$1 billion entry fee? Trump wants countries to pay to stay in his ‘board of peace’ — what we know

US President Donald Trump (AP photo) US President Donald Trump wants nations to pay a king’s ransom of $1 billion to remain in harmony with the US and retain a seat on his proposed “peace board”, or as many critics claimed as an “alternative to the United Nations,” Bloomberg reported, citing a draft charter.According to […]

Trump blocks defence dividends and buybacks; executive pay capped at $5 million; stocks tumble

US President Donald Trump vowed to block defence contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they accelerate the production of military equipment. The announcement was made on Truth Social on Wednesday and sent defence stocks tumbling. It signals a rare direct intervention in the US military-industrial sector. He claimed that US produces the […]

Khaleda Zia’s funeral: Thousands gather in Dhaka to pay last respects — live updates

Bangladesh on Wednesday observed a public holiday and entered a three-day period of state mourning as thousands of mourners gathered in Dhaka for the funeral of former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, one of the most influential political figures in the country’s history.Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman prime minister and […]

UAE: Sharjah Islamic Bank rolls out ‘SIB Pay’; QR code and smartphone tap-to-pay now available nationwide | World News

SIB Pay brings seamless QR and tap payments UAE-wide / AI-generated Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) has launched SIB Pay, a new digital-payments platform aimed at accelerating cashless transactions in the UAE. The platform offers QR payments, soft-POS, e-commerce gateways and pay-by-link tools for businesses and government entities, positioning SIB as a growing player in the […]

US shutdown: Trump administration to pay half of food stamp benefits in November — how will SNAP funding work?

The Trump administration said Monday that it would provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the programme’s contingency fund amid the government shutdown, but recipients were unlikely to see the payments immediately. Some $4.65 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme’s contingency fund will “be obligated to cover […]

Rajasthan High Court Imposes ₹10,000 Fine on State for Repeated Appeals in Pay Scale Case | Udaipur Kiran

Jaipur, October 8 (Udaipur Kiran) — The Rajasthan High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the state government for repeatedly filing appeals in a case that had already been settled earlier regarding an employee’s pay scale. The court dismissed the latest appeal and imposed a penalty of ₹10,000 on the Higher Education Department. The division […]

Overnight lines to pay respects to Khamenei

Several hundred people were already waiting on Friday evening outside the venue for the funeral of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei ahead of its opening to the public on Saturday morning.Khamenei will lie in state at the Grand Mosalla religious complex in Tehran until Monday, with doors scheduled to open at 6am local time […]

Teachers in England to receive 3.5% pay hike from September; unions threaten strike over funding concerns

British teachers to get pay rises from September. Teachers in England will receive pay rises that are expected to outpace inflation over the next two years, after the UK government accepted recommendations from an independent review body.The move, however, has failed to satisfy the country’s largest teaching union, which is weighing strike action over concerns […]

SpaceX IPO could turn a 27-year-old recovery boat engineer into a millionaire overnight: Meet the worker who invested 10% of every pay cheque | World News

For most people working at sea, stock ownership is rarely part of the job. For 27-year-old Maryellyn Musselman, it could be life-changing. The former engineering officer spent two years aboard a SpaceX recovery vessel off Florida’s coast. During that time, she quietly built a stake in Elon Musk‘s space company. Along with shares received through […]

LPG price hikes: Modi govt. will pay a political price, says Sharad Pawar

NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: ANI Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Sunday (June 7) criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of gas and fuel price hike and said that it was being done in a phased manner to avoid public backlash while steadily disturbing household budgets. Hitting out at the Prime Minister, Mr. Pawar said, “He [Mr. […]