Category Archives: world

Live blog: Palestinian resistance groups oppose foreign forces in Gaza

foreign forces in Gaza

Israel’s war on besieged Gaza — now in its 176th day — has killed at least 32,705 Palestinians and wounded 75,190 as Biden reportedly approves transfer of new bombs, warplanes to Israel.

He didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

Jameek Lowery

Jameek Lowery entered the dimly lit lobby of the city’s police headquarters in a panic. He was having a mental breakdown — and needed help. Barefoot and wearing only pajama pants and a sweatshirt in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 5, 2019, Lowery pulled out his cellphone and began a social media broadcast of an anti-police rant.

Live blog: US seeks probe into video of Israeli army burying people alive

burying people alive

Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 175th day — has killed at least 32,552 people and wounded 74,980 as World Court orders Israel to stop Gaza starvation crisis.

Cheap Chinese goods seen as double-edged sword for Korean economy

Cheap Chinese goods

Cheap Chinese goods are flooding into Korea amid the growing presence of Chinese e-commerce platforms, creating both favorable and unfavorable circumstances for the Korean economy as it tries to lessen reliance on China, according to scholars and consumer groups, Friday.

More than 40 people killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports

Israeli strikes on Syria

Israeli air strikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed more than 40 people, most of them soldiers, according to news agencies and a war monitor.

Terror act on Chinese nationals condemned

Terror act on Chinese nationals

People from all walks of life in Pakistan have strongly condemned the terrorist attack that killed five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani, saying the country will take all necessary measures to hunt down the perpetrators of the heinous act.

PPP proposes relocating Nat’l Assembly hoping to boost waning support

National Assembly

The ruling People Power Party’s (PPP) abrupt proposal to relocate the National Assembly from Seoul to the adminstrative town of Sejong has been met with skepticism by observers, who view it as a move to salvage the party’s falling approval ratings with an attention-grabbing yet hardly-feasible agenda.

Nation firm on closer ties with financial institutions

international financial institutions

Beijing reaffirmed its commitment to forging closer partnerships with international financial institutions as leaders of the central government hosted top officials from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank on Monday.

Resolutions and realities: between 1940 and 2024

Lahore Resolution

It has now been 84 years since the Lahore Resolution and 77 years since the birth of Pakistan. The more we move on, the greater the contrast in some principal conditions for the vast majority of citizens: for example, the average life expectancy in the subcontinent in 1940 was only about 28 to 30 years; today, it is 68 years. Literacy at the time was barely 25 per cent; it is now over 67pc.