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Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children

Budget airline describes inquiry as ‘bogus’ as watchdog says it is only large carrier flying from UK to impose charge Business live – latest updates Europe’s biggest low-cost airline, Ryanair, is facing an investigation over the mandatory fee it charges a parent to sit with their child. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the Irish carrier’s terms and conditions require at least one parent to sit with their children, including those with disabilities, and bills them about £8 a flight to do so. Continue reading...

At UN, Pakistan terms inter-civilisation dialogue key to addressing contemporary challenges

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad on Thursday stressed the importance of inter-civilisational dialogue in fostering mutual understanding and global peace. He made the remarks during the high-level event marking the International Day of Dialogue among Civilisations organised by the Permanent Mission of China to the UN, according to a press release by Pakistan’s Mission. “… At this critical juncture of history when global peace and harmony is imperiled by myriad challenges, the significance of inter-civilisational dialogue cannot be overemphasised,” Ambassador Ahmad said. He termed “dialogue and diplomacy as the most effective tools to transcend differences and foster mutual understanding and cooperation”. The envoy stated that “it is the spirit of dialogue that enabled human civilisation to forge mutual respect and trust and chart a path of shared progress and development”. The ambassador also highlighted the regional location of Pakistan, describing it as “the melting pot of many civilisations and religions”. Ambassador Ahmad noted that the UN was “cognisant of and responsive to the interlinkage between international peace and dialogue among civilisations”. “As a committed partner, Pakistan would continue its engagement with the United Nations and all member states for advancing our shared objectives of dialogue among civilisations, cultures and faiths, for global peace and prosperity,“ he affirmed. “Values of interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence, diversity, pluralism and dialogue, are not only the defining features of Pakistani civilisation but also a driver of its foreign policy,” he said. He recalled a resolution Pakistan co-sponsored with the Philippines in the same spirit, “Promotion of Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, Understanding and Cooperation for Peace”, which was adopted with consensus by the UN General Assembly on May 20.

US, Iran hit each other again as hopes for quick peace deal fade

The United States launched fresh attacks against Iran on Thursday, prompting Tehran to retaliate, as US leaders accused their counterparts of dragging out negotiations for a deal to end the three-month war. The second straight day of tit-for-tat strikes, with Iran targeting US bases across the Gulf, sent oil prices rising again. US President Donald Trump, who had repeatedly said negotiations with Tehran were close to an end, said on Wednesday that Iran keeps “playing us for suckers” and will now “have to pay the price”. Hours after, US Central Command (Centcom) said American forces began “additional self-defence strikes” at 5:15pm on Wednesday Washington time — early Thursday in Iran — in response to what it called Tehran’s “unwarranted and continued aggression”. Iranian media reported explosions across the south near the Strait of Hormuz, with explosions heard in Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Minab, and sources reporting hits by “enemy projectiles” in Kargan and Sirik. Centcom said later that it had “completed” its strikes on “Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defence sites”. American forces “fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to US forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters”, the command said. The renewed hostilities came as Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said that if Trump required it, “we’ll negotiate with bombs, and we’re very good at it”. In response to the US strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they had struck US targets on bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and that they also “hit and destroyed Sheikh Isa air bases”, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. Iranian media said the army had conducted drone strikes targeting communications antennas and radar facilities belonging to the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. An air raid alert was issued in Bahrain and residents were urged to “head to the nearest safe place”, the Gulf nation’s interior ministry said on X. Kuwait closed its airspace temporarily as its military said its air defence systems were working to intercept “hostile aerial targets”. Iran also renewed its warning over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas transport which it has essentially closed. “Are you making the sacred Strait of Hormuz unsafe?! We will make the region hell for you,” Majid Mousavi, the head of the Iranian Guards’ aerospace force, said in a social media post. The Iranian navy said it had hit two ships trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, state television IRIB and the Mehr agency reported. Another Iranian news agency, Tasnim, quoted the country’s military operational command as saying the crucial waterway was “completely closed” and that “any vessel traffic” there would be targeted. Centcom denied that, saying “commercial ships are continuing to transit in and out of the Strait of Hormuz tonight”. Trump said on Wednesday that the US military had secretly helped 100 million barrels of oil pass through the contested strait. ‘Bomb the s out of them’ Earlier, American broadcaster Fox News reported that Trump said Iranian leaders had called him directly in the White House Situation Room as the US bombs began falling. Iran’s IRGC quickly denied Tehran had done so, the IRNA news agency said. Trump said US forces hit Iran with 49 Tomahawk missiles and some targets were as close as 60 kilometres from Tehran, Fox News said. Its reporter Trey Yingst, who spoke to Trump, quoted the president as saying that if Iran did not accept US terms for ending the war, “We’ll bomb the S out of them tomorrow night”. It was the second straight day of US attacks, following tit-for-tat strikes this week partly in response to the Iranian downing of an American helicopter. The fresh salvos followed Trump’s complaint that Tehran’s negotiators were taking too long, having suggested earlier this week that an accord was days away. “We hit them hard yesterday. We’re going to hit them again hard today,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday morning. “We were really close to a deal, but they keep tapping us along.” Hegseth suggested the strikes could extend into a third night, saying they would be “strong” and “clear”. The escalation drew international calls for restraint on the eve of the World Cup, which the United States is co-hosting and Iran is participating in. UN chief Antonio Guterres cautioned against a return to “full war”. Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, meanwhile, rejected Trump’s threat, saying “no sustainable deal can be reached through threats, intimidation, or the use of force”. Still, diplomacy has not collapsed entirely, with Qatari negotiators travelling to Tehran “to meet with the Iranians in an effort to bridge the remaining gaps”, a diplomat with knowledge of the situation said. The war began in February with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, shaking the geopolitical balance in the Middle East and roiling global markets before a ceasefire took effect on April 8. Asian stocks tracked losses in New York, while oil prices jumped as much as two per cent on Thursday, extending similar gains the day before. Iran has also insisted that any deal to end the war must include a truce in Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting.

