A Pakistani court in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday ordered the release of a TV news director who was arrested over an alleged anti-army broadcast, his colleagues and lawyer said.
The release of Ammad Yousaf, a senior executive at the country's popular private ARY Television, came a day after police raided his home and arrested him. He had been accused of broadcasting an anti-army interview with Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff at Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Khan, a famous cricket player-turned-Islamist politician, was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April.
Pakistan's media regulatory body also shuttered the TV station.
According to ARY, after his release, Yousaf thanked all those who had raised their voices against his arrest. However, by late Thursday, ARY was still off the air.
In the controversial interview, broadcast on Monday, Gill urged Pakistani troops and officers to refuse to obey "illegal orders" from the military -- remarks that were seen by authorities as incitement to mutiny.
Gill was subsequently arrested on treason charges for which he could face the death penalty.
Earlier Thursday, Reporters Without Border condemned Yousaf's arrest and the TV's suspension, and accused Pakistan's powerful military of orchestrating them.
"The same crude censorship and harassment of journalists critical of the government keeps on recurring," said Daniel Bastard, the head of the group's Asia-Pacific desk.
ARY has distanced itself from Gill's remarks, stressing that it is not part of any campaign against the army. Khan came to power in 2018, promising to break the pattern of family rule in Pakistan, but his opponents said he was elected with help from the military, which has ruled the country for half of its 75-year history.&nbsp;

Pakistan frees TV executive held over an anti-army broadcast

A Pakistani court in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday ordered the release of a TV news director who was arrested over an alleged anti-army broadcast, his colleagues and lawyer said.

Pakistan's media regulatory body also shuttered the TV station.

A Pakistani court in the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday ordered the release of a TV news director who was arrested over an alleged anti-army broadcast, his colleagues and lawyer said.
The release of Ammad Yousaf, a senior executive at the country's popular private ARY Television, came a day after police raided his home and arrested him. He had been accused of broadcasting an anti-army interview with Shahbaz Gill, chief of staff at Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Khan, a famous cricket player-turned-Islamist politician, was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April.
Pakistan's media regulatory body also shuttered the TV station.
According to ARY, after his release, Yousaf thanked all those who had raised their voices against his arrest. However, by late Thursday, ARY was still off the air.
In the controversial interview, broadcast on Monday, Gill urged Pakistani troops and officers to refuse to obey "illegal orders" from the military -- remarks that were seen by authorities as incitement to mutiny.
Gill was subsequently arrested on treason charges for which he could face the death penalty.
Earlier Thursday, Reporters Without Border condemned Yousaf's arrest and the TV's suspension, and accused Pakistan's powerful military of orchestrating them.
"The same crude censorship and harassment of journalists critical of the government keeps on recurring," said Daniel Bastard, the head of the group's Asia-Pacific desk.
ARY has distanced itself from Gill's remarks, stressing that it is not part of any campaign against the army. Khan came to power in 2018, promising to break the pattern of family rule in Pakistan, but his opponents said he was elected with help from the military, which has ruled the country for half of its 75-year history.&nbsp;

At least 47 people including 16 children and 4 women died in the aftermath of last weekend's fighting between Israel and Gaza militants, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. 
The increased death toll has been reported after a man died from wounds sustained during the violence. 
Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fired over a thousand rockets over three days of fighting, the worst cross-border violence since last year's 11-day conflict with Hamas.
The cease-fire on Sunday night brought an end to the fighting, in which no Israelis were killed or serious injured.
(With inputs from PTI)

Israel-Gaza fighting death toll reaches 47, over dozen children among dead

Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fired over a thousand rockets over three days of fighting, the worst cross-border violence since last year's 11-day conflict with Hamas

Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fired over a thousand rockets over three days of fighting, the worst cross-border violence since last year's 11-day conflict with Hamas

At least 47 people including 16 children and 4 women died in the aftermath of last weekend's fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday.&nbsp;
The increased death toll has been reported after a man died from wounds sustained during the violence.&nbsp;
Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fired over a thousand rockets over three days of fighting, the worst cross-border violence since last year's 11-day conflict with Hamas.
The ceasefire on Sunday night brought an end to the fighting, in which no Israelis were killed or serious injured.
The latest violence broke out with Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip, in response to threats from a militant group called Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), claimed the Israeli military
Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers have fought four wars and several smaller battles over the last 15 years at a staggering cost to the territory's 2 million Palestinian residents.
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(With inputs from PTI)

