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President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Tuesday after his government was ejected in a confidence vote, with the French leader rushing to find a successor and stave off a new political crisis. On Monday, Bayrou suffered a crushing loss in a confidence vote he had himself called, plunging…
China’s DeepSeek makes rare comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses
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Trump demands Bagram airbase, ‘not possible’ Taliban says
An Afghan government defence official said Sunday that a deal over Bagram airbase was “not possible”, after US President Donald Trump said he wanted the former US base back. Bagram, the largest airbase in Afghanistan, located north of the capital Kabul, was the centre of US operations in their 20-year year-war against the Taliban. Trump…
Pakistan needs $348 billion over next 7 years to tackle development, climate challenges – World Bank
ISLAMABAD (Report By M.Saleem jutt. Pakistan will require $348 billion over the next seven years to meet its development needs and confront escalating climate-related challenges, the World Bank said in a new assessment, underscoring the country’s acute vulnerability to natural disasters. The warning comes as Pakistan reels from another wave of flooding across Punjab, recalling…
Shutdown costing US economy US$15 billion a day, Treasury chief Bessent says
The two-week-old federal government shutdown is costing the US economy about US$15 billion a day in lost output, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday, putting an estimate on its economic toll and urging Democrats to “be heroes” and side with Republicans to end it. Bessent told a news conference that the shutdown was starting…
