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Pakistani professionals struggle with higher costs as economy teeters

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, (Reuters) – Naureen Ahsan earns more than twice the average wage in Pakistan, but the school administrator says she has no choice but to homeschool her daughters and delay their London-board certified final exams because she can’t afford their education. Like most people in the nation of 220 million, Ahsan and […]

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

VATICAN CITY, March 25 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims. The pope issued a landmark decree in 2019 making it obligatory for all priests […]

Liz Truss joins the speaking circuit

Liz Truss, the U.K.’s shortest-serving prime minister, has signed up with a leading speaking agency – and is ready to offer insights on “leadership,” the “economy” and more. Truss, who spent 49 days in the job but stepped down after market turmoil sparked by a round of controversial tax cuts, is now on the books […]

Canada’s Trudeau says TikTok ban had ‘side benefit’ of getting his kids off platform

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA, March 24 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was happy his recent ban on the use of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices meant his children could no longer access the platform. Speaking at a joint news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden […]

North Korea’s use of missile silo could mean less warning of launches -analysts

By Hyonhee Shin and Minwoo Park (Reuters) – North Korea’s presumed use of a silo in its missile test a week ago was aimed at boosting the speed and reliability of launches, and could be used in future flights of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), analysts said. State media called last Sunday’s launch of the solid-fuelled […]

Thai PM Prayuth to run for re-election in May

BANGKOK, March 25 (Reuters) – Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was officially nominated for re-election on Saturday as his party’s first candidate for the country’s next leader in polls set for May 14. Prayuth, 69, is running with the new United Thai Nation Party, and will likely face Pheu Thai party’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter and […]

Spain’s drought devastates olive oil output, drives world prices up

MADRID (Reuters) – Drought in Spain, the world’s largest olive oil producer, is likely to halve the country’s output this year compared with the previous year, official estimates from the European Commission show, pushing prices up. Spain usually supplies about 40% of the world’s output. However, heatwaves when the olive trees were flowering last spring […]

Swiss finance minister defends rushed banking takeover

ZURICH, March 25 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s finance minister defended the shotgun merger between the country’s two largest banks in an interview with Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung on Saturday, saying the use of emergency law was necessary to stabilise the situation. “Credit Suisse would not have survived Monday,” Karin Keller-Sutter said, explaining the need to […]

Scientists say mysterious space object ‘Oumuamua not alien

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The quirky comet ‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object found visiting our solar system, has been the subject of fascination since being spotted in 2017, including its curious acceleration as it hurtled away from the sun. Hypotheses were floated in light of its unexpected behavior, including fleeting speculation that it might actually have […]

Mississippi tornado and storms kill at least 23

By Brendan O’Brien March 25 (Reuters) – At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured as a tornado and strong thunderstorms swept across Mississippi late on Friday, the state’s emergency management agency said after the twister left a trail of damage for more than 100 miles (160 km). Four people were missing as search […]