Join our Whatsapp channel UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan was unanimously elected as the chair of the UN Disarmament Commission on Monday, as the world body commenced its 2024 session.... ADVERTISEMENT The session follows escalating geopolitical tensions and growing apprehensions regarding the deepening mistrust among some of the world’s major military powers.... After its election, Pakistan informed the commission that it views India’s extensive arms acquisitions and aggressive military policies as

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks after President Joe Biden announced Powell's nomination for a second four-year term as Federal Reserve chair, during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, on Nov.... Biden also said he would nominate as vice chair Lael Brainard, the lone Democrat on the Fed's Board of Governors and the preferred alternative to Powell among many progressives.... His decision strikes a note of continuity and bipartisanship a

Businessman Andrew Cosslett has been appointed as the new chair of ITV, succeeding Sir Peter Bazalgette, who will step down after six years in the role and nine years on the board, it has been announced. Cosslett, who is chair of home improvement company Kingfisher PLC and former chair of the Rugby Football Union( RFU), will join the board as an independent non-executive director and chair designate from June 1, and will become non-executive chair from September 29 after Sir Peter’s departure. A

KUANTAN: An ehailing driver has pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here to causing grievous hurt to a woman. Mohd Sidek Saleh, 32, was charged yesterday with voluntarily causing serious injury to the woman’s right-hand finger by attacking her with a foldable chair. The offence was allegedly committed in the lobby of a hotel in Jalan Sekilau here at about 6. 20pm on Dec 16. The charge, framed under Section 326 of the Penal Code, provides for a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and a fine

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will officially step down from her position on March 8, days after Super Tuesday.“ I have decided to step aside at our Spring Training on March 8 in Houston to allow our nominee to select a Chair of their choosing.... The RNC has historically undergone change once we have a nominee and it has always been my intention to honor that tradition.... Shortly after McDaniel’s announcement, South Carolina GOP co-chair, Drew McKissick, announced in a s

The president said he will fill the three remaining slots on the board, including a vice chair for supervision, a bank regulatory post, in early December.... In backing Powell, a Republican who was first elevated to his post by President Donald Trump, Biden brushed aside complaints from progressives that the Fed has weakened bank regulation and has been slow to take account of climate change in its supervision of banks.... By either raising or lowering its benchmark interest rate, the Fed seek

KUALA LUMPUR: Sultan of Kedah Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Almarhum Sultan Badlishah chaired the 257th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara here on Wednesday( Nov 24). Before the meeting started at 11am, Sultan Sallehuddin took the salute at a Grand Guard of Honour mounted by the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment at Dataran Utama. Sultan Sallehuddin then planted a Rajah Kayu( Cassia fistula) tree on the grounds of Istana Negara to symbolise his chairing the meetin

MERSING: A team of firemen helped free a five-year-old girl whose leg was caught in a chair at a government clinic here. The incident, which took place at the Jemaluang health clinic, was reported at 10. 48am on Wednesday( Jan 31), said Mersing Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Mohamed Zainuddin Ahmad. Firemen using a hydraulic equipment to free the five-year-old girl whose leg was stuck between the seats of a link chair at the Jemaluang health clinic in Mersing." The girl was with

Royal endeavour: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Sultan of Kedah Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Almarhum Sultan Badlishah watering a Rajah Kayu tree that Sultan Sallehuddin had planted to symbolise his chairing the 257th Meeting of the Conference of Rulers at Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur.... — Bernama....

The election of a new chair of the Democratic National Committee, along with other top leadership positions, will be Feb.... 30 in National Harbor. Included in these rules are the requirements for gaining access to the ballot.... In 2021, candidates were required to submit a nominating statement alongside the signatures of 40 DNC members....