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Zee Entertainment shares rise over 3% ahead of FIFA World Cup, Rs 2,300-crore fundraising plans

Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) gained 3.3% to Rs 106.50 on the BSE on Thursday after the board approved plans to raise at least Rs 2,300 crore in one or more tranches to support strategic and business initiatives, as the media company seeks to bolster its balance sheet and invest in new growth opportunities.In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, Zee said its board cleared the fundraising proposal at a meeting held on June 10. The company did not disclose the method through which the capital would be raised."The Board of Directors has approved the raising of capital by the Company of minimum Rs 2,300 crore in one or more phases/tranches to fund the strategic and business initiatives," Zee said, adding that the board would continue evaluating the various fundraising options available.The stock will also be in focus as the FIFA World Cup 2026 kicks off today with Mexico hosting South Africa. The company secured exclusive media rights for FIFA events in India until 2034, resolving uncertainty surrounding the broadcast of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in one of the world's largest football-viewing markets.The agreement gives Zee rights to air 39 FIFA tournaments over the next eight years, including the FIFA World Cups scheduled for 2026 and 2030. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Alongside its core television business, Zee has been broadening its presence in emerging segments through investments in ventures such as micro-drama platform Bullet and visual effects studio PhantomFX. The company has also been building a dedicated sports broadcasting portfolio.The fundraising announcement follows a challenging March quarter. Zee reported a loss for the quarter ended March 2026 as profitability was impacted by higher operating costs and weaker advertising demand, with spending affected by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.Zee Entertainment Enterprises reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 104 crore for the January-March quarter of FY26, compared to a net profit of Rs 188 crore in the year-ago period. The media & entertainment company's operating revenue declined 7% to Rs 2,025 crore in Q4 FY26 versus Rs 2,184 crore posted by the company in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.The Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) loss stood at Rs 269 crore versus Rs 285 crore in Q4 FY25 and Rs 240 crore in Q3 FY26. The adjusted EBITDA declined 51% YoY and 42% QoQ.Zee shares are up 13% in 2026 and down about 22% in the last 1 year. Sensex, Nifty today: Catch all the LIVE stock market action here (Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of The Economic Times)

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Japanese sports terms you may hear on TV

Like in other countries, Japanese announcers are filled with colorful terms to describe what you're seeing on air.

