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But the total nuclear arsenal is expected to remain far smaller than those held by the two largest nuclear powers: the United States has 5,044 warheads and Russia has 5,580, according to the report.”China is building up its nuclear arsenal at a faster rate than any other country,” said Hans Kristensen, an associate senior fellow in CIP’s Weapons of Mass Destruction program, “but almost every nuclear-weapon state has plans or is making major efforts to build up its nuclear arsenal.”As of January 2024, there are an estimated 12,121 nuclear warheads in the global nuclear arsenal, with Russia and the United…

AMRITSAR: Ahead of the Eid festival, Pakistani police have not only detained an Ahmadi but also confiscated a sacrificial animal (goat) preventing him from performing ‘Qurbani’ (sacrifice). Ahmadis are considered non-Muslims in Pakistan. According to Ahmadi sources in Pakistan, Qaiser Imran of Daska was detained by police following a complaint that he had brought a goat for ‘Qurbani’ after which the Deputy Commissioner of Sialkot ordered Qaiser to be detained for seven days under provisions of Section 3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960, “so that public may be saved from the unlawful acts of lawbreakers in…

Bryson DeChambeau defeated Rory McIlroy in the closing stages to win his second U.S. Open title on Sunday afternoon. (Gregory Schamus/Getty Images)He nearly missed his chance, but Bryson DeChambeau is now a two-time U.S. Open champion.After losing a three-stroke lead he’d built to start the day, DeChambeau defeated Rory McIlroy to win the U.S. Open on Sunday afternoon at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina. The victory was his second career major title and his first since winning the U.S. Open in 2020.As a result, DeChambeau will take home a massive prize of $4.3 million.This year, the U.S. Open is…

Image source, Reform PartyImage caption, Grant St Clair Armstrong said he “deeply” regretted comments he made in a blog “many years ago”.Article informationauthor, Harry Farleyrole, BBC News Political Correspondent3 hours agoReform UK’s parliamentary candidate for Badenoch constituency has stood down after it emerged he had previously urged people to vote for the BNP.The party’s candidate in Essex, North West, Grant St Clair Armstrong, told BBC News he had “never supported the BNP” and said he had been forced to quit the party.”I wanted the people to decide,” he said.But a Reform UK spokesman said: “Following the discovery of unacceptable and…

Skyscrapers are seen along the Suzhou River in Shanghai, China on July 5, 2023.Ying Tan | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were across the board lower on Monday as investors focused on key economic data coming out of China.China, the world’s second-largest economy, is due to release figures for retail sales, industrial production and urban unemployment for May.Meanwhile, the People’s Bank of China kept its one-year medium-term lending rate for 182 billion yuan ($25.09 billion) of loans unchanged at 2.5 percent, as expected.The PBOC also injected 4 billion yuan through seven-day reverse repo operations and kept the seven-day interest rate…

KOLHAPUR: Farmer leader Raju Shetty’s Swabhimani Paksha, facing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, has decided to adopt a different strategy for the upcoming state assembly elections. “We thought we could win state assembly seats on the basis of the farmers’ movement. But the results have proved us wrong. Going forward, we will adopt a more pragmatic approach by inviting other parties to help us win and vice versa. We will form alliances with understanding and strategic coordination,” Shetty said in an interview to TOI. Shetty also plans to galvanise the farmers’ movement around agrarian issues after the state convention…

When Rep. Tom Cole became chairman of the Appropriations Committee in April, it marked the first time that an Oklahoman held the most powerful position in Congress.Cole, a Republican, has quietly risen through the ranks on the committee for 15 years, crafting and negotiating bipartisan spending bills with the chairmanship in mind, all the while working to bring billions of dollars of projects to the committee, including colleges, hospitals and airports across the state.But just two months into his term, his carefully laid out plan could be upended, and with it, the loss of Oklahoma’s direct access to federal funding.On…

VIJAYAPUR: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said there is no link between the Lok Sabha election results and the rise in fuel prices. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said defeat and victory are common in a democracy, while Leader of Opposition Ashoka said it was a political vendetta against the voters. “The BJP has lost six Lok Sabha seats this time compared to 2019. Its vote share has increased by 13 per cent. How can we say it has been defeated? In fact, the BJP has been defeated in the state. Nationally too, its seats have fallen from 303 to 240.…

Florida [USA]Pakistan captain Babar Azam has revealed his future course of action following his team’s shock early exit from the ongoing T20 World Cup. Pakistan captain Babar Azam reveals course of action after shock T20 World Cup exit {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Pakistan, placed in Group A, suffered consecutive losses to co-hosts the United States and then rivals India. Watch your favorite games anytime, anywhere with Crickit. Here’s how They bounced back with two straight wins, but it wasn’t enough to turn around a dismal season and secure a place in the Super Eight. Babar, who ended his season with…

“We need the Chinese market to stay open, so we want the European market to stay open too,” he said.The EU announced last week that it would increase tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles by up to 38% from July 4 after a seven-month investigation revealed that some of the world’s leading electric vehicle makers had imposed tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles. Outperform European competitors With the help of huge government subsidies.Germany, which is expected to be hardest hit by any retaliatory measures from Beijing, is already lobbying strongly against the tariffs.In German Automobile manufacturersChina is one of the most important markets…