Berlin, 08 July 2023 (AP/DW) Robots assured on Friday that they work alongside humans to assist them and have no intention of replacing them, wouldn’t take anyone’s job away or stage a rebellion. The nine robots were seated and posed upright along with some of the people who helped make them at a podium in...

Hong Kong, 08 July 2023 (Peoples Daily/Xinhua) John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Friday that Hong Kong will strengthen economic, trade and cultural ties with the Middle East. Lee said in a video speech at the launching and inauguration ceremony of the Hong Kong-Middle East Business Chamber...

Istanbul, 08 July 2023 (Anadolu News) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said early Saturday that Kyiv wants to implement his country’s peace plan and expressed that Türkiye is ready to assume leadership in this matter. Zelenskyy visited Türkiye on Friday to discuss relations, regional and international issues, including the latest developments in the war, the Black...

07 July 2023 (Indian Media) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is moving ahead with plans to replace religion and community-based social practices with a uniform civil law (UCC), raising an outcry among minority rights activists and opposition leaders. India's population of 1.4 billion comprises diverse religious and ethnic communities who are currently allowed to...

Beijing, 04 July 2023 (Xinhua/Media) Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday sought to forge closer ties and boost cooperation within the expanding Eurasian bloc but stressed the group is not directed against any other states. Russian President Vladimir Putin, China’s President Xi Jinping, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi...

03 July 2023 By Ashraf Siddiqui Imran Khan, Pakistan's former ousted prime minister, a cricketer turned politician's entry into Pakistan's national politics relied heavily on ceaseless digital propaganda that aimed to assassinate the character of all politicians, portraying them as highly corrupt. In contrast, Imran Khan presented himself as a savior, a paragon of cleanliness...

United Nations, 1st July 2023 (APP-AP) Pakistan told the UN General Assembly that the Security Council’s inability to secure the implementation of its resolutions on Palestine and Kashmir to enable their peoples to exercise their right to self-determination were the “greatest failures” of the 15-member body that also erode its credibility. “Despite Security Council’s unequivocal...

Changsha, 30 June 2023 (Xinhua News) As the sun sets over eastern Uganda, a newly constructed road is illuminated by two rows of white solar lampposts, warmly welcoming drivers, pedestrians and villagers on leisurely strolls. The 73-km road linking Kapchorwa and Suam is undergoing an upgrade. Located at an average altitude of over 2,000 meters...

Manila, 30 June 2023 (Manila Times) The Philippines may turn down the request of the United States to temporarily host Afghan refugees in the country because there are security, legal and logistics issues involved, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday. Speaking to reporters after the launching of Cebuana Lhuillier's Kanegosyo Center in Parañaque City, Marcos...

Islamabad, 30 June 2023 (APP) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached to nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) of around US$3 billion, according to press statement issued by the fund. “I am pleased to announce that the IMF team has reached a staff-level agreement with the Pakistani authorities on a nine-month Stand-by Arrangement (SBA)...