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Spanish PM announces $710 million in military aid for Ukraine
MADRID: Spain will give Ukraine a fresh military aid package worth 615 million euros ($710 million) to help it fight Russia’s invasion, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Tuesday. Speaking at a Madrid press conference alongside visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Sanchez said around 300 million euros will go toward “new defense equipment.” “Your fight
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Pakistan vows to enhance multilateral cooperation with China, Russia at SCO moot
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar this week vowed to enhance bilateral ties and multilateral cooperation with Beijing and Moscow, state media reported, as he met senior officials from China and Russia during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Dar had arrived in Russia on Monday to attend the two-day SCO Council of Heads
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Honors Prince as a Top Scoring Couple Exits Ahead of Next Week’s Finale: See the Scores, Who Went Home – The Hollywood Reporter
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Honors Prince as a Top Scoring Couple Exits Ahead of Next Week’s Finale: See the Scores, Who Went Home The Hollywood Reporter
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Why Republicans are worried about Trump’s plans to split the Education Department – Politico
Why Republicans are worried about Trump’s plans to split the Education Department Politico Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department The New York Times Education Dept soft-launches employee reassignments to other agencies, in latest step of closure plans Federal News Network The Education Department is dismantling. Here’s what that means AP News Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle
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Pakistan backs US plan authorizing international force in Gaza, demands Israeli troops’ withdrawal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan voted in favor of a US plan authorizing an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza to maintain peace in the region on Monday, with its UN ambassador calling for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area and reiterating support for Palestinians’ right to self-determination.
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Shelters plea for Gazans as winter rains raise fears of more disease and death
Displaced Palestinians face life-threatening conditions, as aid agencies appeal for more shelters to be allowed in.
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges – The New York Times
MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges The New York Times MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions Fortune Billionaire MacKenzie Scott makes more historic donations to HBCUs abcnews.go.com Bowie State University gets $50M donation from MacKenzie Scott WTOP Best
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In Somalia, a shaky front line barely holds back the ‘dogs of war’
AW DHEEGLE, Somalia: The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia’s Al-Shabab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.Roughly 1,000 Somali National Army (SNA) forces are holding Awdheegle, a strategic town roughly 60 kilometers outside the capital Mogadishu, with the help of an African Union
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Foreign investors withdrew around $4 billion from Pakistan equities over past decade, data shows
KARACHI: Pakistan has lost around $4 billion in portfolio investments over the past decade, data gathered by a market research firm shows, with analysts attributing it to persistent political and macroeconomic uncertainties that deterred foreign investors from an otherwise promising equity market. The South Asian nation’s net foreign portfolio outflows exceeded the inflows by as
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Thousands of anti-graft protesters take to streets of Philippines capital for second day
MANILA: Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Manila for a second straight day on Monday, pressing their demands for accountability over alleged corruption in flood-mitigation projects. The protest, which started on Sunday and drew over 600,000 people, will run until Tuesday. It is organized by Iglesia Ni Cristo, a 2-million-strong church
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