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Rizwan replaces Masood Khan in Washington Kamran Yousaf | June 29, 2024 Islamabad: The government on Friday appointed new ambassadors to the United States and its mission to the United Nations in New York, hiring career diplomats despite some speculation that political appointees would take the posts. The decision was confirmed by a Foreign Ministry spokesman at a weekly briefing. “The government of Pakistan has decided to appoint Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Middle East and SIFC) Rizwan Saeed Sheikh as the new ambassador to Washington DC and Ambassador Asim Iftikhar as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN in…

Follow our Olympics coverage in the run up to the Paris Games.If you could step into a time capsule and travel back in time to the corridors of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee at the end of the 20th century, you’d undoubtedly hear a lot of chatter about Asian sporting giants.”The talk of 1996 was that China was going to overtake (the United States),” says Bill Maron, a world authority on Olympic medal statistics.The numbers were hard to argue with: China’s population had exceeded one billion, its economy was booming, and its middle class was growing burgeoning.The government…

Iranians voted on Friday in a general election to choose a new president, with most of the candidates being conservatives seeking to replace hardline leader Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month.The vote comes as Iran deals with multiple crises, including a worsening economy and tensions with Israel. Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is only the second Iranian president to die in office since the 1979 Iranian revolution.Iran’s rulers said high turnout and smooth, predictable elections were crucial to maintaining the stability and legitimacy of their regime. Authorities announced late on Friday that…

Image source, Dimitar Dilkov/POOL/AFP Image caption, Jordan Bardella took part in a televised debate with Gabriel Attal three days before the vote.Article informationauthor, Paul Kirbyrole, BBC News, Paris1 hour agoFrance’s lightning-fast election campaign is over and voters appear ready to hand the National Union party a historic victory in the parliamentary elections, despite final pleas not to back the far right.Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warned that the attack would unleash “an impulse of hatred and aggression.”But the party of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the 28-year-old likely to become the next prime minister, appears to have consolidated its lead…

Charlotte (Queen City News) — The highly anticipated showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has some Democrats wondering whether Biden should drop out of the race. The 81-year-old man appeared confused at times and had trouble thinking clearly. “I’m going to make sure that every single person gets what I’ve been doing with COVID-19, excuse me, dealing with everything that we have to do, um, if … if we can finally beat Medicare,” Biden said. “Last night’s debate will go down as one of the worst in American history. Neither candidate performed particularly well,” said Eric…

BENGALURU: With no elected representative in the Bengaluru Municipal Council since 2020, rendering the civic authorities unable to respond promptly to the needs of the people, the East Bengaluru Citizens Movement has launched a 100-day social media campaign calling for early elections to the Municipal Council. The campaign entered its 24th day on Friday. The group is posting daily on social media to spread its call for early elections to the Bengaluru Municipal Council. The daily posts include images and videos highlighting the infrastructural deficiencies plaguing East Bengaluru. Various RWAs across the city are supporting the East Bengaluru Citizens Movement…

The Empire State Building lit up blue and orange on Tuesday night to officially celebrate the Mets’ victory, but just minutes after news broke that New York had sent a whopping five first-round draft picks across the East River to finally part ways with defensive anchor Mikal Bridges, the lights began glowing the same colors for the Knicks.Rival teams have sensed Brooklyn’s growing willingness to part ways with Bridges in recent days, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Utah and Houston were the other two teams league sources said were actively involved in acquiring Bridges. The Nets offered Bridges up to…

DEER PARK, Long Island (WABC) — Four people were killed and nine injured after a minivan crashed into a nail salon on Long Island.Authorities say the minivan drove through Hawaii Nail & Spa, a shopping mall at 796 Grand Boulevard in Deer Park, around 4:30 p.m. on Friday.The cause of the crash is still unknown.Authorities say all of the dead were inside the nail salon.”It’s a terrible situation. It’s going to be tough on the community. It’s going to be tough on the volunteer fire department. But we’ll get through this. It’s especially terrible to see this during this time…

Economists are warning that the government’s budget deficit problem is causing income problems for Americans.Last week, the Congressional Budget Office revised its estimate for this year’s government deficit upwards by $408 billion, or 27 percent, from its February forecast to $1.9 trillion.Economists say paying back that debt could divert funds from private investment and slow wage growth.”A sudden rise in debt could reduce wage income by as much as 10% within 30 years,” said Kent Smetters, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model.With a median household income of…

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 28, 2024) – Good Natured Products Inc. (TSXV: GDNP)(OTCQB: GDNPF)(“Good Natured Products Inc.”)company” or “Good-natured®The North American leader in environmentally friendly food packaging, bio-based plastic extrusion and plant-based products announced that the company has sought and won the order (“First orderJustice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (“courtCompanies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CanadaThe Company and its subsidiaries intend to file an action under Chapter 15 of Title 11 of the United States Code seeking recognition of CCAA proceedings in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States with a view to restructuring their financial position.”After…