China has put a hold on a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar and a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror organisation.
Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010.
On Wednesday, sources said China put a hold on a proposal by India and the US to designate Azhar as a global terrorist and subject him to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
This is the second time in less than two months that China has put a hold on a listing by the US and India to blacklist a Pakistan-based terrorist under the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council.
In June this year, China had put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
Makki is a US-designated terrorist and brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba head and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
New Delhi and Washington had put a joint proposal to designate Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 ISIL and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council but Beijing placed a hold on this proposal at the last minute here.
The US Department of Treasury had in December 2010 designated “Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM), for acting for or on behalf of JEM." The US said as a senior leader of JeM, Abdul Rauf Azhar “has urged Pakistanis to engage in militant activities. He has served as JEM's acting leader in 2007, as one of JEM's most senior commanders in India, and as JEM's intelligence coordinator." "In 2008 Azhar was assigned to organise suicide attacks in India. He was also involved with JEM's political wing and has served as a JEM official involved with training camps.” A day before Beijing blocked this latest proposal, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj had said at a Security Council meeting chaired by permanent-member and Council President China that the practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end and asserted that the credibility of the Sanctions Regime at an all-time low.
“An effective functioning of the Sanctions Committees requires them to become more transparent, accountable and objective. The practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end,” Kamboj said.
Kamboj had added that “it is most regrettable that genuine and evidence-based listing proposals pertaining to some of the most notorious terrorists in the world are being placed on hold.
“Double standards and continuing politicisation have rendered the credibility of the Sanctions Regime at an all-time low. We do hope that all members of the UNSC can pronounce together in one voice, sooner than later, when it comes to this collective fight against international terrorism,” she had said.
Earlier also, China, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, has placed holds and blocks on bids by India and its allies to list Pakistan-based terrorists.
In May 2019, India had won a huge diplomatic win at the UN when the global body designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist”, a decade after New Delhi had first approached the world body on the issue.
A veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, China was the sole hold-out in the 15-nation body on the bid to blacklist Azhar, blocking attempts by placing a "technical hold". All decisions of the committee are taken through consensus.
In 2009, India had moved a proposal by itself to designate Azhar.
In 2016 again India moved the proposal with the P3 - the US, the UK and France in the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee to ban Azhar, also the mastermind of the attack on the air base in Pathankot in January, 2016.
In 2017, the P3 nations moved a similar proposal again. However, on all occasions, China blocked India's proposal from being adopted by the sanctions committee.

China puts hold on proposal to blacklist JEM chief Masood Azhar's brother

Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010.

China has put a hold on a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar and a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror organisation.
Abdul Rauf Azhar, born in 1974 in Pakistan, was sanctioned by the US in December 2010.
On Wednesday, sources said China put a hold on a proposal by India and the US to designate Azhar as a global terrorist and subject him to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.
This is the second time in less than two months that China has put a hold on a listing by the US and India to blacklist a Pakistan-based terrorist under the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council.
In June this year, China had put a hold, at the last moment, on a joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki under the 1267 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.
Makki is a US-designated terrorist and brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba head and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
New Delhi and Washington had put a joint proposal to designate Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 ISIL and Al Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council but Beijing placed a hold on this proposal at the last minute here.
The US Department of Treasury had in December 2010 designated &ldquo;Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM), for acting for or on behalf of JEM." The US said as a senior leader of JeM, Abdul Rauf Azhar &ldquo;has urged Pakistanis to engage in militant activities. He has served as JEM's acting leader in 2007, as one of JEM's most senior commanders in India, and as JEM's intelligence coordinator." "In 2008 Azhar was assigned to organise suicide attacks in India. He was also involved with JEM's political wing and has served as a JEM official involved with training camps.&rdquo; A day before Beijing blocked this latest proposal, India&rsquo;s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj had said at a Security Council meeting chaired by permanent-member and Council President China that the practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end and asserted that the credibility of the Sanctions Regime at an all-time low.
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&ldquo;An effective functioning of the Sanctions Committees requires them to become more transparent, accountable and objective. The practice of placing holds and blocks on listing requests without giving any justification must end,&rdquo; Kamboj said.
Kamboj had added that &ldquo;it is most regrettable that genuine and evidence-based listing proposals pertaining to some of the most notorious terrorists in the world are being placed on hold.
&ldquo;Double standards and continuing politicisation have rendered the credibility of the Sanctions Regime at an all-time low. We do hope that all members of the UNSC can pronounce together in one voice, sooner than later, when it comes to this collective fight against international terrorism,&rdquo; she had said.
Earlier also, China, an all-weather friend of Islamabad, has placed holds and blocks on bids by India and its allies to list Pakistan-based terrorists.
In May 2019, India had won a huge diplomatic win at the UN when the global body designated Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "global terrorist&rdquo;, a decade after New Delhi had first approached the world body on the issue.
A veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, China was the sole hold-out in the 15-nation body on the bid to blacklist Azhar, blocking attempts by placing a "technical hold". All decisions of the committee are taken through consensus.
In 2009, India had moved a proposal by itself to designate Azhar.
In 2016 again India moved the proposal with the P3 - the US, the UK and France in the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee to ban Azhar, also the mastermind of the attack on the air base in Pathankot in January, 2016.
In 2017, the P3 nations moved a similar proposal again. However, on all occasions, China blocked India's proposal from being adopted by the sanctions committee.

Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he plans to tackle the economic crisis.
In an interview with the BBC, the British Indian former Chancellor said he was committed to helping the most vulnerable families with the cost-of-living crisis and felt a "moral responsibility to go further" and provide "extra help" over the winter.
The issue has become the key dividing line between him and his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has pledged tax cuts which the former finance minister insists will benefit wealthier households rather than those who need it most.
“I would rather lose than win on a false promise,” Sunak, 42, said.
"What I'm determined to do is help people across this country through what will be a very difficult winter. My first preference is always not to take money off people in the first place," he said.
As the candidates continue to be grilled by Conservative Party members who will be voting in the election in hustings up and down the UK, the issue of soaring inflation and prices has dominated the agenda.

UK PM race:  Rishi Sunak says he would rather lose than win on a false promise:

UK PM race:  Rishi Sunak says he would rather lose than win on a false promise

The issue of soaring inflation and prices has dominated the agenda. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has pledged tax cuts which the former finance minister insists will benefit wealthier households

Britain&rsquo;s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak has insisted that he would rather lose the Conservative Party leadership race to replace Boris Johnson than win on a false promise on how he plans to tackle the economic crisis.
In an interview with the BBC, the British Indian former Chancellor said he was committed to helping the most vulnerable families with the cost-of-living crisis and felt a "moral responsibility to go further" and provide "extra help" over the winter.
The issue has become the key dividing line between him and his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who has pledged tax cuts which the former finance minister insists will benefit wealthier households rather than those who need it most.
&ldquo;I would rather lose than win on a false promise,&rdquo; Sunak, 42, said.
"What I'm determined to do is help people across this country through what will be a very difficult winter. My first preference is always not to take money off people in the first place," he said.
As the candidates continue to be grilled by Conservative Party members who will be voting in the election in hustings up and down the UK, the issue of soaring inflation and prices has dominated the agenda.
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 China on Wednesday announced that it has "successfully completed" its week-long and unprecedented military drills encircling Taiwan in retaliation to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island. It also warned that Beijing will organise regular combat patrols as a new normal to enforce its one-China policy.
Initially, the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) announced the war games in the busy Taiwan Strait from August 4 to 7, the day after Pelosi who is the highest-ranking US leader to have visited Taiwan in 25 years, left Taipei after high-level meetings. It later kept extending them, keeping the breakaway island on tenterhooks.
The Chinese military exercises involved hundreds of warplanes, dozens of naval ships, including an aircraft carrier group with nuclear submarine in tow, amid assertions by the official media here that such war games in the busy Taiwan Strait will be a new normal.
The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement on Wednesday that the joint military operations around the Taiwan island have been “completed successfully”.
But the PLA will organise regular combat patrols in the Taiwan region and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity after successfully completing its recent training exercises around Taiwan, Senior Colonel Shi Yi said.
The state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Shi as saying that the Eastern Command will keep a close eye on the changing situation in the Taiwan Straits, carry out training and war preparation, regularly organise combat-ready police patrols across the Taiwan Straits, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The drills involved forces drawn from all wings of the PLA in the Taiwan Strait virtually laying siege to the breakaway island which Beijing claims as part of its mainland, sparking global concerns of possible military assault by China to annex Taiwan.

China 'successfully completes' military drills around Taiwan

 China on Wednesday announced that it has "successfully completed" its week-long and unprecedented military drills encircling Taiwan in retaliation to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island.

China also warned that it will organise regular combat patrols as a new normal to enforce its one-China policy.

&nbsp;China on Wednesday announced that it has "successfully completed" its week-long and unprecedented military drills encircling Taiwan in retaliation to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island. It also warned that Beijing will organise regular combat patrols as a new normal to enforce its one-China policy.
Initially, the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) announced the war games in the busy Taiwan Strait from August 4 to 7, the day after Pelosi who is the highest-ranking US leader to have visited Taiwan in 25 years, left Taipei after high-level meetings. It later kept extending them, keeping the breakaway island on tenterhooks.
The Chinese military exercises involved hundreds of warplanes, dozens of naval ships, including an aircraft carrier group with nuclear submarine in tow, amid assertions by the official media that such war games in the busy Taiwan Strait will be a new normal.
The PLA&rsquo;s Eastern Theatre Command said in a statement on Wednesday that the joint military operations around the Taiwan island have been &ldquo;completed successfully&rdquo;.
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But the PLA will organise regular combat patrols in the Taiwan region and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity after successfully completing its recent training exercises around Taiwan, Senior Colonel Shi Yi said.
The state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Shi as saying that the Eastern Command will keep a close eye on the changing situation in the Taiwan Straits, carry out training and war preparation, regularly organise combat-ready police patrols across the Taiwan Straits, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The drills involved forces drawn from all wings of the PLA in the Taiwan Strait virtually laying siege to the breakaway island which Beijing claims as part of its mainland, sparking global concerns of possible military assault by China to annex Taiwan.

