International

China on Sunday said it would raise its defence spending by 7.2 percent in 2023, compared with 7.1 percent last year, as its outgoing premier warned of growing “external” threats to Beijing’s rise. The country will spend 1.55 trillion yuan ($225 billion) on defence this year, according to a report …

Google’s parent Alphabet is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, it said in a staff memo Friday, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence. Alphabet’s shares were up nearly 3% in pre-market trading. The cuts come at a delicate …

Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, on Thursday, angered by a mounting death toll since unrest erupted last month and calling for sweeping change. Police estimated the march at around 3,500 people, but others speculated it attracted more than …

Sri Lanka’s new President Ranil Wickremesinghe told diplomats this week that non-violent protests against his government will be allowed to continue, including in the commercial capital Colombo, his office said in a statement  In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, hundreds of security personnel dismantled part of an anti-government protest camp …

Leaks claim that the latest iPhone 14 Pro models will be released with multiple exclusive updates and higher updates. The 14 standard models would also get a pay rise despite having no upgrades from the predecessors.  Head of the analyst group Wedbush Securities, Dav Ives, speaking to the Sun, said …

Pakistani analyst and commentator Zaid Hamid has been sentenced for eight years in jail and 1,000 lashes by a Saudi court for criticising the Saudi government, according to local media reports. However, the news has not been corroborated by the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh or the Foreign Office.  Earlier, Hamid was …

BY: KAZIM RAZA BHATTI  SAN FRANCESCO AL CAMPO. In San Francesco al Campo, husband and wife were sleeping together when, suddenly, the first of her got up, threatened the woman, then took up a mason’s bribe and tried to kill her by hitting her in the head. All this in …

By : Kazim Raza Bhatti Pride News Messina, ItalySicily’s third-largest city is the island’s sunniest and gets an average of 345 hours of sun amonth. It’s also steeped in history. Numerous earthquakes over the ages have left their markon the port city, which lies directly across from the Italian mainland. …

By: Kazim Raza Bhatti Pride News   Italy’s Po River, a vital source of water for drinking, agriculture and energy production in northern Italy, is suffering its worst drought in 70 years.The record low water levels have prompted emergency measures to be imposed across theregions of Piedmont and Lombardy. After …

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has revealed that he fears struggling to eat after suffering temporary facial paralysis from Ramsay Hunt syndrome just days after being forced to cancel dates on his Justice World Tour and has asked fans to pray for him. The 28-year-old pop star took to his …