Italy asks for target revisions to get new tranche of EU funds
Rome: The Italian government on Tuesday requested a change in the targets needed to obtain a fourth tranche of the...
Politics
Pakistan activists clamor for powerful minority panel
Islamabad: Human rights activists in Pakistan have condemned the delay in making a law to guarantee the autonomy of the...
China has a new foreign relations law. Here’s what it means for business
Beijing: For foreign businesses in China, geopolitics hold more sway than new Chinese laws, according to analysts. National security is...
China’s Multilateral Trade With Iran, Situation and 2023/24 Prospects
By Farzad Ramezani Bonesh The history of trade relations between Iran and China goes back to the first contact between...
Biden meets King Charles and PM Sunak, hails ‘rock solid’ UK ties
London: U.S. President Joe Biden made a whistle-stop trip to Britain on Monday, hailing the "rock-solid" friendship with Washington's close...
UK should quit ‘climate-wrecking’ energy treaty, say official advisers
Climate Change Committee recommends leaving energy charter treaty, which critics say is ‘weaponised’ by fossil fuel firms The UK should...
‘Good news for thousands of businesses’: reaction to EU assessment of US data protection of personal data
Today, the adequacy decision supporting an EU-US Data Privacy Framework has been adopted. “Today’s decision is good news for the...
Sindh govt resumes electric bus service after replacing faulty charging system
Operation of 15 buses remained suspended for two months after chargers developed fault New fleet of diesel buses to reach...
‘Just so needy.’ Brexit strained the UK-US relationship – but officials say it’s now back on track
Luke McGee Islamabad: When US President Joe Biden lands in London next week, his British counterpart, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,...
Global economic order undergoing a major shift?
Islamabad: The global order is shifting. For better or for worse, the status quo powers (the USA and the West)...
British scientists can request grants if UK rejoins EU’s £85bn Horizon scheme
‘Expected’ return could help retain scientists and researchers lost after grants were cancelled in Brexit row British scientists and academic...
EU envoy blasts Israel over deadly Jenin raid
Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff said the Israeli military operation on the Jenin refugee camp violated international law. A European envoy...
The EU still needs Britain more than Britain needs the EU
Resources could be better spent backing science mavericks on UK soil than funding Horizo MATTHEW LYNN The haggling is almost...
Rishi Sunak says the UK discourages use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
The UK is committed to a convention which "discourages" the use of cluster bombs, Rishi Sunak has said, after the...
U.S. to give Ukraine cluster munitions, UN chief voices opposition
The U.S. announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine cluster munitions, prohibited by more than 100 countries, as part...
CPEC playing critical role in economic, social uplift
Millions of people provided job opportunities since project’s birth Islamabad: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has emphasised that...
PM hopes MoU between Pakistan, Switzerland to help promote cooperation in field of natural disasters management
Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday termed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan and...
EU attracted nearly $100B investment in semiconductor industry: EU Commission chief
European Chips Act brings new opportunities, reduces dependency on East Asia, says Ursula von der Leyen Brussels: The European Union...
EU-U.S. Task Force on Energy Security reviews the progress on energy security situation
Islamabad: The EU-U.S. Task Force on Energy Security met virtually on 6 July 2023 to discuss the implementation of the...
‘Historic’: EU agrees €500 million deal to ramp up production of ammunition for Ukraine
Islamabad: European Union negotiators reached a deal in the early hours of Friday to accelerate the production of munition and...
PPP to Support IMF Deal in ‘Larger National Interest’
Islamabad: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed its willingness to support the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program citing larger...
PPP wins Balochistan local body elections
Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has won Balochistan local body elections. Final phase of local body elections in 35 districts...
IMF resident representative calls on PPP finance team
Islamabad: International Monetary Fund (IMF ) Resident Representative, Esther Perez Ruiz on Friday called on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) finance...
Youth empowerment key to development, prosperity of Pakistan: PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the government was committed to empower youth of the country as empowering...
EU to seek 16 billion cubic meters in second joint gas-buying round
Brussels: Companies have registered demand for nearly 16 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas in the European Union's second round...
EU and Ukraine enhance cooperation on Intellectual Property
Geneva: On 5 July the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the new Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property...
US’s Yellen begins China trip aimed at ‘deepening communication’
Islamabad: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit comes amid heightened tensions between the two superpowers. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen...
Pakistan desirous to expand economic ties with Qatar: President
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said that Pakistan is highly desirous to expand trade and investment relations with...
Zardari concerned at non-payment of declared cotton rates to farmers
Islamabad: Former president and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday expressed his concern over the non-payment of declared rates...
UK and Japan sign historic agreement to enhance justice collaboration
Islamabad: The Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary of the United Kingdom, Alex Chalk, and Japan’s Justice Minister, Ken Saito, have...
