BERLIN – German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel has declined a job offer from the United Nations, according to her office, as she prepares to step down after 16 years in power. According to UN sources, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has requested Merkel to chair an advisory council on a “shared agenda”Read More →

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – Microsoft announced its big-ticket ambitions to purchase US video game juggernaut Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, a gaming industry record-smashing transaction. The deal, which is anticipated to close next year, would strengthen Microsoft’s position in the expanding gaming business while also leveraging its capabilities in software andRead More →

BENGALURU: Three Muslim students in India were thrown out of class after wearing headscarves to college. “When we got at the classroom entrance, the instructor informed us we couldn’t enter because we were wearing the hijab,” one of the pupils told Al Jazeera. “She requested that we take it down.”Read More →

(Web Desk) – The United States, China, Japan, and Germany account for more than half of the world’s economic production in terms of gross domestic product, with the US GDP alone exceeding the combined GDP of 170 countries (GDP). Pakistan is also one of the world’s top 50 donors toRead More →