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Jeremy Hunt says Liz Truss is still in charge
The new UK chancellor, now widely seen as the most powerful man in the government since he took over from the sacked Kwasi Kwarteng, has buried a series of flagship policies that brought Truss to power, The Guardian reported. "The Prime Minister is in charge," he told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, even though her authority has been seriously undermined by her decision to allow him to tear up her economic agenda in a bid to calm the markets and mutinous Tory MPs, the report said.
Will Elon Mus make Vaibhav Balghare next Twitter celebrity from India?
Elon Musk recently responded to Balghare, a 22-year-old computer engineering student, who is into coding and cloud computing. A student of Suman Ramesh Tulsiani Technical Campus -- Faculty of Engineering, Balghare told IANS that he never thought Musk would reply to him.
Conservatives to discuss replacing Truss with a joint ticket of Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt
A group of senior MPs will meet on Monday to discuss the prime minister's future, with some wanting her to resign within days and others saying she is now "in office but not in control". Some are threatening to publicly call on Truss to stand down after the implosion of her tax-cutting programme, The Guardian reported.
Stage set for dramatic showdown as Jan 6 panel summons Trump
The last meeting of the January 6 committee did not conclude its ninth and possibly final public hearing by referring Donald Trump to the US justice department for criminal conduct - a move many, including some members of the panel, had urged, The BBC reported. Instead, all nine members of the bi-partisan panel, including democrats and republicans, voted to issue a subpoena to Trump to appear before the panel and testify to the events of the attack by his supporters on capitol.
Xi warns China will never 'renounce the use of force' regarding Taiwan
To achieve that, the Chinese military should uphold the party's "absolute leadership", modernise its theory, organisation, personnel and weapons, Xi was quoted as saying by the CNN. He pledged to improve the PLA's ability to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and to "effectively fulfill the mission of the people's army in the new era."
How Kashmir's irreversible integration with India became anathema for Pakistan?
Delhi had done with one stroke what seemed impossible to the common Kashmiri. He had prided himself on his special place in the polity of Indian states for over seven decades. While he could buy land and establish business anywhere else in the country, none from other states of India had the privilege of establishing residence or business in J&K.
Jaishankar thanks diaspora for shaping India's image in Egypt
"I thank Indian businesses here because you are not only advancing our national interests but you are also shaping our image in this country, and that is something we very much appreciate," Jaishankar, who was on a two-day visit to the nation at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, said on Friday.
Seems US didn't like Pakistan stand on Ukraine conflict: Pakistan Defence Minister
However, he added, it seems the US did not like Pakistan's impartial stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The News reported. He said Pakistan's nuclear capability was the most effective deterrent for peace in the region. He said Pakistan had been an ally of the US since the 1950s. However, how the superpower supported Pakistan in its difficult times was history. "We must learn lessons from history; otherwise it would not forgive us as a nation."
Biden's remarks echo long-running US fears about Pakistan's nukes
Speaking about China's President Xi Jinping at a Democratic party fundraiser on Thursday, the US President said: "This is a guy who understands what he wants but has an enormous, enormous array of problems. How do we handle that? How do we handle that relative to what's going on in Russia? And what I think is maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world: Pakistan."
Political maelstrom over Pakistan Army chief's successor
President Arif Alvi is the newest entrant in the raging debate over who should be the next army chief, when and how, confusing and compounding an already murky situation. It only reinforces the role of the all-powerful military in the South Asian nation's political affairs.
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