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Pakistan seeks $3 bn loan from China to boost dwindling forex reserves
The Pak prime minister will depart for Beijing on February 3 and attend the inaugural session of the Winter Olympics there. A senior finance ministry official said the government was considering requesting China to approve another loan to the tune of $3 billion in China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, known as SAFE deposits, the report said.
South Korean nuke envoy holds phone talks with US, Japanese counterparts
Noh Kyu-duk, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his American counterpart, Sung Kim, denounced the North's latest missile launch as a challenge to the international community's efforts to diplomatically resolve the Korean peninsula issue, as well as to the UN Security Council resolutions, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Ministry as saying.
US grappling with surge in anti-Asian violence linked to Covid misinformation
National media attention subsided toward the end of 2021, but this January has brought more horrifying news: the death of a 62-year-old Asian man from injuries inflicted in an attack in New York last April, and the alleged murder of Michelle Go, who was pushed into the path of a Times Square subway train.
Farmers in Pakistan announce plans to march in Islamabad
The march would begin from Multan on February 14, the body announced on Saturday. Kissan Ittehad Chairman Khalid Mehmood Khokhar said that several marches would be staged across the country in February, and they would eventually converge in Multan to proceed towards Lahore and Islamabad. The larger march would arrive in Islamabad in the last week of February, he said.
Bank of America cuts expected US GDP growth rate
Economists at Bank of America told clients in a report that they expect US gross domestic product (GDP) to rise at an annual rate of 1 per cent during the first quarter, as "risks of a negative growth quarter are significant", Xinhua news agency quoted a CNN Business report as saying.
Registration for H1-B visas for FY23 to begin in March: US
In a statement on Saturday, the USCIS said that during the above mentioned period "prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using our online H-1B registration system". The USCIS will assign a confirmation number to each registration submitted which will be used solely to track registrations.
Omicron sub-variant likely behind 1 in 30 Covid cases in England
A report by the UK Health Security Agency found the mutant BA.2 sub-strain accounted for 3.4 per cent of the country's new infections by January 16 -- and it is doubling every week, the Daily Mail reported.
N.Korea inching closer to scrapping ICBM moratorium: Moon
Moon made the remarks while presiding over a plenary meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) for the first time in about a year, an indication of how seriously he takes the launch of what is believed to be the longest-range missile the North has fired in recent years, reports Yonhap News Agency. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North's missile flew about 800 km at a top altitude of 2,000 km. The flight data indicated that North Korea has test-launched its biggest ballistic missile since 2017.
Civilian, military airports in Afghanistan resume operations
Political analysts consider the resumption of activities in the country's airports essential, especially the military ones, to carry out special operations, and to provide assistance to the people in emergency situations.
16 died in NYC jails last year: Report
Inmates were found hanging from the ends of makeshift nooses or slumped from drug overdoses in a place with a basic responsibility to keep each inmate safe from harm, pending trial or release.
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