Tag: Global

Global business leaders suspend ties with Saudi Arabia

LONDON: Global business leaders are reassessing their ties with Saudi Arabia, stoking pressure on the Gulf kingdom to explain what happened to a dissident...

Cyprus president urges global migration strategy

UNITED NATIONS: The leader of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is criticizing short-term moves to lock up migrants and is urging world leaders to...

Pakistan stands 94th in global quality education list

The Spectator Index, a watchdog which focuses on politics, economics, history, military affairs, sports, science and technology, has tweeted a list of 137 countries...

Pak prodigy wins gold medal for global mathematics competition

KARACHI: Syed Jafar Raza, a mathematical whiz from Pakistan, won laurels at the seventh International Math Challenge held in Thailand, and scored himself a coveted gold...

New global pandemics feared after 100 years ‘Spanish flu’

BRUSSELS: A century after the "Spanish flu" killed 50 million people, humanity now risks a new wave of deadly diseases, and in today's globalised world...

Indian-origin IS member designated global terrorist by US

Washington: The US on Wednesday designated Indian-origin Islamic State militant from Britain Siddhartha Dhar along with a Belgian-Moroccan citizen as global terrorists and imposed sanctions...

US quits talks on global migration pact in UN citing ‘sovereignty...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States has quit negotiations on a voluntary pact to deal with migration because the global approach to the issue was “simply...

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF chief

  Global economic growth will be "disappointing" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a guest article for German newspaper...

Global crude oil price plunges to four-year low below $80

Brent crude oil fell to a four-year low below $80 a barrel on Thursday after Chinese data showed a slowdown in activity last month...

Global imbalances remain threat to stability: IMF

Debts owed by borrowers to surplus countries have kept growing in the wake of 2008-09 crisis and still threaten the global economy, the International...

JS Global continues to lead in Pakistan’s Fixed Income & Foreign...

JS Global Capital Ltd (JS Global) continued its impressive showing in Pakistan’s Fixed Income & Foreign Exchange (FX) market in the 2013 Financial Market...

Global women leaders to address seminar in Lahore

New World Concepts is pleased to announce the International Women Leadership Seminar, being held on Wednesday, 30th April 2014 at Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore. “After...

Poll reveals global opposition to US drone strikes

  The US drone strikes are widely unpopular in nations across the world, a survey said on Thursday amid criticism from countries including Pakistan over...

Global warming making earth ‘greener’

THE planet is getting lusher, and we are responsible. Carbon dioxide generated by human activity is stimulating photosynthesis and causing a beneficial greening of...

Global warming ‘reversible’, say scientists

Hi-tech new bio-energy plants could “reverse” global warming by pumping carbon dioxide into old gas wells - lowering temperatures by 0.6°C per century, according...

The end is near!

All animals and plants will vanish from the Earth within the next billion years, a new study suggests. Ironically Armageddon is going to arrive...

Global demand for gold jewellery up by 12%

Global demand for gold jewellery witnessed a 12 percent increase during the first quarter (January-March) of the year 2013. According to the latest...