Italy drafts plan for direct election of prime minister
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and top ministers on Monday backed a constitutional reform proposal introducing the direct election...
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Michael X: The multiple lives of the man once dubbed the UK’s answer to Malcolm X
London: When police in Trinidad showed up to investigate at the scene of a burned down commune in 1972, they...
Feeling saucy? Just how much does Italy, and Europe, love pasta?
Brussels: EU's pasta production increased by 20% in 2022 with Italy unsurprisingly leading the production, consumption, and exports. Italy loves...
England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards
London: The UK government is to diverge from the EU’s standards for monitoring water quality in England, it can be...
Births in Italy heading for new record low in 2023
Rome: Births in Italy are heading for a new record low this year, according to preliminary data that points to...
Pakistan mourns ‘great friend’ Li Keqiang’s demise
Islamabad: Pakistan mourned the demise of ‘great friend’ former Chinese premier Li Keqiang. Caretaker Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said...
Rolling Stones top UK charts with new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’
London: The Rolling Stones topped the British music charts on Friday, securing their 14th UK No. 1 album with new...
EU reaffirms its commitment to address malnutrition in Sindh
Celina Ali Karachi: In response to the rising malnutrition crisis in Sindh, a two-year support action, funded by the European...
Italy: Mother wins court case against 40-something sons who refused to fly the nest
Rome: A 75-year-old Italian woman sued her two sons, aged 40 and 42, after repeatedly asking them to move out...
Afghan artists who fled for their lives as forced repatriation looms
The Friday Times Islamabad: We came to Pakistan as refugees… It will be very difficult to leave, says Hashmat Omid,...
PM Kakar felicitates Pakistani para-olympian on winning gold in China
Islamabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has extended his warm congratulations to Haider Ali, a Pakistani para-olympian, for his...
Foreign Minister, UK Foreign Secretary discuss bilateral issues, situation in Gaza on telephone
Celina Ali Islamabad: Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani received a telephone call on Friday from the UK Foreign Secretary...
UK: Boris Johnson to host GB News show
London: Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signed up to join TV channel GB News. Johnson, who stepped down as...
Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang dies at 68
Beijing: Former Chinese premier Li Keqiang, a reform-minded bureaucrat once tipped as the country’s future leader only to be eclipsed...
Mushahid condemns Western double standards on Gaza Genocide, urges legislation to counter Islamophobia
Luanda: Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Mushahid Hussain, Leader of Pakistan Parliamentary delegation to the annual conference of the...
Jo Moir lauds environmental commitment of King Charles
Celina Ali Islamabad: Jo Moir, the Development Director for Pakistan at the British High Commission, has lauded the environmental commitment...
Italy demands implementation of migration MoU inked with Tunisia
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has demanded the full implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed last July...
Celebration of Kazakhstan Republic Day marks pledge to strengthen Pakistan-Kazakhstan friendship
Celina Ali Islamabad: The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Pakistan commemorated Kazakhstan's Republic Day on Wednesday, with Ambassador Yerzhan Kistafin expressing...
Pakistan works on well-balanced space policy as Islamabad partners with Beijing on moon project
Gwadar Pro Islamabad: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif has emphasized on Pakistan's commitment to...
‘Leaning tower’ in Italy closed off amid subsidence fears
Rome: Dante Alighieri was so spellbound that he wrote about it twice: in the “Divine Comedy,” and in another sonnet....
391 migrants ‘abandoned’ in Italy’s Trieste, say associations
Rome: Several advocacy groups have raised concerns about the plight of 391 asylum seekers living in dire conditions in the...
University of Wollongong launches vice chancellor’s leadership scholarship for Pakistan
Canberra: The University of Wollongong (UOW) has extended its most prestigious vice-chancellor's Leadership Scholarship for Pakistan. The programme is aimed...
CPEC a guarantor of regional development, prosperity: SCCI chief
Peshawar: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Fuad Ishaq has termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a guarantor...
EU calls for ‘humanitarian pause’
Brussels: The European Union edged on Monday towards endorsing a “humanitarian pause” in the Israeli aggression against Gaza, while some...
EU takes measures to tackle aging population
Brussels: The European Commission has adopted a set of policy tools to address the ageing population and the issues that...
Italy backs calls for tech firms to help fund EU telecoms networks
Rome: Italy broadly supports proposals at European Union level to ensure that Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure in...
PM for accelerated steps to trickle down impacts of reduced oil prices to common man
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: Cartaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday directed the authorities concerned to accelerate the steps for trickling...
Pakistan to inject 282 MW of environmentally friendly energy into national grid system by 2024 with China’s help
Islamabad: Pakistan is expecting to integrate a total of 282 megawatts (MW) of environmentally friendly energy, derived from solar, wind,...
Gladstone’s: The UK’s only residential library
London: For more than 100 years, clergy, scholars and ordinary people have spent their days studying and their nights sleeping...
European Commission publishes recommendations to tackle energy poverty across the EU
Brussels: Energy poverty affects citizens across every EU country. In 2022, high energy prices together with the cost-of-living crisis meant...
