China has rejected a request for a phone call from the US defense secretary

China has rejected a request for a phone call from the US defense secretary

November 2022: Chinese and US defense ministers shake hands during a meeting in Cambodia. A spokesman for the US Defense Department said China had declined a request for a phone call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Spokesman Brigadier General Pete Ryder said the defense secretary had requested to speak with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe,…

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The Taliban government banned the bringing of foreign exchange to Afghanistan without permission

The Taliban government banned the bringing of foreign exchange to Afghanistan without permission

The Taliban government issued a currency control order following reports of dollar smuggling in Afghanistan. Under which, bringing foreign exchange into the country without permission will be prohibited. In the report of the global news organization Bloomberg, it was revealed that 5 million dollars are being smuggled from Pakistan to Afghanistan every day. The currency…

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One and a half million people living around glacial lakes in the world, including Pakistan, are at risk, according to research

One and a half million people living around glacial lakes in the world, including Pakistan, are at risk, according to research

According to new research on the possible effects of glacial lake eruptions, 1.5 million people living within a 30-mile radius of the glacial lake are at risk. In this study of the scientific journal Nature Communications, it was further stated that half of the one and a half million are in Pakistan, India, the South…

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The decision to remove the Chinese-made cameras installed in the National War Memorial

The decision to remove the Chinese-made cameras installed in the National War Memorial

National War Memorial of Australia Australia’s National War Memorial has decided to remove Chinese-made cameras installed on its premises. Officials have expressed fear that these cameras can be used for espionage. The 11 surveillance cameras manufactured by Hikvision, a company partly owned by Chinese state investors, are installed at the National War Memorial in the…

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Air travel set to soar to pre-pandemic levels in 2023: UN aviation agency

Air travel set to soar to pre-pandemic levels in 2023: UN aviation agency

“Assuring the safe, secure, and sustainable recovery of air services will be key to restoring aviation’s ability to act as a catalyst for sustainable development at the local, national, and global levels, and will consequently be vital to countries’ recovery from the broader impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Salvatore Sciacchitano, President of the International…

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Earthquake disaster latest: fresh snow compounds Syrians’ misery

Earthquake disaster latest: fresh snow compounds Syrians’ misery

“We have already a very vulnerable situation; people (are) already vulnerable, not capable of taking care of themselves…and all of a sudden comes this,” said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, UN Resident Coordinator for Syria. Progress lost “All the achievements we had before, anybody who had a small business has lost that business, anybody who could go to school…

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