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Pakistan probe agency accuses Imran of misusing interim bail
The FIA had in October 2022 booked Khan and other PTI leaders in connection with their party allegedly receiving prohibited funding, Dawn reported. The case was filed by the state through FIA's Corporate Banking Circle in Islamabad. Later, a special court in Islamabad had granted him an interim bail, in which he kept getting an extension on medical grounds, after he received bullet wounds in an assassination bid at a rally in Wazirabad on Nov 3 last year, Dawn reported.
Congress, UML file nominations for Nepal's presidential polls amid dramatic political realignments
On Saturday afternoon, Poudel and Nembang fielded their candidacy for the post of the country's president after the respective parties made an official decision to file their nomination papers earlier in the morning. Poudel and Nembang are two well-known politicians of Nepal who previously served in different capacities in government, including the speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower of parliament.
Pakistan stops clearing bills, salaries of govt departments
Even the clearance of salary bills has also been stopped. Top official sources confirmed to The News on Friday night that the operational cost related releases faced difficulties mainly because of lingering financial difficulties being faced by the country. Finance Division top guns did not respond. When Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was contacted.
China controls 70% of global lithium production; that's a worry for the world
Lithium has become a critical mineral in green technologies, with lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles, and to store wind and solar energy. Like oil, lithium, is not evenly distributed in the world. Nearly 80 per cent of known deposits are in four countries - the South American lithium triangle of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, and Australia. However, holding less.
Dueling moments of silence in UNSC illustrate intractable nature of year-long Ukraine war
As the Council met on Friday, the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a moment of silence to honour the victims of Moscow. Russia's Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia reluctantly joined in while appearing to object. He next asked for another moment of silence for all victims of what has happened.
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for 85% new Covid cases in US
The prevalence of XBB.1.5 kept increasing since late last year -- up from 79.2 per cent last week and 71.9 per cent two weeks prior, Xinhua news agency reported citing the estimates as saying. XBB.1.5 is growing in proportion in all regions nationwide, according to the CDC. BQ.1.1 remains the second most prevalent strain at 9.4 per cent, The CDC first started tracking.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in India on two-day visit
"Welcome to India! German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in New Delhi on a State Visit. This is his first visit to India after assuming office. Chancellor Scholz was received by MoS @FinMinIndia @mppchaudhary at the airport," Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi said in a tweet. According to officials, Scholz is accompanied by senior officials.
UN chief calls for peace on anniversary of Russia-Ukraine war
"We must prevent further escalation," he told a Security Council high-level meeting on Ukraine, which was convened on the first anniversary of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and attended by about 30 foreign ministers and diplomats, Xinhua news agency reported. "We must all encourage every meaningful effort to end the bloodshed and, at long last, give peace a chance," said Guterres.
Covid marks sixth leading cause of death in US in January
The US federal government has announced plans to end the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11. The CDC said that Covid-19 remains a public health priority and it has impacted all aspects of daily life and contributed to a decline in life expectancy. Many people remain at higher risk for severe illness and death, Xinhua news agency reported.
Over 100k homes, businesses in California suffering power outages due to winter storm
According to PowerOutage.US, a website that tracks, records and aggregates power outages across the country and updates its data every 10 minutes, about 116,000 California customers were without electricity as of 10:00 a.m. local time Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The storm, which first rolled into the state on Thursday with rain, hail and snow.
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