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Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the UK, has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum, died in […]
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has said that he was not appointed as minister to do nothing else but share lands. He spoke in Abuja on Tuesday, when a delegation from AMCON, led by its managing director, Mr. Gbenga Alade, paid him a courtesy visit. The FCT Minister also noted […]
Lan Fo’an, China’s finance minister, center, speaks as Zheng Shanjie, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), left, and Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), listen during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg […]
Less than one month into Israel’s aerial and ground invasion of Lebanon, myriad historic buildings and areas are under threat, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to Lebanon’s culture minister Mohammad Mortada. These assaults came on the heels of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ominous words from October 9 when Israel’s prime minister told reporters Lebanon could become […]
Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and former CEO of UK cybersecurity darling Darktrace, has been named Britain’s new minister of investment as the new Labour government looks to win favour with big business. Gustafsson will head up the revamped Office for Investment as part of a wider “Whitehall shake-up” designed to bring more money to British […]
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Musadik Masood Malik informed the National Assembly on Thursday that petroleum prices in Pakistan had decreased by Rs 47.54 per litre since May. In response to various questions, the minister explained, “Pakistan purchases fuel at international market rates, but we receive some discounts on the premium.” He elaborated, “Under an agreement, we […]
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has strongly condemned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s announcement to hold direct talks with Afghanistan, labelling it as an attack on the federation. Addressing the National Assembly, Asif stated that no province has the authority to conduct foreign negotiations independently, calling the move a “direct assault on […]