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PM Shehbaz welcomes SBP’s policy rate cut-down

December 16, 2024

State Bank of Pakistan slashes policy rate by 200 BPS amid falling inflation

September 12, 2024

ICE releases health worker arrested at airport despite living in the U.S. legally for 50 years
After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home. Lewelyn Dixon, a 64-year-old University of Washington lab technician, was released on Thursday from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, after a judge ruled that she does not qualify…
Japan’s Yanmar sets sights on Africa, starting with rice harvesters
OSAKA — Farm equipment maker Yanmar Holdings will start selling rice harvesters in 16 countries in Africa, a region the Japanese company has positioned as a key growth driver. Subsidi Yanmar Agribusiness has partnered with ATC Comafrique, an Ivory Coast-based distributor, on a prelimin agreement this month. Yanmar previously collaborated with ATC in 2021 through a…
California Democrats call for reinstatement of National Weather Service staff
California House Democrats on Friday demanded that the National Weather Service restore some terminated workers and begin hiring new forecasters after it halted around-the-clock operations at its Sacramento and Hanford weather forecasting offices, among others. In a letter to Commerce Secret Howard Lutnick and Laura Grimm, the acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Japan, US agree to another round of tariff talks before June G7 summit
WASHINGTON — Japanese and U.S. tariff negotiators finished their fourth round of talks on Friday with no apparent agreement, deciding to hold more talks ahead of the Group of 7 summit in July. Japanese Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Ryosei Akazawa met with U.S. Treasury Secret Scott Bessent and other officials in the U.S. capital for over…
Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected, Fed’s preferred gauge shows
Inflation barely budged in April as tariffs President Donald Trump implemented in the early part of the month had yet to show up in consumer prices, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve’s key inflation measure, increased just 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at…
Singer Jahiem charged with animal cruelty for the second time in 4 years
R&B singer Jaheim was charged with six counts of animal cruelty and booked into a rgia jail earlier this month, according to Fulton County Police Department records. Fulton County Animal Control Officers first responded to a call on April 27 about a large, copper-red dog roaming through a shopping mall parking lot looking malnourished, according…
rge R.R. Martin says he will ‘never finish’ next book in ‘Game of Thrones’ series
Winter is probably no longer coming for “A Song of Ice and Fire” series fans. rge R. R. Martin, author of the fantasy novel series that led to the wildly popular “Game of Thrones” television series, wrote on his blog Wednesday that the sixth book, “The Winds of Winter,” will likely not be completed. “I…
Petrol and Diesel Prices Likely to Drop Ahead of Eid
Petrol and Diesel Prices Likely to Drop Ahead of Eid Petroleum prices in Pakistan will likely see a slight drop amid small fluctuations in international oil markets. Diesel rates could see a reduction of Rs. 0.28 per litre, while petrol may fall by Rs. 0.6 per litre. The existing price of petrol is Rs. 252.63…
France’s Macron calls for ‘new coalition’ between Asia and Europe
SINGAPORE — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday called on Europe and Asia to build a new coalition that upholds global norms and to defend sovereignty in a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit here. A Europe-Asia alliance can lead to “new coalitions, new agreements” and a resetting of the rules-based order, he said. Citing the…