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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and Russia should bolster mutual support within multilateral frameworks, safeguard their development and security interests, unite the countries of the Global South, and push the international order toward a more just and equitable direction.Xi made the remarks during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Beijing, calling on both sides to support each other in steering the…

Indonesian rescuers found alive on Tuesday, 11 people missing at sea who had survived a boat capsize in bad weather by swimming for at least six hours to the nearest island, officials said. Two boats and dozens of rescuers hunted for those missing after the boat with 18 aboard overturned off the Mentawai Islands in the province of West Sumatra at about 11 a.m. on Monday, regional officials said. “It was raining hard when the incident happened,” island official Rinto Wardana told Reuters. “Some of the passengers managed to swim and reach the nearest island.” Seven had been rescued earlier,…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that expanding the tax base and reducing the burden of taxes on the poor were among the top priorities of the government. He was chairing a meeting to review progress on the digitization of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the implementation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system, and other reforms. Hailing the availability of simple tax returns in Urdu, the prime minister said a helpline should be established to assist with the process of filing tax returns and digital invoicing should also be launched in Urdu. “In tax reforms, the focus…

In this photo illustration, logo of Tesla is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of the Indian flag in Ankara, Turkiye on November 28, 2023.Cem Genco | Anadolu | Getty ImagesTesla has made its long-awaited debut in India, where it will sell its electric SUV, the Model Y, starting at $69,770, a significant markup from other major markets, its website showed Tuesday. The sales launch comes the same day the American electric vehicle maker opened a showroom in Mumbai, its first in the country. Isabel Fan, Southeast Asia Director at Tesla, also announced that the company would soon launch a…

LOS ANGELES: Organisers of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics on Monday released the first look at the Olympic competition schedule, highlighting a historic reshuffling of key events and the most ambitious sports lineup in Games history. The announcement comes as the city marks three years to go until the Opening Ceremony and celebrates a major legacy milestone: more than one million enrolments in the PlayLA youth sports programme. For the first time in nearly three decades, the Summer Olympics will return to the United States, with Los Angeles hosting for the third time after 1932 and 1984. The 2028 Games…

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Beijing on Tuesday.Xi once again congratulated Albanese on his re-election. He said that with the joint efforts of both sides, China-Australia relations have emerged from their low point and achieved a turnaround in recent years, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries.The most important insight this…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reacted to a major breach of the $7 billion programme and conveyed its reservations about the government’s decision to import 500,000 metric tonne of sugar by waiving taxes, in violation of written commitments. The development came as sugar prices officially hit Rs200 per kg for the first time in the country’s history, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics’ (PBS) inflation bulletin released last Friday. Government sources told The Express Tribune that the IMF did not accept Pakistan’s plea that the tax-free sugar import was justified due to a food emergency. The Federal…

India’s Fauja Singh, believed to be the world’s oldest distance runner, has died in a road accident aged 114, his biographer said on Tuesday. Singh, an Indian-born British national, nicknamed the “Turbaned Tornado”, died after being hit by a vehicle in Punjab state’s Jalandhar district on Monday. “My Turbaned Tornado is no more,” Fauja’s biographer Khushwant Singh wrote on X. “He was struck by an unidentified vehicle… in his village, Bias, while crossing the road. Rest in peace, my dear Fauja.” Singh did not have a birth certificate but his family said he was born on April 1, 1911. He…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at the Central Urban Work Conference in Beijing, capital of China. The conference was held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out the overall requirements, key principles and priority tasks for urban work at a key conference held in Beijing from Monday to Tuesday.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military…

Listen to article LAHORE: US Consul General Lahore Kristin K Hawkins has said that Pakistan and the United States share a longstanding and enduring relationship, with cooperation expanding across sectors including agriculture, trade, education and cultural preservation. In an exclusive interview with Express News, Hawkins stated that agricultural experts from both countries are working jointly to tackle farming challenges faced in South Punjab and the US. She added that bilateral programmes in areas such as trade and agriculture can further strengthen mutual support. “Our focus is to provide modern educational opportunities to Pakistan’s youth,” Hawkins said. She highlighted the success of the English Access Micro-scholarship…