Despite biting international sanctions over its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang has ignored US offers of talks since high-profile negotiations between leader Kim Jong Un and then-US president Donald Trump collapsed in 2019.

The world is changing from internal combustion engines to EVs and hybrids. Every automobile maker is going green. Toyota is also taking a similar route by providing hybrid choices to its best-selling car of all time.

Important to note, the PPP's support for Chaudhry Pervaiz as the CM of Punjab is in stark contrast to PML-N's stance regarding the matter. To clarify, PML-N leaders have said that the CM Punjab post cannot be given to PML-Q.

The FATF is nothing but a tool of global elites to wither away from the opposition by exhausting the states economically. All the human rights and humanitarian concerns go into vain when a state dares to oppose the global elites so this makes it clear why FATF is baised towrds Pakistan.

EAG has cautioned that while relief measures are popular, the strategy of blanket price cuts through arbitrary use of fiscal policy dilutes the government’s credibility and questions its commitment to undertake the reform process.

Secretary-general Antonio Guterres extended his condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Pakistan and wished a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.

The unthinkability of nuclear-armed countries engaging in direct conflict is an excuse, for there are many ways that the powerful countries can help if they wish to. Troops in plain clothes could be introduced. Attack drones could be provided to destroy 40km columns.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Yahya Cholil Staquf, the newly elected chairman of the central board of Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim civil society movement, expressed their dueling visions in separate but almost published interviews.

Needless to say, FATF's decision of adding UAE to the grey list and also retaining Pakistan has raised some serious questions. Important to note, Pakistan has taken great lengths to comply with FATF's action plans, a feat recognized by FATF itself.

In memory of Shane Warne, Australian cricket fans laid down a few items beloved by Warne -- a "meat pie from a service station, and a packet of Winfield Blue (cigarettes), and half a dozen VBs (beers)."

G7 foreign ministers say they are deeply concerned with the catastrophic humanitarian toll taken by Russia’s continuing strikes against the civilian population. They also condemned Russian aggression.

The price of Bitcoin soared over 14% on Feb. 28, the day after the US and its allies agreed to bar some major Russian banks from the international payment system SWIFT. Altcoins and the crypto market, in general, followed suit in the following days.