Analysis: BUDGET 2026-27: Budget battles: who really shapes country’s finances?

THE budget is a tug-of-war between different interest groups. On one hand, there is explicit lobbying by various business groups and industry bodies that commission reports, hold events and engage policymakers. These organisations, explains Dr Ali Hasanain, associate professor of economics at Lums, also meet political party leaders and bureaucrats in both formal and private settings to communicate their concerns and policy preferences. This is broadly in line with how businesses operate globally. For example, US President Donald Trump’s top backer in the last election was investor Timothy Mellon, who gave $150 million to Make America Great Again, Inc., followed by Elon Musk, who gave $118.6m. But while lobbying and formal influence exist everywhere, the distribution of power is far less orderly in Pakistan. No single player is all-powerful, though wealth is concentrated in relatively few hands. Instead, policy becomes outcome of fragmented pressure from multiple directions. The big boss may be IMF, but Pakistan remains a sovereign nation, not a subject of the Fund In Pakistan’s case, this fragmentation is further constrained by an external anchor: the IMF. Under successive programmes, Pakistan is required to meet a long list of targets. Yet within those constraints, governments tend to follow the path of least resistance, typically raising taxes on those already in the tax net rather than expanding it. This tendency is reinforced by a deeper structural weakness: the lack of strong feasibility studies for projects. Plans are often undertaken without adequately accounting for inefficiencies, bureaucratic incompetence, weak political leadership and changing political equations, he says. ‘Noise’ from lobbies On the one hand, there are concentrated lobbies; on the other, there is the politics of visibility, the ‘noise makers’. Take retailers and wholesalers, for instance. They remain among the country’s most undertaxed sectors and have repeatedly been identified by the IMF as areas requiring reform. Yet, even the latest small trader scheme is less a tax reform than a negotiated settlement. “Combined together, they can make a lot more noise than your typical person” and therefore can remain broadly outside the tax net, points out Ammar Habib Khan, assistant professor of practice at IBA, Karachi. He cites solar net metering as another classic example of the power of noise. “There are only about 400,000 net-metering users, but they can make so much noise that the government finds it difficult to make a reasonable decision,” he says. “Globally, the transition from net metering to net billing is fairly standard. However, policymakers struggle to make that decision because many of the people affected are wealthy, influential and belong to powerful families.” This creates a second-order distortion in the process: not just who has formal access to power, but who can raise the political cost of change. The IMF influence equation Pakistan’s role on the global chessboard is defined by more than just its GDP. The nuclear-armed state shares borders with Afghanistan, India, Iran and China while also close to Russia and key Gulf chokepoints. It is one the most densely populated countries, and an important part of the Muslim world. The United States is the largest single member of the IMF, with the highest financial contribution and voting power. The Fund has a lending capacity of roughly $1 trillion. By comparison, what the US economy produces in about a week — roughly $570 billion — exceeds Pakistan’s annual GDP of approximately $452bn. Against that backdrop, a $7bn IMF programme, staggered over three years and repayable with interest, is small in financial terms but significant in terms of influence. It is a low-cost, high-leverage exposure to a strategically important state. The big boss may be the IMF, but Pakistan remains a sovereign nation, not a subject of the Fund. As a lender of last resort, the IMF steps in when a country faces a severe financial crisis. “When the lender comes to collect, whether you pay it off by selling your wife’s jewellery, dipping into your savings, or using your son’s tuition fund is up to you. The lender’s job is to collect,” Dr Hasnain explains, arguing that while the goals may belong to IMF, the mechanisms belong to Pakistan. Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2026

