Monday, Aug 14, 2023
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Hunter Biden: A look at the legal, personal troubles of the US President's son
August 13, 2023 7:07 pm
A father of four with a law degree from Yale University, Hunter Biden, 53, has acknowledged a decadeslong addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine, and his foreign business dealings have led to questions about his father’s influence.
Who is Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the new caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan?
August 13, 2023 6:37 pm
Kakar has been serving a six-year term in Pakistan's Senate since 2018 and local media has reported that he is a part of the Balochistan Awami Party, which is widely considered close to the military.
Should Europe pay Manila for luring away Filipino nurses?
August 11, 2023 4:24 pm
According to media reports, Germany needs to find more than 2,000 new health care workers every year due to its aging population. The German Bundestag recently passed a bill that makes it easier for skilled migrants to find jobs in the country.
Hawaii wildfires leave at least 93 people dead: What is happening?
August 13, 2023 4:32 pm
State Governor Josh Green said in a press conference that the town of Lahaina has suffered near-total damage. Factors such as dry weather and Hurricane Dora, a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean, have likely contributed to the scale of destruction.
With PM Shehbaz Sharif's govt dissolved, a look at the ongoing churn in Pakistan's politics
August 11, 2023 10:21 pm
Pakistan's parliament has been dissolved, three days before its five-year tenure ended. However, the Imran Khan arrest, and two recent developments, have raised questions over when the next elections are held.
What are China's 'sponge cities' and why aren't they stopping the floods?
August 11, 2023 10:36 am
In China, breakneck urbanisation has encased vast stretches of land in impermeable concrete, often along banks of major rivers that traditionally served as flood plains. Authorities are also playing catch-up to climate change.
What is ECOWAS, the West African bloc that could intervene in Niger's coup?
August 09, 2023 6:43 am
ECOWAS’ larger aims are to have a single common currency and create a single, large trading bloc in western Africa, but it has also intervened militarily in the region in the past.
Jolted by a mutiny, how Putin is working the crowds
August 07, 2023 10:35 am
Putin has long loathed populist retail politics, deriding the sort of baby kissing required of American politicians campaigning for office as frivolous and vulgar. But an aborted June 24 mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary tycoon, seems to have changed the calculation for Putin.
What is the Toshakhana case, in which Imran Khan has been sentenced to a 3-year jail term?
August 06, 2023 12:39 pm
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was found guilty of not disclosing information on gifts presented to Toshakhana, and the revenue received from the alleged sale of these gifts which amounted to as much as 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).
Niger coup: How ordinary people are paying the price
August 06, 2023 12:41 pm
Just over a week after Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup, prices are soaring in the already impoverished Sahel nation.
