Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content. China for years has walled off some western services, and the fragmentation may be accelerating with regulations being imposed elsewhere, say analysts. This is leading […]
Europe
Europe grudgingly prepares to offer Britain Brexit delay
European leaders were grudgingly preparing to postpone Brexit on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Theresa May made last-ditch visits to Paris and Berlin to beg for more time. May asked to be given until June 30 to arrange Britain’s orderly departure, but EU leaders fear that won’t be long enough and are now expected to offer […]
No end in sight
Sir: Corruption is one of the major issues which are creating lots of problems in Pakistan. Due to corruption, the jobs announced by the government are allotted without following merit. Our Prime Minister Imran is always stressing to get rid of corruption from Pakistan. Due to corruption, nepotism and favouritism, eligible candidates have no jobs. […]
Plans to reform European football run into opposition
Plans to reform and possible expand European club competition ran into opposition on Friday as the continent’s leagues declared they were ‘united’ in their determination to protect domestic football. The European Leagues umbrella group said it would take a more active role in influencing public opinion and shaping the future of football on the continent […]
Chinese flags over Europe?
As President Xi Jinping wraps up his week-long tour of Europe, his first overseas visit of the year, he seems to have left a growing sense of unease amidst both EU and US policymakers with regards to their pre-existing stance on China. While the US is still locked in an increasingly complex trade row with […]
OPEC and partners near deal over cuts in production
OPEC ministers presented a “final draft” of an agreement for oil production cuts to a meeting Friday with partner countries including Russia, as oil prices rebounded at news that a deal may be close. The price of Brent, the European benchmark, surged five percent on Friday after reports emerged that OPEC and its non-member partners […]
The Muslim veil ban debate: signs of an evolved world?
It is a great pleasure and honour for all of us to be here today, in a quantum leap of a revolutionised understanding of the world, where the product of a time that once divided it into blocs, now sees into the everyday life and curiosities of its citizens, and treats them with dignity and […]
EU slams trade ‘bullies’ as Trump tariffs row deepens
BRUSSELS: The EU said Europe would not waver against trade “bullies” as a row with US President Donald Trump over controversial steel and aluminum tariffs deepened. The jab from Brussels came after the US tycoon singled out Europe in the surging trade row, threatening to tax German cars if the European Union doesn’t lower barriers […]
World markets dive as investor panic spreads
LONDON: Panic gripped trading floors across the world on Tuesday, with Asia and Europe plunging after record-breaking losses on Wall Street, as investors fretted over the prospect of rising US interest rates and took profits following months of markets euphoria. The selloff began last Friday when bright US non-farm payrolls data sparked fears that inflation […]
EU opens next Brexit phase with warning of troubles ahead
EU leaders formally agreed Friday to open crucial talks on a future relationship with Britain but warned they would be even tougher than the first torturous phase of negotiations. A day after applauding British Prime Minister at a summit in Brussels for the progress made so far, her 27 counterparts endorsed an interim deal on […]