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Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) A three-judge bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday began examining a report submitted by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which probed allegations of money laundering against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family.

By Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told lawmakers on Tuesday that it was time to end France's addiction to easy public spending, promising to cut expenditures over the next five years and rein in debts that he ...

By Pak Yiu and Stefanie McIntyre HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong marks 20 years since the former British colony was handed back to China, vegetable seller Lau Mei-tin is in no mood to celebrate. Soaring property prices have pushed up rents and had a ...

'You will see more and more people working independently -- starting beauty parlours, driving cars, etc.''This is what we call the gig economy.''The same people who have been laid off in India or are unable to get visas to work in the US may be part of this gig economy.''India needs billions of jobs, and it can only be created by self-employment or the gig economy.' When will the jobs come back, Mr Modi? IMAGE: India needs billions of jobs, and experts believe it can only be created by ...

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks headed for their biggest rise in two months on Monday as investors snapped up cut-price retail and tech stocks and France's shares and bonds cheered a meaty parliamentary majority for pro-business President ...

By David Milliken and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England shocked financial markets on Thursday when it said three of its policymakers voted for an interest rate hike, the closest it has come to raising rates since 2007, despite signs of a ...

Stella Morgana , Leiden University Iran’s self-proclaimed Silicon Valley stands on the road to mount Damavand, the tallest mountain in the country. Set up in 2005 , its name is ambitious: Pardis , a “paradise” for technology. Pardis is where Tehran just ...

When India opened up its automotive sector in the mid-1980s, the country’s largest scooter manufacturer, Bajaj Auto, confronted a predicament similar to what many companies in emerging-markets or EMs face. Global behemoth, Japan’s Honda, was entering the ...

This article is the third in our series, Globalisation Under Pressure , on what the changing nature of work means for families and society. We now live in a world where – thanks to information and communication technologies – we are able to produce and ...