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April 14, 2025

Nestle’s Thailand coffee troubles raise doubts for foreign joint ventures
BANGKOK — Trouble is brewing between Swiss food products giant Nestle and its Thai partner over Nestle’s Nescafe brand of instant coffee. Nestle seeks to dissolve a partnership with Thai conglomerate PM Group and continue sales independently. But its Thai partner is resisting, citing a loss of profits, and the dispute has turned into a…
Pope Leo XIV is first Augustinian friar to become pontiff
The election of an American as pope is being recognized as a historic choice, but Chicago-born mission Robert Prevost represents another notable departure from pontiffs of the past. Prevost, 69, is the first Augustinian friar to become pope, the Vatican News reported. “The fact that the pope is from the Augustinian order is the most…
Saudi Minister arrives in Islamabad amid Rising Pak-India tensions
Saudi Minister arrives in Islamabad amid rising Pak-India tensions Adel Al Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived in Islamabad as tensions between Pakistan and India escalated following India’s misadventure, which resulted in the martyrdom of dozens of innocent children. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar welcomed Saudi Minister of…
China escalates tactics targeting Japan’s control over Senkaku islands
TOKYO — China has initiated a potentially dangerous escalation of activities around the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, entering the area around the chain — which Beijing claims as the Diaoyu — for the apparent reason of territorial defense. On May 3, a helicopter took off from a China Coast Guard vessel that had entered Japanese territorial…
FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts
A seafood company failed to follow federal safety rules to prevent potential botulism contamination. A business was hawking diet supplements with the misleading claim that they’d cure, treat or prevent disease. A fresh sprouts producer didn’t take adequate precautions against contamination. The Food and Drug Administration laid out these inspection findings in warning letters,…
Pakistani Govt plans major income Tax relief for salaried workers, ongoing consultations with IMF
Pakistani Govt plans major income Tax relief for salaried workers, ongoing consultations with IMF The federal government is working on a much-needed tax relief plan for the salaried workers in the upcoming 2025-26 budget, aiming to ease the burden on middle-income earners. Insiders reveal that the proposal includes reducing income tax rates across all brackets…
Pakistan Super League follows Indian Premier League in postponing matches
The Pakistan Super League has followed the Indian Premier League in postponing its remaining fixtures as milit hostilities continue to escalate between the two nations. Tensions in the region have sharply escalated in recent days following Indian missile strikes that killed at least 26 people in disputed Kashmir last weekend, with both countries calling a…
Japan’s Ishiba rules out consumption tax cut to ease inflation pain
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba does not plan to seek a consumption tax cut as a way to blunt the pain of higher prices, concluding that such a move would further squeeze the government’s finances. “The government does not think it is appropriate to lower that tax rate,” Chief Cabinet Secret Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters…
Massachusetts police hold girl’s face to the ground as ICE arrests her mother, video shows
Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, held a young girl’s face to the ground as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained her mother on Thursday, video shows. The footage, captured by Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra, shows an ICE agent and police officer chasing after the girl, before three more officers surround her and the ICE agent backs away.…