Pakistan’s economic trajectory continues to raise alarm as signs of corporate retreat and business insecurity multiply. The decision by P&G to exit Pakistan and Philip Morris to delist from the PSX reflects a deepening loss of confidence in the country’s governance and economic management. When multinationals that have long operated in volatile conditions begin to…
AS GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO grappled with his Milwaukee Bucks future this offseason, general manager Jon Horst made the 6,000-mile trek to Athens, Greece, in late July for a face-to-face meeting with his franchise’s cornerstone star — the 2021 NBA champion and Finals MVP. Horst was coming off a transformative summer for the Bucks, having made the…
Spike Lee will be honored at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival, festival organizers announced on Tuesday. The director, 68, will be in attendance at this year’s fest for “An Evening with Spike Lee” on Oct. 24. He will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award, “recognizing an auspicious, bold and visionary collection of films…
Thayil Jacob Sunny George, the founder of Asiaweek who launched the publication in 1975 to provide an English-language magazine owned by Asians that spoke for the region at a time when none existed, died at the age of 97 on Friday. Over a seven-decade career in journalism, George forged a stellar reputation as an advocate…
Tom BennettJerusalem, Alice CuddyTel Aviv, Yolande KnellRe’im and Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent AFP via Getty Images Some paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back to Gaza as hostages Israelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the…
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar has been reeling from civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, prompting pro-democracy rebels to take up arms and ally with ethnic armed groups…
A 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses…
The EU has announced plans to hike tariffs on imported steel in a move the UK’s steel industry has said could be “perhaps the biggest crisis” it has ever faced. The commission has set out plans to cut the amount of steel that can be imported into the bloc by half – beyond which the…
The Houston Rockets looked ready to contend for the Western Conference heading into the preseason following deals for Kevin Durant and veteran role players Dorian Finney-Smith and Clint Capela. Anchored by point guard Fred VanVleet, who signed a two-year, $50 million contract over the summer, all the pieces were in place for Houston to challenge…
Finally, Netflix will answer the question: Was it Colonel Mustard with a pipe in the library? The streaming giant has picked up a series adaptation of the Hasbro board game Clue, reimagined as a competition show. Details remain scarce, but Netflix says that players will have to undergo physical and mental challenges in order to…
