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Economic manifestos: Pakistani political parties head to polls with focus on inflation, power bills, climate change News

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KARACHI: As Pakistan prepares to go to national elections in less than a week, prominent political parties have issued their manifestos glazed with ambitious blueprints of an economic turnaround, promising to address historic inflation, reduce power tariffs, and initiate reforms in energy and agriculture sectors. Pakistan, a country of over 241 million people, is grappling … Read more

Blinken says US opposes territorial change in Gaza News

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ABUJA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday renewed opposition to territorial changes in the Gaza Strip as Israel pounds the territory following a Hamas attack. Blinken, on a visit to Nigeria, was responding to repeated suggestions that Israel would create a buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip, a prospect that has stirred anger … Read more

Senior UK lawmaker calls for change of PM or face election ‘massacre’ News

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LONDON: Senior British Conservative lawmaker Simon Clarke called on Tuesday for a change of prime minister, saying Rishi Sunak was leading the governing party into an election later this year “where we will be massacred.” Since Sunak pushed through his Rwanda immigration plan last week, ignoring the demands of several in his party’s right wing … Read more

Microsoft introduces AI assistant button in first change to PC keyboard in 30 years News

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LONDON: Microsoft has introduced a new button to the Windows keyboard to activate its newly launched AI Copilot service, the first change to the keyboard layout since 1994. According to the company, the Copilot key will be featured on numerous new Windows 11 personal computers. Using AI, the shortcut will help users in generating images, … Read more

Fizzing with change: Jordanian soda sales surge amid anti-western boycott News

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TEHRAN: Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 84 people in the country’s south, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike. The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist attack” by state media and … Read more

Trump win in 2024 could harm fight against climate change, warns Canada PM News

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WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it will impose sanctions on foreign banks that support Russia’s war in Ukraine, in a new bid to exert pressure on Moscow as it diversifies from the West to China. Under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden, the United States will slap so-called secondary sanctions against financial … Read more