Pakistan Ex-PM Imran Khan Says Defying U.S. Policy Led to His Downfall

newsweek.com In an exclusive interview, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Tom O'Connor, Newsweek's Senior Foreign Policy Writer and Deputy Editor of National…

Cash-Strapped Pak Draws $51 Billion Budget, Sets Aside Half To Pay Debt

ndtv.com Pakistan's cash-strapped government unveiled a 14.5-trillion-rupee (around $50.5-billion) budget Friday, with over half set aside to service 7.3 trillion rupees of debt.…

Money talks: how Saudi Arabia's soft power project is shaking up sport

theguardian.com Looking back, so much of it was already there on that night in Diriyah when a storm raged across the desert and Anthony Joshua made history – and £60m – by retaining his…

Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in gov't after earlier GOP blockade

apnews.com The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, ending more than two years of delays after a blockade by…

Why two luxury London homes are at the centre of Pakistan’s turmoil

theguardian.com When the former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was arrested last month, it triggered uproar across the country, with days of protest and violence. The unrest was not…

Raising Our Voices: Hollywood’s 50 Forces for Change

hollywoodreporter.com Abrego is one of the top-ranking Latino execs in English-language media, and Pita Loor is the board chair of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, a…

Twitter is Approving Far More Government Censorship Requests Under Elon Musk

socialmediatoday.com One of the key questions posed early on around Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ led takeover at Twitter was: ‘What will Elon do when government requests come from regions where…

FTC's Lina Khan presses ahead with sprawling antitrust plans in the face of GOP opposition

cnbc.com Republican lawmakers have for years launched barrages of criticism at Biden administration regulatory agencies and their diverse leaders — and Federal Trade Commission Chair…

China's loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

apnews.com FILE - People jostle each other to buy subsidized sacks of wheat flour in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, after a recent price hike of flour in the country. An…