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Pakistan's FY2026-27 budget raises military spending 18% to PKR 3 trillion — nearly three times the entire federal development budget — while higher education gets PKR 46 billion and healthcare just…
The White House posted a short patriotic statement on 2 July 2026 — 'Whatever the challenge, it is no match for American Grit' —…
US President Donald Trump pinned a video to the top of his X account on 2 July 2026 without a caption, a deliberate move that…
At the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, Modi and Takaichi didn't just reaffirm friendship — they put a number on it: 10 trillion…
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi's India visit is being read as a recalibration — Tokyo no longer sees New Delhi as a ceremonial partner…
The White House marked the United States' 250th anniversary by paying tribute to the 1980 Miracle on Ice, invoking the iconic US…
Bangladesh's China visit yielded infrastructure pledges but no help on the Teesta — because Beijing deliberately stayed out of…
India is running a full-court diplomatic press on Slovenia — from PM Modi congratulating the new Prime Minister to EAM Jaishankar…
The White House on July 2, 2026, marked nearly one year of President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts, highlighting record tax…
