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Violent clashes broke out between security forces and Khan's supporters following his arrest on 9 May 2023
Pakistan jails 108 members of Imran Khan's party
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has sentenced to prison 108 members of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, for their involvement in protests against the military in 2023.Violent protests erupted nationwide in May 2023 after security forces arrested Khan during his court appearance on corruption charges.Authorities have already handed down dozens of sentences in the last two years, but Thursday's convictions - which include a 10-year term for opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan - deal a major blow to Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.Opposition figures have denounced the rulings by the anti-terrorism court, which also disqualified six PTI lawmakers from their seats."For the first time in Pakistan's judicial history, such a sad and shameful incident occurred that...
August 01, 2025

Pakistan jails 108 members of Imran Khan's party

A man salvages items as floods hit an area in Miyun district, northern Beijing on July 29, 2025
More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
BEIJING — Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said.Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun District. Many of those who died were reportedly immobile.Local officials have admitted there were "loopholes in emergency planning" and said the incident was a painful lesson that served as "a wake-up call".A total of 44 people have died in the Beijing floods, which have come during a summer of extreme weather across China. Record heatwaves hit the eastern regions earlier this month while separate floods swept the country's south-west.About 77 elderly residents were inside the home when the floods hit, trapping...
July 31, 2025

More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods

Former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is among the seven people acquitted
India court acquits seven accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case
DELHI — A court in India has acquitted all seven accused in a deadly bombing that struck a Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra state nearly 17 years ago.At least six people were killed and nearly a hundred injured in the blasts that hit Malegaon in September 2008.Among the seven acquitted are Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a former MP of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a serviceman, Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit.According to legal portal Live Law, the judge noted that the prosecution failed to prove the motorbike that allegedly triggered the blasts belonged to Thakur.The court also observed that while the prosecution had proven a bomb blast did occur, it failed to establish that the explosive was planted on the motorbike.Regarding Purohit - who was accused of raising...
July 31, 2025

India court acquits seven accused in 2008 Malegaon blast case

The jewels comprise nearly 1,800 pearls, rubies, sapphires, and patterned gold sheets
Sotheby's returns Buddha jewels to India after uproar
LONDON — Auction house Sotheby's has returned a set of sacred jewels believed to be linked to the Buddha's remains to India, after facing mounting pressure from the Indian government and global Buddhist leaders.The Piprahwa Gems - described by archaeologists as one of the most astonishing finds of the modern era - were due to be auctioned in Hong Kong in May. But the sale was called off following diplomatic intervention and threats of legal action from Delhi.The Mumbai-based conglomerate Godrej Industries Group has acquired the jewels, Sotheby's said.Sotheby's said it was "delighted" to facilitate the return, following two months of negotiations involving the owner, the new buyer and the Indian government. The relics will now go on permanent public display in...
July 31, 2025

Sotheby's returns Buddha jewels to India after uproar

Anika Wells
YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16
BRISBANE — Australia has picked a fight with the world’s largest video platform by backtracking on an earlier promise to exclude YouTube in its social media ban for children under 16.The Labor government said Wednesday the site, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, will be subject to the same rules as other leading platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and X – under legislation due to come into effect in December.The ban puts the onus on social media platforms to prevent children under 16 from having an account on their sites, or risk fines of nearly 50 million Australian dollars ($32 million).A YouTube spokesperson said the decision to include it in the ban “reverses a clear, public commitment” from the government to treat the site as an...
July 30, 2025

YouTube to be included in Australia’s social media ban for children under 16

The Fukushima nuclear plant was the site of a triple disaster in 2011
Japan's Fukushima plant workers evacuate after tsunami warning
TOKYO — Workers at Japan's embattled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated earlier on Wednesday after tsunami warnings were issued across the country.The plant's operator said all 4,000 of its workers had been evacuated, adding that there were no "abnormalities" detected.It comes after a massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's far eastern coast, triggering warnings across the Pacific.For many in Fukushima prefecture, the warning is likely to bring back memories of one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has seen.In March 2011, Japan was hit by a devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that went on to kill more than 18,000 people.The tsunami flooded the plant, disabling its emergency generators and causing them to overheat -...
July 30, 2025

Japan's Fukushima plant workers evacuate after tsunami warning

Donald Trump met Indian PM Narendra Modi in the Oval Office in February
Trump says 'good friend' India may face up to 25% tariffs
DELHI — India could face tariffs as high as 25% if it fails to finalise a trade deal with the US this week, President Donald Trump has said."Yeah, I think so," he told reporters on Tuesday when asked whether Delhi would face higher tariffs in the absence of an agreement.The US has set a 1 August deadline for India and several other countries to either reach a trade agreement or face increased tariffs.Indian and American officials have been negotiating a trade deal for the past few months, but officials have alternated between sounding optimistic and cautious about when it will be announced.When asked about what he expected from a potential deal with India, Trump said: "We're going to see. India has been a good friend, but India has charged basically more tariffs than...
July 30, 2025

Trump says 'good friend' India may face up to 25% tariffs

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made the comments while addressing the Indian parliament
India denies it was pressured into ending conflict with Pakistan
KOCHI — India's defencs ministry has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim of ending its conflict with Pakistan in May, saying the country had not responded to pressure from anyone.Rajnath Singh was speaking at the opening of a parliamentary debate on the 22 April attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 tourists.India blamed Pakistan for the attack - which it denied - and launched a series of strikes, named "Operation Sindoor", on its neighbour, leading to four days of intense military action from both sides.Trump has frequently claimed that the ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours was brokered by the US - which India has denied.On Monday, Singh reiterated that it was "completely incorrect and baseless to...
July 29, 2025

India denies it was pressured into ending conflict with Pakistan

A woman, in a beige coat, holding a baby, who is wearing a white coat with turquoise trim and a white woollen hat, in a park in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province. Photo taken on 16 January, 2025.
China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
SINGAPORE — Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) a year for each of their children under the age of three in the government's first nationwide subsidy aimed at boosting birth rates.The country's birth rate has been falling even since the ruling Communist Party abolished its controversial one-child policy almost a decade ago.The handouts will help around 20 million families with the cost of raising children, according to state media.Several provinces across China have piloted some form of pay outs to encourage people to have more children as the world's second largest economy faces a looming demographic crisis.The scheme, which was announced on Monday, will offer parents a total of up to 10,800 yuan per child.The policy will be applied retroactively from...
July 29, 2025

China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births

Companies like TCS rely on cheap skilled labour to produce software for global clients at low costs
India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams
MUMBAI — India's showpiece software industry is facing a moment of reckoning.The country's biggest private sector employer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), also its largest IT services company, has announced it will cut more than 12,000 jobs at middle and senior management levels. This will reduce the firm's workforce by 2%.The Mumbai-headquartered software behemoth employs over half-a-million IT workers and is considered a bellwether for business sentiment across India's $283bn software industry. It forms the backbone of formal, white-collar employment in the country.The decision, TCS says, was taken to make the company "future ready" as it invests in new areas and deploys artificial intelligence at scale amid seismic disruptions in its traditional business...
July 29, 2025

India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams

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