Italy sticks with 1% 2023 growth target despite weak second quarter
Cernobbio: Itay can still achieve economic growth of 1% this year despite the fall in output reported in the second...
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Chinese giant TikTok to conduct training workshops for content creators in Pakistan
Islamabad: TikTok, the popular Chinese short-form video platform owned by ByteDance, has announced plans to conduct training workshops for content...
Traders observe shutter down strike to protest inflation
Karachi: The traders across the country on Saturday observed shutter down strike in protest against inflation. The protest call was...
London turning cashless faster than rest of UK, figures show
London: Londoners are moving away from cash faster than the rest of the country, according to new data. Figures from...
UK MPs call for global alliance to tackle AI misuse
London: A group of influential members of parliament (MPs) in the United Kingdom have advised the government to collaborate with...
Pakistan-Italy trade has crossed € 2 billion mark: Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese
Karachi: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese, has said that the total volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and Italy...
PM stresses need to continue GSP Plus scheme for Pakistan, EU interests
Celina Ali Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minster Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday stressed the need to continue the GSP Plus scheme which...
SIFC to attract around $70 bn foreign investment in 3-5 years: Kakar
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has said that an estimated foreign investment of US$60 to $70 billion was...
UK house prices fall at fastest rate since 2009
London: UK house prices fell 5.3% in August compared with the same month last year, the fastest annual drop in...
UK reviewing membership of energy treaty
London: The UK is reviewing its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Minister Graham Stuart announced today (Friday 1...
EU trade with Russia drops to below 2% of share
Brussels: The EU's trade with Russia has dropped to its lowest levels since the start of the war in Ukraine,...
Italy: Former shelter in Torrita di Siena now home to vertical farm
Rome: A vertical farm lights up within the centuries-old walls of what was first a warehouse for the storage of...
Strategies for cross-border RMB operations unveiled at ICBC event
Karachi: Experts from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) unveiled comprehensive strategies for cross-border RMB operations, products, and...
UK, China to repair ties
Beijing: China and Britain made tentative steps to repair relations on Wednesday, with Beijing promising better ties if both showed...
China to improve financial transfer payment system
Beijing: China will further improve its financial transfer payment system, according to a report from the State Council. The report...
UK, Pakistan need to turbocharge trade in IT sector: British High Commissioner Jane Marriott
Karachi: The newly appointed British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, the United Kingdom’s first woman high commissioner to Pakistan,...
EU purchases of Russian LNG up 40% compared to pre-war levels, new study finds
Brussels: The European Union vowed to drastically cut imports of gas from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine but data...
EU-derived equal pay protections to be retained
Brussels: Women will still have the right to equal pay with men when an EU protection lapses at the end...
Italy business and consumer morale fall in August
Rome: Morale amongst Italian businesses and consumers fell in August, data showed on Wednesday, amid signs of continuing weakness for...
UK air travel disruption to last for days – minister
London: British Transport Minister Mark Harper said it would take days to resolve the widespread disruption to flights into and...
UK Foreign Secretary visits Beijing to further British interests
London: Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is travelling to Beijing to strengthen channels of communication to further and protect British interests...
EU infrastructure fund eyes African clean jet fuel projects
Cape Town: The European Union is scouting Africa to back clean jet fuel projects under its Global Gateway infrastructure fund,...
UK air traffic control delays: Compensation, when to go to the airport and more advice
London: Hundreds of flights to and from the UK have been delayed or cancelled after a breakage in the country's...
Italy steps up efforts to prevent extraditions to Russia
Rome: The Italian government released a Belarusian-born detainee (wanted by a Russian court on drug trafficking charges) in the pre-trial...
TIR route between Pakistan and China to revolutionize regional trade connections: Pakistani Minister
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: International Road Transport (TIR) route between Pakistan and China will revolutionize trade connections in the region, a...
All evil intensions against CPEC will be defeated: Pakistani Minister
Peshawar: Caretaker Federal Minister of Culture and National Heritage Jamal Shah has said that all evil intensions against the China-Pakistan...
Large US tech companies face new EU rules
Brussels: The world’s largest tech companies must comply with a sweeping new European law starting Friday that affects everything from...
EU asks Russia to renew Black Sea grain deal
Brussels: A senior European Union official urged Russia on Saturday to renew a deal to allow the safe export of...
Europe hits roadblocks in the race to switch to electric cars
Brussels: European countries are struggling to persuade people to switch from combustion engine cars to electric ones, experts warn. Europe...
British High Commissioner Jane Marriott makes trade push on first visit to Karachi
Celina Ali Islamabad: On Sunday, newly appointed British High Commissioner, Jane Marriott, will visit Karachi ahead of the expected arrival...
