Tajik airline launches flights to Pakistan amid push for trade and connectivity with Central Asia

ISLAMABAD: A private airline from Tajikistan launched its flight operation to Pakistan on Thursday by transporting 14 passengers from Dushanbe to Islamabad amid efforts to enhance trade and people-to-people contacts between Pakistan and Central Asian Republics. Pakistan’s push for enhanced regional connectivity with Central Asia aims to unlock mutual economic opportunities, particularly in energy, trade […]

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China’s Xi calls for ‘bridges’ amid trade, diplomatic frictions

BEIJING, June 28 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Friday for the building of “bridges” in the global economy, as Beijing grapples with economic, trade and territorial disputes with neighbours and trading partners. The world’s second-largest economy will never leave the road of peaceful development, Xi told a conference to commemorate China’s guiding […]

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Firm making car that Putin gifted to Kim uses South Korean parts, data shows

By Gleb Stolyarov TBILISI, June 28 (Reuters) – Laughing and joking, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cruised around Pyongyang last week in a Russian-made Aurus limousine to showcase their strengthened anti-Western alliance. The luxury sedan was intended to epitomize Russia’s domestic prowess and reduced dependence on imported technology and goods […]

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US, Japan, South Korea vow strategic cooperation to boost security, economies

Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed on Wednesday to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial intelligence (AI) safety, export controls, clean energy and semiconductor supply chains. “We’re doubling down our efforts to work together,” US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the start of the meeting in Washington. […]

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India’s reserve bank launches Saarc currency swap framework for 2024-27

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced a new currency swap window worth Rs25,000 crore yesterday (27 June) for swap support in Indian Rupee for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries, offering various concessions. Saarc consists of eight member countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Moreover, the RBI […]

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Fierce clash with junta: Tang National Army captures Shan State city

The Taeng National Army (TNLA) has captured a town in Shan State, bordering China in northern Myanmar. Myanmar media Irrawaddy reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). According to the report, the Taeng National Liberation Army (TNLA), a rebel armed force of the state, attacked the junta forces in the northern Shan […]

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India is exporting rocket-explosives to Israel amid the Gaza conflict

On June 6, Israeli forces bombed the Nuseirat refugee camp in Palestine. Quds News Network released a video on this. It shows the wreckage of a missile fired from an Israeli warplane. A label clearly visible on the debris of the missile read, ‘Made in India.’ Al Jazeera reported this information on Wednesday. In the […]

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4.4 billion US dollars seized in criminal transactions in Singapore

The Singapore government has seized US$4.4 billion (S$6 billion) worth of illegal assets related to crime and money laundering. Almost half of these illegal assets were seized from last year’s record financial scandals. Bloomberg reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). These assets have been seized between January 2019 and June 2024. […]

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9 people of the same family including four children were shot dead in Pakistan

9 people were killed in a gun attack in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The dead included a woman and four children. Geo News reported this information in a report on Wednesday (June 26). According to the report, all those killed in the attack are members of the same family. […]

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More than 500 people died in six days due to severe heat wave in Pakistan

The normal life of South Pakistan including Karachi has been disrupted due to severe fire. Over 500 people have died in the country in the last six days due to severe heat wave and excessive load shedding. Among them, the bodies of about one and a half hundred people have been recovered in one day. […]

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