New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to champion AI as a symbol of national progress, but there is no parallel policy to retrain displaced workers, create new employment avenues, or provide social safety nets, a new report has revealed.
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan’s religious minorities continued to face violence, discrimination and persecution throughout 2025, with blasphemy accusations and minority women and girls remaining at risk of abduction, forced conversion and forced marriage, a minority rights organisation said, citing a report by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP).
Kathmandu, Oct 10 (IANS) Gagan Thapa was re-elected president of the Nepali Congress with an overwhelming majority at the party's 15th general convention, as a rival faction led by former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba prepares to hold its own general convention in December.
Vientiane, Oct 10 (IANS) China’s newly-opened military facility at Ban Keun Airport in Laos, its first publicly acknowledged overseas facility centred on air power, could give the air force of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) a staging and transit base in Southeast Asia and be used to complicate US military operations in the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca, a report has cautioned.
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) President Donald Trump's agreement to secure Russian diesel supplies has triggered accusations of double standards from American commentators and social media users, who questioned why Washington penalised India for buying Russian oil while now seeking fuel from Moscow to ease its own energy crisis.
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of billionaire Elon Musk's children, has alleged that she was offered a financial arrangement worth nearly $40 million in exchange for remaining silent about their relationship, a claim Musk has publicly denied.
Athens, Oct 10 (IANS) The manipulation of the so-called legislative elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is yet another reflection of Pakistan’s deeply flawed democratic system, a report has stated.
Milwaukee, Oct 10 (IANS) Prominent Indian-American businessman and philanthropist Darshan Singh Dhaliwal has raised concerns with US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over new trucking regulations that he said have cost tens of thousands of drivers their livelihoods, including a large number of Sikhs and other Indian-Americans.
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump laid out an ambitious economic and legislative agenda ahead of next month's congressional elections, promising cash payments to American citizens, tougher immigration enforcement, expanded tariffs and sweeping changes to healthcare and taxation if Republicans retain control of Congress.
United Nations, Oct 10 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and foreign ministers of eight countries criticised the US announcement of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution.
