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Pakistan's debt reaches new high, jumps to almost PKR 60 trillion
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 16 (ANI): Due to huge currency depreciation and faulty policies of the Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government, the country's debt jumps to a record high of Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 60 trillion.
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Insisting "might is right", China cares nothing for Taiwan's people
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 16 (ANI): China's antics after the Taiwan visit on August 3-4 by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, demonstrated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cares not at all for Taiwan and its people, but only for its own glory.
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Women's rights crisis in Afghanistan has few parallels in the world
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 16 (ANI): A year has passed since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following a rapid drawdown of Western forces that pushed the country into a number of crises which transformed the country fundamentally.
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Pakistan's coal crisis looms large amid pending payments to Chinese plants
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI): Even after clear orders by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the country's government is unable to resolve the key issues being faced by Chinese imported-coal fired power companies as over Rs 350 billion overdue bills for these plants are an obst
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Real estate crisis in China can inflict bigger economic blow
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 14 (ANI): The real estate slump in China has sucked in both banks and provincial governments, threatening a bigger impact on the world's second-largest economy, according to media report.
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Chinese district announces childcare allowance amid decreasing birth rate
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 13 (ANI): Amid trends suggesting decreasing population in China, a district in Wenzhou has announced plans to give families a childcare allowance to encourage more births.
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Pakistan's Sindh in dire need of Potable water, faces critical shortage
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Sindh province is facing a critical issue due to the unavailability of potable water as most of the surface water bodies in the province are polluted and require adequate treatment to make it fit for consumption, stated a survey carried out by th
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Race against time for Rishi Sunak as Liz Truss touted to win UK Prime Mini
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 12 (ANI): Amid the race for the Conservative party leadership, British Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak has vowed to support the most vulnerable people of the UK amid the rising energy crisis in the country.
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Sri Lanka's pulses production on track for recovery: Global Pulse Confeder
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): With fuel shortages raging across the country and prices skyrocketing as the currency rapidly depreciates and foreign reserves deplete, Sri Lankan citizens are facing, among other issues, difficulty accessing food.
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Zelenskyy urges world to react on Russian-controlled nuclear plant
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 12 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the international community to force the Russian army to leave the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after multiple strikes hit the compound.
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India expresses concern over shelling near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia NPP
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 12 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed its concern over the reports of shelling near the fuel storage facility of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine and called for mutual restraint as the Russian military operations entered nearly six months.
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UN rights chief expresses alarm at killing of Palestinian children
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 11 (ANI): Almost 40 Palestinian children have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories and in many incidents in Palestine by Israeli forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
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