PARIS (Reuters) – When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield – a tough new law with no international equivalent that criminalises tech titans whose platforms allow illegal products or activities. The so-called LOPMI law, enacted in January 2023, has placed France at the forefront of […]
India will connect a record 35 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind energy capacity to its grid during the year ending March 2025, a top bureaucrat told Reuters, as it scrambles to achieve its 2030 clean energy target after falling short of a much publicised 2022 renewables goal. The world’s fastest growing major economy has […]
Israeli police shot dead an ‘attacker’ after he stabbed a border officer at a gate to Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday evening, police said. The attacker stabbed the border police officer near the Damascus Gate in the historic walls of the Old City. “The stabbed officer was lightly wounded and was evacuated for medical treatment,” […]
WASHINGTON: uThe Biden administration announced on Thursday that it was imposing sanctions on 16 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in response to allegations of voter fraud and the subsequent crackdown on the opposition following the country’s recent election. This action comes days after Edmundo González, the opposition leader recognised by the US and other […]
Moscow will target U.S. media in response to the United States actions against Russian state broadcaster RT, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two RT employees for what was described as a scheme to hire a U.S. company to produce online content […]
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Adviser Finance Muzammil Aslam on Tuesday said that it will be a big success if federal government achieves 11,200 billion tax collection target. “On which subject mini budget will be announced,” provincial adviser questioned. “The government could only impose 18 percent sales tax on petrol and diesel, if it brings mini budget,” […]
Ukraine launched sustained drone attacks targeting power and refinery plants in the neighbouring Moscow and Tver regions, Russian officials and media reported on Sunday, with tens of drones destroyed also across other parts of the country. The Baza Telegram news channel, which is close to Russia’s security services, said loud blasts were heard near the […]
ISLAMABAD: In a significant setback, the government has missed its two-month tax collection target by a wide margin of Rs111 billion, despite imposing a record Rs1.8 trillion in new taxes in the budgetexacerbating economic hardship for citizens. This shortfall casts serious doubt on the credibility of the national budget and the feasibility of the $7 […]
QUETTA: Armed men have killed 23 people after forcing them off their vehicles at a roadblock put up on a highway in Balochistan’s Musakhail district, the police reported on Monday. The attackers targeted trucks and buses on an inter-provincial highway near Rarah Sham, according to Musakhail’s police chief, Ayub Achakzai. The victims, primarily from Punjab, […]
The United States on Friday added 105 Russian and Chinese firms to a trade restriction list over their alleged support of the Russian military as Washington seeks to keep up pressure on Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. The companies — 63 Russian and 42 Chinese as well as 18 from other countries — were targeted […]