Month: January 2025
Microsoft layoffs: Termination ‘effective immediately’, no severance pay and …
Microsoft has initiated immediate job cuts due to performance issues, with impacted employees losing access to systems, buildings, and benefits on their last day. Terminated workers will not receive severance packages and future job applications…
Myanmar’s military Government extends state of emergency by 6 months
BANGKOK, Jan 31: Myanmar’s military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth…
Jailed former PM Imran Khan’s PTI rejects Government’s offer to resume talks
ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership rejected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer to resume stalled talks with the government through a parliamentary panel to lower the country’s political temperature. Shehbaz addressed a cabinet…
French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
DAKAR, Jan 31: For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM,…
Lithuanian president backs Trump’s NATO defence spending goal amid ongoing Russian threat
VILNIUS (Lithuania), Jan 31: Securing an end to the fighting in Ukraine must take place with Kyiv’s full involvement and come with more defense spending by regional countries to avoid any future Russian aggression, according…
Japanese police arrest Canadian in smuggling of huge amount of stimulants hidden in machinery
TOKYO, Jan 31: Japanese police said Friday they have arrested a Canadian national on suspicion of smuggling into Japan hundreds of kilograms of methamphetamine hidden inside large industrial machinery that he had shipped in a…
Ministry clears 88-member Indian contingent for Asian Winter Games
New Delhi, Jan 31: The sports ministry has approved the participation of a strong 88-member Indian contingent for the 9th Asian Winter Games to be held in the Chinese city of Harbin from February 7-14,…