Month: November 2024

Trump Names Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent As Treasury Chief

November 22, 2024 admin

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named billionaire Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary, choosing the hedge fund manager to help execute an agenda promising tax cuts and tariffs. Bessent, who is chief executive officer of Key Square Group, has called for an extension of tax cuts from Trump’s first term, wants to reassert…

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FTA talks with India to relaunch early in 2025: U.K. PM tells Parliament

November 22, 2024 admin

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his statement on COP29 and G20 Summits at the House of Commons in London on November 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Free Trade Agreement negotiations with India — expected to significantly boost the estimated GBP 42 billion a year bilateral trade partnership — will be relaunched early…

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Bushra Bibi Faces Non-Bailable Arrest Warrant In GBP 190 Million Corruption Case

November 22, 2024 admin

Rawalpindi: A Rawalpindi accountability court has issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, in connection with the GBP 190 million corruption case linked to the Al-Qadir University Trust, ARY News reported. The court, presided over by Judge Nasir Javed Rana, issued the arrest warrants following the…

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PM Modi Honoured With Global Peace Award For Indian-American Minority Welfare

November 22, 2024 admin

The initiative aims to unite and promote the welfare of Indian-American minorities in the US. (File) Washington: The Association of Indian American Minorities (AIAM), a newly formed non-governmental organisation, was launched on Friday at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Maryland. The initiative aims to unite and promote the welfare of minority communities within the Indian American…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin vows more test of Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat

November 22, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the Ministry of Defence leadership, representatives of the defense industry, and missile systems developers in Moscow, Russia, on November 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (November 22, 2024) that Russia would keep testing its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile in combat…

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Russia says it needs migrants to fill labour shortage

November 22, 2024 admin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia needs migrants in order to develop because of its dwindling domestic workforce, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Friday (November 22, 2024). “Migrants are a necessity,” he told State news agency RIA Novosti. “We have a tense demographic situation. We live…

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Hungary’s Orban vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

November 22, 2024 admin

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu after their meeting at the PM’s office, the former Carmelite Monastery, in Budapest, Hungary on Friday (November 22, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest…

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Indian Army Celebrates 77th Anniversary Of Poonch’s Historic Link-Up

November 22, 2024 admin

Poonch Day was a fitting tribute to the unbreakable bond between the people of Poonch and Indian Army. Poonch: Approximately 5,000 veterans participated in a grand event in Poonch on Friday to mark the 77th anniversary of the historic military link-up of Poonch, a border district in Jammu and Kashmir, with the rest of the…

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Adanis knew of U.S. probe when they sold ‘bribe-linked assets’ to TotalEnergies, say prosecutors

November 22, 2024 admin

In September 2024, TotalEnergies paid $444 million into a joint venture with Adani Green Energy for a 50% stake in 1.15 gigawatts of solar installations at the Khavda solar park. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Gautam and Sagar Adani knew their renewable energy company was under U.S. investigation for suspected bribery when they sold part…

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Putin Vows More Hypersonic Missile Tests As Ukraine Seeks Air Defence

November 22, 2024 admin

Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday promised more combat test-firing of an experimental hypersonic missile fired at Ukraine, as Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for updated air-defence systems to meet the new threat. The latest statements from the leaders came hours after Ukraine’s parliament shut down over heightened fears of a missile attack. A day after…

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