Smart climate-budgeting: digitizing the architecture of green finance in Pakistan
Pakistan is facing an estimated USD 348 billion climate financing gap through 2030; therefore, it’s imperative to carry out a fundamental restructuring of fiscal architecture. By shifting from traditional budgeting…
Summer performances at Hetou Old Street scenic area boost tourism in Tangshan, N China
Tourists visit the Hetou Old Street scenic area in Fengnan District of Tangshan City, north China’s Hebei Province, July 31, 2026. Various performances including light shows and molten iron fireworks…
Pakistan: Tarbela hydropower project extensions: World Bank reaffirms ‘satisfactory’ progress
The World Bank has reaffirmed satisfactory progress on Pakistan’s Tarbela Fourth Extension Hydropower Project, while confirming that an additional USD 300 million approved in June 2026 will help bridge cost…
China: A second serve for used tennis balls
As evening fell over a blue tennis court by the sea in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, the crack of rackets and bounce of balls blended with the sound of…
The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump
Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history In 1948, with war raging in Palestine, Harry Truman found…
Taiwan civic groups protest authorities’ move to seek dissolution of pro-reunification party
More than 20 civic groups in Taiwan have issued a joint statement strongly opposing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities’ move to seek the dissolution of the Chinese Unification Promotion…