Pakistan’s trade with Central Asia faces snags

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to five Central Asian Countries (CACs) fell year on year by 8.62 per cent in the first 10 months of 2025-26. Exports to the region have turned negative following the closure of the land route into Afghanistan. However, Pakistan has started exporting goods to CACs via Iran, but trade remains limited in volume because of the long distance. In absolute terms, the value of Pakistan’s exports to the five CACs — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — dipped by 8.62pc to $147.992 million in July-April 2025-26 from $161.943m during the same period last year. Similarly, imports from the region dipped by 87.96pc to $20.882m in 10MFY26 from $173.383m during the same period last year. The majority of these imports came from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Pakistan’s trade with CACs is between $400 and $500m annually via Afghanistan. Uzbekistan has already implemented its transit trade agreement with Pakistan. Under the agreement, Uzbekistan has started importing goods under the transit agreement as well. The exports to almost all countries posted a negative growth during the months under review except Uzbekistan. Exports fall 9pc and imports plunge 88pc due to Afghan route closure Exports to Turkmenistan stood at $1.024m in 10MFY26, down from $1.435m in the corresponding months last year, a decline of 28.64pc. Imports from Turkmenistan also recorded a negative growth of 58.10pc to $5.327m during the period under review against $12.714 m over the corresponding months last year. The export proceeds to Uzbekistan reached $64.139m in 10MFY26, up 38.27pc from $46.385m in the corresponding months last year. Imports from Uzbekistan declined by 84.83pc to $10.756m, down from $70.918m in the corresponding months last year. Kazakhstan has the second-highest export value, at $70.373m in 10MFY26, down from $85.371m in the same period last year, a 17.57pc decline. The value of imports from Kazakhstan stood at $0.924m during the months under review, compared with $73.097m in the corresponding months of last year, a decline of $72.173m. Pakistan’s exports to Kyrgyzstan stood at $3.124m in 10MFY26 against $3.375m over the corresponding months last year, indicating a decline of 7.44pc. Imports from Kyrgyzstan stood at $0.626m, up from $0.493m. Exports to Tajikistan stood at $9.332m in 10MFY26, down 63.22pc from $25.377m in the corresponding months last year. The imports from Tajikistan stood at $3.249m during the months under review, compared with $16.161m in the corresponding months of last year, a decline of 79.89pc. Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2026

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Military officers get prison term for acid attack against Andrie Yunus

An Indonesian military court has sentenced four military officers to prison terms after being found guilty of attacking ...

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Survey reveals political and cultural factions shaping the midterms

A new report from the Pew Research Center says American politics are not as simple as red versus blue. Pew surveyed more than 10,000 people and split the public into nine distinct groups along political and cultural values. Despite a polarized political environment, the report finds a minority of Americans are truly all-in for either party. Amna Nawaz discussed the findings with Jocelyn Kiley.

Fox News

Vulnerable House Dem's 'reckless spending' on office furniture emerges as midterms heat up

Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., expensed over $40,000 in taxpayer-funded payments to a furniture company for refurbishing his district office in 2023.

The Jerusalem Post

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New UK law could pave way for tougher action against Iranian terror groups, including IRGC

The legislation would make it illegal to express support for designated proxies or to take money from them, providing for jail terms of up to 14 years.

New York Post

Kyle Cooke reveals terms of Amanda Batula divorce without a prenup

Last month, Page Six exclusively reported the estranged pair hadn't filed for divorce yet because they are still sorting through financials.

FG moves to repatriate over 100 Nigerians in Ethiopian prisons

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate more than 100 Nigerian prisoners currently serving jail terms in Ethiopia following a bilateral prisoner transfer agreement between both countries. The post FG moves to repatriate over 100 Nigerians in Ethiopian prisons appeared first on Vanguard News.

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UK minister defends changes to student loans as criticism mounts

Lucy Rigby says heavily subsidised system gives the government the right to alter terms of existing agreements Ministers have rejected accusations that recent changes to student loans are unfair, arguing that they are so heavily subsidised that the government has the right to alter their terms. Pressure has been intensifying on the UK government to reform the student loans system but the chief secretary to the Treasury, Lucy Rigby, told MPs on Wednesday that less than half of young people go to university, and the government had to bear in mind “fairness to taxpayers as a whole”. Continue reading...

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Google Asserts That YouTube’s Terms of Service Allow It to Train AI Models

Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work as it seeks to dismiss a lawsuit alleging such use was illegal. In a 41-page legal filing Monday, attorneys with the law firm Quinn Emanuel […]

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Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town

Hempstead Township passes emergency resolution to preserve "mother" and "father" in its legal code after New York passed gender-neutral parental terms.

EPP president hopes Irish EU Presidency will boost unity

The President of the EPP hopes the Irish Presidency of the EU will boost the bloc's unity in terms of dealing with external threats.

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