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Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – February 13, 2025 – General Abdullah A. Alzahrani of the Royal Saudi Air Forces hosted a dinner in honor of Mr. Qaiser Nawab, Chairman of the Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Development (BRISD), and Mr. Pegasus Wong, Chairman of The Belt and Road Group, in Riyadh. During the meeting, the leaders discussed various avenues for cooperation across multiple sectors. General Alzahrani welcomed both distinguished guests to the Kingdom and commended their efforts to foster business opportunities in Saudi Arabia. He assured them of his unwavering support and guidance in their endeavors. General Alzahrani…

By Hamad Bashir Khattak Journalism has always been central to shaping public understanding of the world’s most pressing challenges. Yet in today’s digital-first world, where information moves faster than ever and attention spans are shorter than a headline, climate journalism faces both extraordinary opportunities and daunting challenges. As the climate crisis intensifies, media outlets are tasked not only with informing the public but also with innovating how they communicate. The future of climate journalism will be defined by its ability to adapt — embracing short-form content, podcasts, interactive storytelling, and emerging digital formats to capture attention, inspire action, and sustain…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – [February 05, 2025] – Qaiser Nawab, Chairman of the Belt and Road Initiative for Sustainable Development (BRISD), participated in the closing ceremony of the 2025 Annual Meeting of the RLC Global Forum in Riyadh, a premier platform for global retail, trade, and investment leaders. During the closing ceremony, Mr. Nawab engaged with several prominent Saudi business leaders, exploring opportunities for collaboration under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Discussions focused on strengthening trade ties, promoting digital commerce, and fostering sustainable economic partnerships between Saudi Arabia and BRI countries. The exchange highlighted the growing role of regional…

In February 2025, the planet reached yet another sobering milestone in the story of our warming world. Data from NASA, NOAA, Copernicus, and Berkeley Earth confirmed that the month was the third-warmest February on record, despite the presence of a weak La Niña that would normally cool global temperatures. Alongside this heat, scientists reported a record low in combined Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover—the lowest ever measured since satellite records began. Together, these developments underscore a grim reality: the climate crisis is no longer creeping in the background. It is accelerating, reshaping Earth’s systems in real time, and directly…

President Xi Jinping held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi said China and Pakistan enjoy ironclad friendship and are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. In recent years, the two countries have provided firm political support for each other, maintained close high-level exchanges, and advanced the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and cooperation in various fields, setting a good example for relations between countries, he said. China stands ready to work with Pakistan to advance their respective modernization drives, accelerate the building of an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to secure a decisive victory in the Delhi capital territory elections, according to exit polls released on Wednesday. If confirmed, the win would mark a significant political rebound for the ruling party after its unexpected setbacks in last year’s general elections. The projections suggest that BJP will clinch an absolute majority in the 70-member Delhi Assembly, unseating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has governed the capital for the past decade. The defeat would mark a major blow for AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, a vocal critic of Modi,…

The Council on Canada-U.S. Relations will hold a summit in Toronto on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement on Wednesday after a 30-day pause on the Trump administration’s proposed tariffs went into effect this week. The summit will look at ways to grow Canada’s economy, expand trade within the country, diversify export markets and address productivity, Trudeau’s statement said, adding that it would also seek to increase coordination between partners.

Argentina will pull out of the World Health Organization (WHO), the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said on Wednesday, following President Donald Trump’s executive order last month to pull the United States out of the global health group.

Gaza residents have strongly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians elsewhere, vowing to remain in their devastated homeland despite ongoing hardship. Trump’s vision of transforming the coastal enclave into a “Riviera of the Middle East” has been met with outrage, with many Palestinians calling it an attempt at forced displacement. “Trump can go to hell, with his ideas, with his money, and with his beliefs. We are going nowhere. We are not some of his assets,” said Samir Abu Basel, a displaced father of five from Jabalia, speaking through a…

Ukraine has brought back 150 troops from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, announcing the latest prisoner swap with Russia. “All of them are from different sectors of the front… Some of the boys were held captive for more than two years,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.