SAMMU KHAN BHANBRO: Pakistan’s farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear. “We have gone back 50 years,” said Ashraf Ali Bhanbro, a farmer in Sindh province whose 2,500 acres ofContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday (Sep 3) raised some fuel prices by around 30 per cent to contain ballooning spending on energy subsidies in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The move risks sparking protests and further fanning price pressures, though analysts saw a need to act to ensure fiscalContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30 per cent on Saturday (Sep 3), top officials said, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests. From 2.30pm local time Saturday, within an hour after the announcement, the price of subsidised gasoline wasContinue Reading
Rajapaksa’s government was accused of chaotic mismanagement as the Sri Lankan economy spiralled into an unprecedented downturn. The crisis saw acute shortages of food, lengthy blackouts and long queues at gas stations for scarce fuel supplies after the country ran out of foreign currency to pay for vital imports. “HeContinue Reading
Tourism destinations globally are seeing a significant hit to their economies as Russians stay at home due to war-related sanctions, with possible long-term effects on international tourism. This comes as European countries with Russian borders say they may ban all Russian tourists. Russians were the world’s seventh biggest tourist spenders before the pandemic, splashing out […]
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When the school year began in Afghanistan in March 2022, journalists were poised to cover the return of girls to secondary education. Taliban leaders in Kabul had committed to allowing separate education for girls so long as they followed the Taliban-mandated dress code. Instead, the cameras recorded disappointed girls being sent back home. In that case […]
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WASHINGTON: ALL OF US Secretary of Condition Antony Blinken upon Friday (Sep 3) denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected innovator Aung San Suu Kyi and advised further pressure at the country’s junta. “We strongly condemn the Burma military regime’s unjust sentencing of Aung San Suu KyiContinue Reading
Law enforcement initially accepted the claim that an employee had been driving, but Vorayuth became the main believe and his family afterwards paid the victim’s relatives US$100, 500 compensation, according to the BBC and New York Moments. Meant for five years, Vorayuth played a game associated with cat and computerContinue Reading
In mid-August, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs produced news with a series of announcements. Wang Yi, Beijing’s most senior diplomat, promised intensive debt relief for some from the world’s poorest nations. The announcement has been made at the ministerial meeting of the Forum for China Africa Cooperation. In addition to raising food assistance to the continent, […]
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Anyone who has ever glanced at a dictionary sees that a word can have more than one definition. The English word “ labor, ” for example , evokes work in a few contexts (“ labor of love” ) and unions in others (“ labour leader” ). The particular American holiday called Labor Day demonstrates the word’ t fluidity. The holiday was created at the urging […]
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