IBT Staff Reporter

Pakistan's consumer price index (CPI) rose 21.3% in June from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Friday, for the South Asian nation's highest inflation in 13 years.

Trial of US basketball star Griner opens in Russia

UK PM back in crisis mode after foreign tour

The first in-person Canada Day celebrations in three years kicked off on Friday with a huge police presence and street closures throughout downtown Ottawa to prevent anti-government "freedom" protesters from disrupting the festivities.

'True democracy never started': Hong Kongers react to Xi's speech

The union and employers negotiating a new labor contract for more than 22,000 U.S.

The union and employers negotiating a new labor contract for more than 22,000 U.S.

The contract covering more than 22,000 workers at 29 U.S.

U.S. mortgage lenders, refinancing companies and real-estate brokers may lay off thousands of employees in the coming months, industry sources said, as many Americans put off buying a home.

General Motors Co surpassed Toyota Motor Corp in second-quarter U.S.

General Motors Co reported a 15% drop in second-quarter auto sales on Friday, as a global chip shortage and supply chain disruptions hit production and left nearly 100,000 vehicles waiting for more parts.

General Motors Co is poised to outsell Japan's Toyota Motor Corp in the second quarter, even as sales at major automakers in the United States are set to drop as inventory shortages persist, industry analysts say.

Citigroup Inc is in talks with Russian private lender Expobank over a possible sale of some of its operations in the country, the latest attempt by a Western bank to quit sanctions-hit Russia, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Turkey cuts access to US, German public broadcasters

'American Woman' rocker reunited with stolen guitar... 46 years on

Metaverse years from being global phenomenon, says pioneer

Two weeks before a Hindu tailor in India was hacked to death by two Muslim men who filmed the act, he was briefly detained by police after a rival tailor accused him of an "inflammatory" Facebook post on Prophet Mohammad.

As Russia's military continues to pound Ukraine with missiles and other lethal weapons, Western nations have responded in part by targeting Russia's defense industry with sanctions.

Putin orders Russians to fight on after key Ukraine city falls

Toyota Motor Corp on Friday unveiled its first mass market hybrid car for India, a sport utility vehicle (SUV), charting a new course for the Japanese automaker in one of the world's fastest growing car markets.

Toyota Motor Corp on Friday unveiled its first mass market hybrid car for India, a sport utility vehicle (SUV), charting a new course for the Japanese automaker in one of the world's fastest growing car markets.

Czechs have long gathered at village pubs to catch up with friends or celebrate special occasions in a nation famed for its beer culture, but soaring costs and belt-tightening by patrons have now left many watering holes fighting for survival.

Ukrainian Hare Krishna devotees seek sanctuary in N.Ireland

'Stop interfering in Afghanistan', says Taliban leader in rare appearance

The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban hailed the Islamists' 2021 takeover of Afghanistan during a meeting on Friday called to forge national unity and attended by religious leaders from around the country.

The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, joined religious leaders from around the country in Kabul on Friday at a meeting with a focus on national unity, congratulating them on the Islamists' takeover of Afghanistan.

The reclusive supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada, joined religious leaders from around the country in the capital, Kabul, on Friday at a meeting with a focus on national unity, the state news agency said.

Russian propaganda finds fertile ground in Serbia

Three times a week, Loris Foreman, a ground handling agent at Paris' main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, drives to his workplace, coffee in hand, before sunrise.