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चीनी उपप्रधानमंत्री का कहना है कि बीजिंग ने पिछले दशक में पाकिस्तान में 25.4 अरब डॉलर का निवेश किया है.

इस्लामाबाद -- चीन ने पिछले दशक में सड़कों से लेकर बिजली संयंत्रों तक की परियोजनाओं के लिए पाकिस्तान में 25.4 अरब डॉलर का निवेश किया है, चीन के उप प्रधान मंत्री ने सोमवार को कहा, जब दोनों देशों ने तथाकथित बेल्ट एंड रोड पहल की 10वीं वर्षगांठ मनाई।  यह पहल, जिसे चीन-पाकिस्तान आर्थिक गलियारा कार्यक्रम भी कहा जाता है, प्राचीन सिल्क रोड व्यापार मार्गों को पुनर्गठित करने और चीन को एशिया के सभी कोनों से जोड़ने का चीन का वैश्विक प्रयास है।  पाकिस्तान में, सीपीईसी को दक्षिण एशियाई राष्ट्र में नई समृद्धि लाने के अवसर के रूप में देखा गया है।  2013 से, चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग की पहल के हिस्से के रूप में हजारों चीनी निर्माण श्रमिक और इंजीनियर इस गरीब इस्लामी राष्ट्र में काम कर रहे हैं।  हालाँकि, तब से कुछ परियोजनाओं पर काम धीमा हो गया है या कई कारणों से कुछ समय के लिए निलंबित कर दिया गया है, जिसमें 2021 का आतंकवादी हमला भी शामिल है जिसमें उत्तर पश्चिम में उन्हें ले जा रही एक बस को निशाना बनाकर किए गए आत्मघाती हमलावर ने 13 चीनी श्रमिकों को मार डाला था।  टेलीविज़न पर अपनी टिप्पणी में, चीनी उप प्रधा

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama's Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022

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ABC News Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama's Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022 The number of migrants crossing Panama's dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap has swelled to almost 250,000 in the first seven months of 2023, surpassing the number that crossed in all of 2022 By The Associated Press August 1, 2023, 4:39 AM FILE - Migrants line up to take a boat after walking across the Darien Gap from Colomb... Show more The Associated Press PANAMA CITY -- The number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap swelled to almost 250,000 in the first seven months of 2023, surpassing the number that crossed in all of 2022, officials said Friday. It is a record pace of migration through the gap, which connects South America to Central America. The surge comes despite an agreement announced in April between the United States, Colombia and Panama to offer alternatives to migration. The United Nations projects that if the pace keeps up, as many as

Rishi Sunak backs plans for new UK oil and gas exploration.

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Rishi Sunak backs plans for new UK oil and gas exploration BCCL "Everybody sensible recognises that we will need those fossil fuels as part of the transition to net zero," Sunak argued. Synopsis The main opposition Labour party, well ahead in the polls, said earlier this year it will not issue any new North Sea drilling licences if it regains power after more than a decade in opposition. "I think it makes absolutely no sense, as the Labour Party is suggesting, to ban North Sea oil and gas," Sunak said. By  AFP Jul 30, 2023, 11:14 PM IST LONDON: UK Prime Minister  Rishi Sunak  has backed plans for new  fossil fuel  drilling off Britain's coast, saying in a Sunday newspaper interview he would be "pragmatic and proportionate" about reaching net zero. ADVERTISEMENT His government is expected to approve the development of  Rosebank , near Scotland's  Shetland Isles  -- believed to be the UK's largest undeveloped oil and gas field -- as well as other

Madonna feels lucky ‘to be alive’ after hospitalization.

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Madonna feels lucky ‘to be alive’ after hospitalization By  Alli Rosenbloom , CNN Updated 12:39 AM EDT, Mon July 31, 2023 Video Ad Feedback Madonna recovering from health scare 01:13  - Source:  CNN CNN  —  One month after Madonna was  hospitalized  in the ICU after suffering a bacterial infection, the  queen of pop  is reflecting on how her loved ones are helping her heal. “Love from family and friends is the best Medicine,” Madonna  wrote  in an Instagram post on Sunday, showcasing a series of photos with two of her six children. She continued to write that as a mother, it’s easy to get “caught up in the needs of your children,” but that when she fell ill, “my children really showed up for me.” “I saw a side to them I had never seen before. It made all the difference,” she added. Madonna shares one daughter, Lourdes Leon, with Carlos Leon, and a son, Rocco Ritchie, with director Guy Ritchie. She is also mom to four adopted children – David Banda, Chifundo “Mercy” James an

Who is Hirsh Vardhan Singh: 'Pure Blood' Indian-American To Run For U.S. President's PostWorld News.

Indian American Hirsh Vardhan Singh has thrown his hat into the ring to join the crowded Republican field for the office of the US President. Singh became the third Indian American to join the race for the Republican nomination after former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. 

US announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan.

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US announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday unveiled a $345 million military  aid package  for  Taiwan  designed to quickly bolster the island's ability to deter any possible Chinese invasion. The package -- which an official said features intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment and small arms munitions -- will be drawn from the US' own reserves, allowing it to be delivered on a faster-than-usual timeline. These are "capabilities that Taiwan will be able to use to bolster deterrence now and in the future," a  Pentagon  spokesperson said. Elements of the package "address critical defensive stockpiles, multi-domain awareness, anti-armor and air defense capabilities," he added. "We are working expeditiously to deliver the military assistance announced today." Congress has authorized President  Joe Biden  to draw aid for Taiwan from American military stocks -- the same way that Washi