Pakistan accused India was exploiting its membership in an important international grouping to advance its self-serving agenda. The neighbouring country also opposed India's move to hold two other consultative meetings in Leh and Srinagar.
The Russian government announced the start of swap supplies of oil products with Iran last autumn, but shipments via Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan only began this year. Russia supplied up to 30,000 tonnes of gasoline and diesel to Iran in February and March.
China effectively closed it doors to Australian barley in May 2020 by imposing an 80% tariff after the previous Australian government angered Beijing by calling for an independent inquiry into the origins of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous conservative government responded by challenging the tariff in the Geneva-based trade body.
The British Medical Association (BMA), the union representing doctors, wants a 35% rise, arguing that members have suffered a 26% real terms cut in pay over 15 years. Tuesday's walkout followed a three-day doctors' strike last month.
The Taliban takeover drove millions of Afghans into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight. Sanctions on Taliban rulers, a halt on bank transfers and frozen billions in Afghanistan’s currency reserves restricted access to global institutions and the outside money that supported the country’s aid-dependent economy before the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces.
Tupperware is also facing a lawsuit from investors because it didn't "disclose its serious issues with internal controls" and included misstatements in its 2020 report.
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