The WFP said it had launched a multiyear plan to streamline its structure in 2023 but as “the donor funding outlook becomes more constrained, we have been compelled to accelerate these efforts.” File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about an investment from TSMC in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said Monday (March 3, 2025) that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday (March 4, 2025), … Read more
Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday (March 3, 2025) and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus from his lungs during two bronchoscopies, in which a camera-tipped tube was sent down into his airways … Read more
Finland’s Ambassador to India, Kimmo Lahdevirta reaffirmed Finland’s commitment to helping Punjab to enhance its educational framework. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, along with the Finland’s Ambassador to India, Kimmo Lahdevirta, inaugurated a one-week training for the State’s primary school teachers here. After inaugurating the training program … Read more
President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, on February 28, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (March 3, 2025) for suggesting that end of Russia’s war against Ukraine is still likely “very, very … Read more
Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. File | Photo Credit: Vahid Salemi Iran’s former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, has resigned as vice president, state media said Monday (March 3, 2025). “Zarif’s resignation letter was received by President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has not yet … Read more
In this picture taken on September 15, 2023, roadblocks are set by security personnel along a street leading to a place of worship of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community in the Rabwah city of eastern Punjab province. | Photo Credit: AFP A 120-year-old worship place of the minority Ahmadi community was demolished by police on the pressure … Read more
The proposed extra levies also coincide with the start to China’s annual meeting of parliament, a political set piece event at which Beijing is expected to roll out its 2025 economic priorities. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Analysts say Beijing still hopes to negotiate a truce with the Trump administration, but with no signs of … Read more
A stabbing in Israel’s coastal city of Haifa killed one person on Monday (March 3, 2025) and ended with the Israeli Arab assailant dead, in the country’s first fatal attack since the Gaza ceasefire began in late January. The stabbing came one day after Israel blocked aid to the Gaza Strip during an impasse over … Read more
A float portraying Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump (L) forming a ‘Hitler – Stalin – Pact 2.0’ to squash Ukraine and its President Zelensky is pictured during the parade to celebrate Rose Monday (Rosenmontag) in Duesseldorf, western Germany on March 3, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy … Read more