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Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Asif Durrani, said on Wednesday that in terms of bloodshed and financial drains, Pakistan has suffered more because of its domestic situation than from its three wars with India.Ambassador Durrani was speaking at the one-day international conference ‘Pakistan in the new geopolitical landscape’ organized by the Islamabad Institute for Strategic Studies (ISSI) and Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).Durrani said more than 80,000 Pakistanis had died in the war on terror over the past two decades, and the country was still counting the number of dead and injured. “After the withdrawal of NATO troops, it…

The United States maintains a policy of maximum pressure sanctions against Iran and its friends and allies as punishment for cooperation. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi walks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to inspect the honor guard in Islamabad on April 22, 2024.AFP) The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after the Islamabad government signed security and trade agreements with Iran during President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Pakistan. U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Tuesday that while Pakistan has “a voice in pursuing its own foreign policy,” the U.S. “has no right to…

HELSINKI — China is on track to achieve its goal of landing astronauts on the moon by the end of this decade, according to China’s Manned Space Flight Agency. Officials from the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) provided a rare update on the manned moon program during a press conference at Jiuquan Spaceport on April 24. “The program development of major flight products such as the Long March 10 rocket, Mengzhou manned spacecraft, lunar lander Lanyue, and lunar landing suit have all been completed,” said Lin Xiqiang, deputy director of CMSEO. “Prototype construction and testing is in full swing.”…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission is overstepping its authority over its ban on agreements that prevent employees from leaving for rival companies. He fulfilled his promise to file a lawsuit.The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Texas, argued that the FTC lacks the authority to issue rules defining illegal methods of competition. The Chamber was also joined by three other business groups: Business Roundtable, Texas Business Association, and Longview Chamber of Commerce.The lawsuit comes a day after the FTC released a final rule prohibiting non-compete agreements. The rule…

NEW DELHI (AP) – Hugely popular Chinese app TikTok could be kicked out of the United States, where a bill to outlaw the video-sharing app has won Congressional approval and is on its way to being signed into law. It is about to be submitted to President Biden.The app was banned in India about four years ago. Here’s what happened:Why did India ban TikTok?In June 2020, TikTok users in India said goodbye to the app run by Chinese internet company ByteDance. New Delhi suddenly banned the popular app along with dozens of other Chinese apps following military clashes along the…

Liverpool are continuing to negotiate the appointment of Arne Slott after Feyenoord rejected an offer to take him on as manager. The Premier League side made an offer worth £7.75m for the 45-year-old, but Liverpool are expected to pay closer to £9m if Slott becomes Jurgen Klopp’s successor. There is.sky sports news ‘ reported on Tuesday that Slott is at the forefront of Liverpool’s search.The Feyenoord manager meets all the important criteria for the position and sources in the Netherlands say the Dutchman is keen to move to Anfield and the process could move quickly.“Liverpool moved quickly to acquire the…

Elizabeth Preloger appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the nomination hearing for United States Attorney General at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Rod Lambkey/CNP/Sipa USAAttorney General Elizabeth Preloger is arguing an abortion-related case for the fourth time since becoming the federal government’s top Supreme Court advocate.The debate, heard Wednesday in the high court, is over whether federal orders against hospitals override states’ strict abortion bans in medical emergencies. It shows how the legal battle over abortion rights did not end even after the above abortion rights were abolished.In the first two…

Our market is polarized, especially in the technology sector. This was the main theme of his April meeting of the club. (Replay video will be posted soon.) There are companies that everyone loves, there are companies that everyone is wary of, and there are companies that everyone hates. Let’s start with your beloved. I’m talking about MetaPlatform, which releases its earnings Wednesday evening, and Alphabet and Microsoft, which release late Thursday. Next week is Amazon. META YTD Mountain Meta Platforms YTD Meta has the biggest tailwind on the planet hanging in front of it. Chinese company ByteDance must sell his…

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk on social media about the tendency of people to “look” between certain keys on the keyboard.This new fad, which intrigues and frustrates some users, is spreading across platforms such as: X.Many of these posts share similar themes. So it starts with an unlikely detail, then tells you to look between the H and L keys and spells out “JK” (short for “joke”).Some of these posts are very confusing and tell you to “look between x and y on your keyboard,” but there are so many keys in between that it’s hard to understand…

The past few years have been a roller coaster, not only for the stock market but also for life itself.In a rinse-and-repeat cycle, stocks fall as the pandemic, inflation, or Fed rate hikes darken the economic outlook, but then the coronavirus or inflation eases and the Fed returns to market. The prediction of a gentle rate cut sparked a backlash. .After hitting record highs, markets have been reeling in recent weeks amid a resurgence in inflation that has raised concerns about whether the Fed will indeed cut interest rates this year.What should the average investor do?Many experts say the answer…