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March 30, 2025

Nation faced intense challenges over past 15 months: PM
Nation faced intense challenges over past 15 months: PM ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif acknowledged that Pakistan has endured significant challenges over the past 15 months, with the burden falling primarily on the common man. Speaking during a cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister said that the salaried class carried the burden in the previous budget.…
Japan’s Marelli files for Chapter 11 as debt workout plan stalls
TOKYO — Japanese auto parts maker Marelli Holdings announced Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection through a U.S. court, after negotiations for a private debt workout stalled. Marelli, owned by U.S. investment company Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, intends to select a new sponsor to rebuild its business while continuing operations, with its assets…
Austrian police search for answers after mass shooting in school
Austrian authorities were searching Wednesday for answers to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in a rampage at his former high school before killing himself, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s modern history. Police said the man, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, acted alone. They are scouring…
Peshawar shaken by 4.7 magnitude earthquake
Peshawar shaken by 4.7 magnitude earthquake PESHAWAR: Tremors felt in Peshawar as earthquake hit Hindu Kush region, according to the Seismological Center. The mild tremors were felt in Peshawar. The center reported that the earthquake measured 4.7 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter located in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan. The epicenter…
Qualcomm launches AI R&D center in Vietnam
HANOI — U.S. semiconductor maker Qualcomm has opened a R&D center for artificial intelligence in Vietnam, following its acquisition of Movian AI, a research unit of local conglomerate Vingroup. The center, the first of its kind for Qualcomm in Southeast Asia, is part of the company’s global AI research team and will focus on advancing…
U.K., Canada, Australia and others sanction 2 far-right Israeli ministers for ‘inciting extremist violence’
JERUSALEM — Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The decision by Western governments friendly to Israel was a sharp rebuke of Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank and of…
Deported US academic Paul Chambers fears return to Thailand
BANGKOK — Paul Chambers, an academic charged under Thailand’s draconian law of lese-majeste in April, said he fled the kingdom on U.S. embassy advice when it became apparent that he was in danger of facing further charges despite the first being dismissed by the attorney general’s office. “My lawyers and the U.S. Embassy people realized…
China’s critical mineral curbs shake AI data center suppliers
TAIPEI — Tech companies building AI data centers for Nvidia, Amazon and Google are counting on a breakthrough in U.S.-China trade negotiations as their stockpiles of critical minerals and related materials run painfully low. China tightened its restrictions on critical elements used in tech manufacturing in April amid trade tensions with the U.S. Since then,…