Milan Kundera, author of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', dies at 94 July 12, 2023 at 05:20AM

Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" who lived nearly five decades in Paris after emigrating in disillusionment from his Communist-ruled homeland, has died at the age of 94.The Moravian Library (MZK) in the Czech city of Brno, which houses Kundera's personal collection, said he died in his Paris apartment on Tuesday after a long illness.

Pakistan receives $2 billion from Saudi Arabia July 11, 2023 at 08:50AM

Saudi Arabia has deposited$2 billion in thePakistan central bankdays after Islamabad reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $3 billionstandbyarrangement, Pakistan finance minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday.

The volcanic personality hiding behind 'Uncle Joe's' folksy image July 11, 2023 at 05:20AM

In the run up to the presidential elections in 2020, the Biden campaign had painstakingly cultivated an image of the then 78-year-old Joe Biden as a kindly uncle who loves Aviator sunglasses and ice cream. But it seems his stately demeanor is not the entire truth, according to a report by Axios.

US formally rejoins UNESCO after five-year absence July 11, 2023 at 07:10AM

The United States on Tuesday formally rejoined the UN’s scientific, educational and cultural organization after a five-year absence. The US return to the Paris-based UNESCO was based mainly on concerns that China has filled a leadership gap since the US withdrew during the Trump administration. UNESCO’s governing board voted last week to approve the Biden administration’s proposal for the US to rejoin.