LAHORE: A record was set in the history of the parliament on Thursday as a father and his son delivered the opening speeches in the National Assembly and the Punjab Assembly on the same day in the.
His efforts to squelch dissent and to accentuate the positive may not be able to counter widespread anger over his government’s stumbling response, undermining a key part of his strategy for wielding power.
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President Biden addressed military members at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on Friday, honoring the sacrifices of combat veterans and looking toward the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan later this year.CreditCredit.Kenny Holston for The New York Times
May 28, 2021, 4:32 p.m. ET
President Biden delivered an emotional speech on Friday honoring the sacrifice of combat veterans ahead of the planned withdrawal later this year from Afghanistan and recalled his many trips to a battle-scarred country he called “God-forsaken.”
The president, addressing service members in a hangar at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, set out to honor the troops ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. He singled out the contributions of soldiers who served repeated tours overseas, and their families, whom he described as the “backbone” of the military.
Asia stocks resilient, dollar up before Yellen, Draghi speeches
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SINGAPORE: Asian stocks advanced on Friday, once again shrugging off a sluggish day on Wall Street, and the dollar strengthened as attention shifted to the central bankers’ symposium that began on Thursday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Europe looks set for a similar start, with financial spreadbetter CMC Markets expecting Britain’s FTSE 100 to open little changed, and Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 to start the day up 0.1 per cent.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , was up 0.25 per cent, set to end the week 1.6 per cent higher.