The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold a second and last review of Pakistan's $3 billion standby arrangement this week in Islamabad, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, with the South ...
IMF to arrive in Pakistan for bailout review, says finance ministry
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is arriving in Pakistan for a second and last review of a $3 billion standby arrangement this week, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The four-day ...
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran barred from holding meetings inside Adiala Jail for 2 weeks
Under a government order, no visitors will be allowed to meet Imran or other inmates at the Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi for two weeks for security reasons. PTI denounced the ban on ...
China Fumes as India’s Modi Visits Contested Border
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh to inaugurate the strategic Sela Tunnel, which has irked China.
AI is an important engine for ‘new productive forces’, China’s Li says
China's premier called artificial intelligence an important engine for the "new productive forces", state television CCTV said on Wednesday. Premier Li Qiang said China will speed up computing levels ...
China says US TikTok ban ‘an act of bullying’ that would backfire
China has described a potential TikTok ban as “an act of bullying” that would backfire on America.
China gives details of equipment and consumer goods trade-in plan
China's cabinet on Wednesday issued details of its plan to promote large-scale equipment upgrades and sales of consumer goods, one of a series of steps China is taking to boost the economy which has ...
China Condemns U.S. Proposal to Force the Sale of TikTok
The foreign ministry accused Washington of “resorting to hegemonic moves” ahead of House vote on a bill aimed at ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.
Japan’s first private-sector rocket launch attempt has exploded shortly after takeoff
A rocket touted as Japan’s first from the private sector to go into orbit exploded shortly after takeoff Wednesday, livestreamed video showed. Online video showed the rocket called Kairos blasting off ...
Space One rocket explodes soon after launch in Japan
First attempt with private Kairos rocket was intended to test viability of homegrown commercial launch business ...