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Pakistan Tells Afghans to Return Home, Warns Against Cross-Border Militancy
New Delhi, Oct 18, 2025:Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday called on all Afghans living in Pakistan to return to their homeland, stating that Pakistan’s land and resources belong solely to its 250 million citizens. Posting on social media, Asif said the old era of friendly relations with Afghanistan is over and warned that Pakistan will no longer tolerate cross-border terrorism or acts against its national security. He claimed that Afghanistan has acted as a “proxy for India” in alliance with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), conspiring against Pakistan despite past support and protection offered to Kabul.The statement comes amid rising tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, where a recent 48-hour ceasefire had...
France Stands Firm on World Bank Climate Goals Despite U.S. Pressure
Washington, Oct. 18, 2025France will continue to support the World Bank’s climate finance goals even as the United States urges the global lender to scale them back, French Development Minister Eleonore Caroit said on Friday.Speaking at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, Caroit made it clear that France will not back down from the World Bank’s target of increasing climate-related financing to 45% of total lending. This target, set under the Biden administration, has been challenged by the Trump administration, which wants the Bank to return to funding coal, oil, gas, and nuclear projects instead.Caroit, who was appointed earlier this week to Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s new cabinet...
Nobel Laureate Physicist Chen Ning Yang Passes Away at 103
Beijing, Oct. 18, 2025Chen Ning Yang, one of the most celebrated physicists of the 20th century and a Nobel Prize winner, passed away in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103 after a long illness, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua.Born in 1922 in Hefei, Anhui province in eastern China, Yang went on to become a pioneering figure in modern physics. His work transformed the understanding of fundamental laws governing the universe, particularly in the fields of statistical mechanics and particle physics. Over his long and distinguished career, he bridged the scientific worlds of China and the United States, leaving a lasting mark on both.Yang’s groundbreaking contributions came in the mid-20th century when he and fellow physicist...
Trump Admits 100% Tariffs on China Unsustainable but Plans to Meet Xi Soon
Washington, Oct. 18, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump said his newly announced 100% tariff on Chinese goods is “not sustainable,” though he defended the move as a necessary response to China’s recent trade actions. Speaking in an interview with Fox Business Network on Friday, Trump said Beijing’s decision to tighten controls on rare-earth exports left him with little choice but to act.“They forced me to do that,” Trump said, referring to China’s move to expand export restrictions on rare earth elements — critical materials used in electronics and technology manufacturing. The United States and many other countries depend heavily on China for these resources.Last week, Trump announced a new round of 100% tariffs on all Chinese imports...
Kancha Sherpa, Last Living Member of 1953 Everest Expedition, Dies at 92
KATHMANDU, Oct. 17, 2025Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the historic 1953 Mount Everest expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, passed away peacefully at his home in Kathmandu at the age of 92. According to his family, Ang Phurba “Kancha” Sherpa breathed his last around 2 a.m. on Thursday in his ancestral home in Namche Bazaar, often called the gateway to Everest.His death marks the end of a remarkable chapter in Nepal’s mountaineering history. Phur Gyalje Sherpa, President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, said, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kancha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first successful summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His loss leaves an irreplaceable void in Nepal’s mountaineering history.”Born...
Trump to Meet Putin in Budapest, Citing Progress in Ukraine Peace Talks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2025U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will soon meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss possible steps toward ending the ongoing war in Ukraine. The announcement came after a more than two-hour phone conversation between the two leaders, which Trump described as “very productive.” Although no date has been confirmed, the meeting could take place within the next two weeks, according to both U.S. and Russian officials.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said, “My whole life, I’ve made deals. I think we’re going to have this one done, hopefully soon.” The news comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives in Washington to request additional U.S. military support, including...
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