GENEVA – The UN has revealed that up to 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months — the highest number since 2014. It also issued a warning about drought-induced food scarcity extending to East Africa. Jens Laerke, Geneva spokesman for the United Nations Office for […]...
KARACHI, Pakistan/NEW DELHI, India – Rising temperatures- a direct result of climate change- are aggravating water, food, and biodiversity insecurity in Pakistan and India, which may worsen in the years to come, according to environmentalists based in the region. An intense heatwave is currently sweeping through the two nuclear-armed nei...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The US has assured Pakistan of help in stabilizing its economy, Islamabad said on Thursday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in New York and discussed bilateral relations between Islamabad and Washington, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Zardari arriv...
KAZAN, Russia (AA) – Gathering Russian and Islamic world economy professionals, the Kazan Summit 2022 kicked off on Thursday in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan. The 13th International Economic Summit: Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Summit 2022, began with the opening ceremony of the “Russia Halal Expo 2022&#...
MIRPURKHAS, Pakistan – Until April, farmers in Pakistan’s famed mango-producing district were expecting a bumper harvest of the succulent, yellow fruit which makes a sizeable share of the country’s exports. However, their dreams of raking in big profits were shattered by an unusual spike in temperatures coupled with water sho...
LAIKIPIA, Kenya – An ornamental plant brought by the British colonialists to Kenya in the 1940s has been killing indigenous vegetation, especially grasses and bushes, thus creating food shortages for livestock and wild animals. Scientists say that the invasive plant Opuntia stricta or the prickly pear, is spreading fast across northern Kenya, ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The US dollar hit an all-time high against Pakistani rupee on Wednesday, rising past 200 in the open market. The greenback that began its streak against the Pakistani rupee last month — amid a political crisis, which also saw the ouster of former premier Imran Khan through a no-trust motion — [&hellip...
Fnideq, Morocco – AFP Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders between the north African country and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row. The enclaves on the Mediterranean coast in northern Morocco have the European Union’s only land ...
KARACHI, Pakistan – Longtime allies Pakistan and China have vowed to enhance economic cooperation, expand trade, and encourage greater investments from Beijing. In a phone call, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang agreed that an “All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership”...
LAHORE, Pakistan – With alarm bells ringing all over the world over global warming, new farming technologies are helping the young generation reduce waste and keep the earth healthy. A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in 2018 found that some 39% of the country’s labor force was engaged in agriculture, with the sector [&h...
