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Bolivia, home to some of the world’s biggest lithium reserves, signed a $450 million deal Wednesday with Russian state firm Uranium One Group to produce the key battery and electric vehicle components. Under the agreement, the Russian firm’s parent company, Rosatom, will invest in Bolivia over two years to build a pilot lithium plant in the country’s south, said the Bolivian government and Uranium One Group executives. “This agreement follows the production and sales model we are proposing to every company that wants to work with our lithium. We will be participating in every point of the production chain,” President Luis Arce said at the signing ceremony. Bolivia’s 23 million metric tonnes of certified lithium reserves have drawn interest from China and Russia, which have allied with the South American country to launch industrial-scale production. Together with Argentina and Chile, Bolivia makes up the so-called “lithium triangle.” Uranium One Group was one of seven firms vying...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the visa application date for foreign election observers, ARY News reported on Wednesday citing sources. According to sources, the ECP has sent a letter to the foreign ministry regarding the extension of visa application date for international observers. The letter stated that the date has been extended for 15 days, from December 15 to December 31. Sources said that the reason for the extension is to ensure the participation of international observers in the upcoming polls. Related: ECP notifies general elections on February 8 On October 25, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued invitation for foreign election observers. The ECP announced an ‘open door policy’ for domestic as well as international observers for the sake of transparency of the upcoming general election. “It will be compulsory for foreign observers to get accredited with the election commission after their arrival in Pakistan,” the ECP ...

BEIJING: Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr Gohar Ejaz held a meeting with Chinese Vice Minister, Li Fei to further cementing economic ties and explore various opportunities in trade, commerce and investment, ARY News reported. Both the ministers discussed the implementation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which has now entered its second stage. They expressed their resolve to further work on enhancing bilateral trade and investment by reviewing the China-Pakistan FTA and implementing the outcomes of the joint study conducted by the commerce ministries of both sides. Dr Gohar Ejaz also highlighted government policies to facilitate foreign direct investment and mentioned the role of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) as a ‘Single Window’ interface for potential investors, promoting a unified approach to promote investments in Pakistan. Later, the minister also concluded a series of productive meetings with business executives of leading State Own...

New Zealand on Tuesday clinched a resounding 131-run win over Pakistan in the first Women’s ODI at Queenstown’s John Davies Oval. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv New Zealand put on a daunting total of 365-4 after electing to bat first as their batters hit Pakistan bowlers to all parts of the ground. The White Ferns produced one of their best batting displays in the first #NZvPAK ODI https://t.co/fG96GomosJ pic.twitter.com/bxOs8sSwOF — ICC (@ICC) December 12, 2023 Veteran batter Suzie Bates hit a match-winning century and Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Amelia Kerr and captain Sophie Devine scored fifties. The opening batter struck 108 off 104 balls with 11 boundaries to her name. Her opening partner Bernadine Bezuidenhout struck eight boundaries on her way to run-a-ball 86. Amelia Kerr scored 83 from 69 balls with six fours to her name whereas Sophie Devine hit two fours and six sixes on her way to blistering 36-ball 70. Fatima Sana, Nashra Sandhu and Umm-e-Hani ba...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee has demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to allot bat as an election symbol, ARY News reported. As per details, the core committee of PTI has expressed disappointment with delay in the allotment of election symbol saying if bat is not allotted to PTI, it will make the elections non-transparent. The core committee also urged the ECP to ensure a level playing field for all parties before the general elections. Earlier, the Election Commission had served a notice to the party with regard to the party’s internal restructuring and intra-party elections. Read more:  Barrister Gohar Khan elected PTI chairman unopposed The electoral body had reserved its decision over the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s intra-party elections on September 13. It is important to note here that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was elected unopposed as PTI’s new chairman, replacing incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan. Pakistan Tehreek-e-I...

Of nearly 25 million people in need, the United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction, according to the head of the UN’s humanitarian response in war-torn Sudan. But assistance to even those four million could soon stop, Clementine Nkweta-Salami told AFP in an interview, if the chronic lack of funding continues. The UN’s humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan says eight months into a conflict between rival generals that has torn the country apart, the situation is “catastrophic”. Aid workers have called it the “forgotten war”. On April 15, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, turned their weapons on each other. Two years after the former allies co-engineered a 2021 coup sidelining civilians from power, their forces have killed more than 12,190 people in their brutal struggle for power, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). That figure is only a c...

In a shocking video that went viral online in no time, a leopard was spotted roaming freely in a residential area of a posh society. The incident occurred in the Indian state of Punjab where a society member spotted the leopard, and the images were taken on the cameras put in the society. An alert was sounded in a posh residential society Ludhiana on Friday morning after a leopard was seen roaming in the area and caught in CCTV footage. The forest and wildlife officer of Ludhiana said that after the society’s management alerted the district administration, a team inspected the area but the leopard was yet to be traced. “We are putting up cages and checking around but till then we request society residents to stay inside their homes and move out only if there is any emergency,” said the officer. #Punjab | An alert was sounded in a posh residential society in Ludhiana on Friday morning after a leopard was seen roaming in the area and caught in CCTV footage. @divya5521 reports: h...