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Pakistan: Karachi police chief replaced amid surge in street crimes

Karachi , April 17 (ANI): The Sindh government has opted to replace Karachi's police chief in response to a notable uptick in street crimes...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to stage sit-in for Imran Khan’s release

Islamabad , April 17 (ANI): A prominent leader of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Sher Afzal Marwat, has announced the party's intention to hold...

China’s military plans more drills near Myanmar border

By Liz Lee and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China will hold air defence and live-fire drills near its border with Myanmar from Wednesday, state media said, in this month's second round of such

Japan opposition party to propose using BOJ’s ETF dividends for child care

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's biggest opposition party is set to propose the government taps dividend income from exchange-traded funds (ETF) owned by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to help fund a planned $23

Missiles, drones and warships the priority as Australia plans $32 billion defence boost

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will boost defence spending by A$50.3 billion ($32 billion) over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and

New Zealand’s Education Ministry latest to announce cuts, as public service downsizes

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand’s Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday it planned to cut about 12% of its workforce as widespread layoffs are announced in the public sector

US Navy patrol plane flies through Taiwan Strait

BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy patrol aircraft flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, just hours after a conversation between the Chinese and U.S. defence chiefs, in which Beijing

Foreign News schedule for April 17, Wednesday

**** Indian economy projected to grow 6.5 per cent in 2024: UNCTAD India’s economic prosperity will be driven by its global interdependence: Ex-US trade...

Interest in EU election higher this time around, poll shows

PARIS (Reuters) - Europeans' interest in the upcoming European Parliament election is significantly higher than before the last vote five years ago, according to an EU poll released on Wednesday, with

US signals Venezuela oil sanctions relief at risk as deadline looms

By Matt Spetalnick, Daphne Psaledakis and Marianna Parraga WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has signaled that it could reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday in

On Camera

NEET is too high-risk for pen-and-paper tests. It needs a fraud-proof online process

Unless the loopholes are fixed in the NEET system, no matter how many culprits are caught and punished, new ones will continue to emerge.

Siddaramaiah defends fuel price hike amid protests by BJP — ‘don’t we need money for development?’

BJP alleges the hike will be put towards bankrolling Congress govt's 5 guarantees in Karnataka, while CM Siddaramaiah says hike is to 'increase resource mobilisation, increase income'.

Stryker, predator drones, space, Pannun and Indo-Pacific dominate NSAs Doval & Sullivan’s talks

Two-day visit by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan seen as critical to both countries' focus on convergences in the relationship rather than differences.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.