Category: WORLD

PARIS: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the tax increases have been suspended for six months.The new tax would have seen petrol prices rise by four cents per litre from January. Many are criticising the president for pursuing policies they claim favour the richest members of French society.The movement has grown via social media and has supporters across the political spectrum. The protests, which started on 17 November, were focused on denouncing a squeeze on household spending brought about by Macron’s taxes on diesel, which he says are necessary to…

The longest living president in US history, one of his biggest achievements was steering America through the end of the Cold War. Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94 in Houston, according to his spokesperson.Bush’s death comes after his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush, passed away on April 17 at age 92. Bush had a form of Parkinson’s disease that forced him to use a wheelchair or motorized scooter in recent years, and he had been in and out of hospitals during that time as…

The corridor will enable devotees to travel from the border town of Gurdaspur and across the international border into Pakistan without visas.The Kartarpur Corridor is expected to be completed within six months. Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur. Addressing the ceremony, PM Khan welcomed all the guests who came from India.He said the  happiness he saw on the faces of the Sikh pilgrims was like Muslims  feel when they  reach near Makkah or Madina. Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar…