towards stabilising the global economy. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, while […]
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MUSCAT: Diplomats from Iran and USA are scheduled to meet Saturday (12th April, 2025) to commence a dialogue on Tehran’s Nuclear Program. Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, took to the X on Thursday (10th April) to comment on the pressure being exerted by USA: “Continued external threats and putting Iran under the […]
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PARIS: France (that has been championing a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict) could join the 147* UN members, who have recognised Palestine as a sovereign nation, in the month of June, 2025. This was insinuated on Wednesday (9th April, 2025) by President Emmanuel Macron, who maintained (while talking to France 5 television): “I’m not […]
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BEIJING: Bulls roamed the bourse Wed (9th April, 2025) when President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on all reciprocal tariffs sauf China, which is supposed to pay 125% for exporting commodities to USA. According to details the decision to back off levies was meant to acknowledge the patience of those countries that opted not […]
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ISLAMABAD: Eric Meyer, Senior Official for the Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, visited the Capital on 8th and 9th April to advance US interests in Pakistan’s critical minerals sector, expand opportunities for US businesses in Pakistan, deepen economic ties between the two countries, and underscore the vital importance of continued […]
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ISLAMABAD: Senior official at the US Dept of State for South & Central Asian Affairs, Eric Meyer attended the two-day Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 (PMIF25) here on 8th & 9th April. On the margins of PMIF25, Eric Meyer stated: “I commend Pakistan for convening the Minerals Investment Forum here in Islamabad and for taking […]
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BEIJING: Following the announcement of Chinese retaliatory tariffs, Trump threatened to impose an extra fifty percent tariff on China (that vowed to fight to the end against the additional levies) here on Tuesday (8th April, 2025). Undaunted by the continuous blows of Trumpian Tarriffs, China said it would fight to the end against US move. […]
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WASHINGTON: The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) has proclaimed Tuesday (8th April, 2025) that the State Department has informed that the Global Undergraduate Exchange Programme for Pakistan (UGRAD) has come to an end. “The US Department of State informed USEFP that the Global UGRAD-Pakistan Programme will no longer be offered…We understand that this […]
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KARACHI: Encouraged by the Beijing’s proclamation apropos retaliatory tariffs on the commodities US exports to China, bears on Monday (7th April, 2025) coloured the bourse here red. When, by afternoon the KSE-100 Index crashed by 5.29%, the automatic circuit breakers came into action and the transactions halted for an hour, but failed to cool the […]
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WASHINGTON: Millions of people participated Saturday (5th April, 2024) in 1400 anti-Trump Hands-Off demonstrations held in the capitols of 50 states, as well as cities like Paris, Berlin and London, demanding ‘an end to this billionaire power grab’, to hostile takeover & attack on American rights. According to the Anti-Trump Hands-off organisers they were setting […]
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