Russia on Wednesday raided its former TV reporter Marina Ovsyannikova in a case of staging an anti-Putin protest that called the Russian President 'a killer' and his soldiers as 'fascists.'
Post raid, the former TV journalist is expected to be probed by an investigative commitee, her lawyer told a Russian media outlet
The journalist-turned-activist on March 14 made global headlines after she held a placard in a live show that read "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you." 
On March 14, the journalist-turned-activist  made global headlines after she held a placard in a live show that read "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you."  She was fined 30,000 rubles (USD 270 at that time) for deploring the Russian military
 

Russia targets reporter with raid, probe over 'anti Putin' protest

The journalist-turned-activist on March 14 made global headlines after she held a placard in a live show that read "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you" 

The journalist-turned-activist on March 14 made global headlines after she held a placard in a live show that read "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you"&nbsp;

Russia on Wednesday raided its former TV reporter Marina Ovsyannikova for staging an anti-Putin protest that called the Russian President 'a killer' and his soldiers 'fascists.'
Post raid, the former TV journalist is expected to be probed by an investigative commitee, her lawyer told a Russian media outlet.
The lawyer added that a law enacted after February 24 invasion of Ukraine penalises statements against the military with 15 years in prison.
The journalist-turned-activist on March 14 made global headlines after she held a placard in a live show that read "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you."&nbsp;
&nbsp;She was fined 30,000 rubles (USD 270 at that time) for deploring the Russian military
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A judge in Russia on Thursday convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.
Judge Anna Sotnikova said that all the evidence and materials presented during the trial led the court to conclude that Griner's guilt "is proven." Apart from the jail term, the 31-year-old was also fined around $16,400.
Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and an eight-time all-star with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict.
Earlier in the session, an emotional Griner made a final appeal and said that she had no intention to break the law by bringing vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February to play basketball in the city of Yekaterinburg
The ruling concluded a case that reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russian diplomacy and raised concerns that Griner was being used as a political pawn in Russia's war against Ukraine.
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US Olympic champion Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling

A judge in Russia on Thursday convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling. Is she being used as a political pawn?

US Olympic champion sentenced to 9 years in Russian jail for drug-smuggling

Griner carried vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February to play basketball in the city of Yekaterinburg

A judge in Russia on Thursday convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.
Judge Anna Sotnikova said that all the evidence and materials presented during the trial led the court to conclude that Griner's guilt "is proven." Apart from the jail term, the 31-year-old was also fined around $16,400.
Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and an eight-time all-star with the WNBA&rsquo;s Phoenix Mercury, listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict.
Earlier in the session, an emotional Griner made a final appeal and said that she had no intention to break the law by bringing vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February to play basketball in the city of Yekaterinburg
The ruling concluded a case that reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russian diplomacy and raised concerns that Griner was being used as a political pawn in Russia's war against Ukraine.
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As 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan, it was not just the political onlookers that awaited what next from Beijing, the tension in the tech ecosystem escalated. Editorji explains why this 14,000-square-mile island is the epicenter of the global tech revolution. 
- Simply speaking it is the digital powerhouse of the U.S. with enormous manufacturing centers of China- Taiwan is the Silicon Valley of Asia, with a large focus on manufacturing and AI-  U.S. consumes more than $63 billion worth of Taiwanese tech exports - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is one of the biggest chip foundries on the planet-  Taiwan accounts for more than 90% of the world’s most advanced chip manufacturing with South Korea at 8%, according to a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Boston Consulting Group-  Most companies that design chips today — Qualcomm, Nvidia and Apple among them — don't actually do the manufacturing, instead relying on companies like TSMC.- If Taiwan's chip production were permanently disrupted, the Semiconductor Industry Association estimates it would take three years and $350 billion in investment to build enough capacity to replace it.- The island manufactures about 25–30% of integrated circuits (ICs) globally - Taiwan’s Foxconn, is the world’s largest contract electronics makes iphone and in contract with Google as well-  Big suppliers of liquid-crystal display panels- The island manufactures about 25–30% of integrated circuits (ICs) globally - No one knows for sure how much of China's exports in information and communications hardware are made in Taiwanese-owned factories, but the estimates run from 40% to 80%

Explained: Why Taiwan tensions is worrying the entire tech ecosystem?

Tensions around Taiwan on the rise, Editorji explains why this 14,000-square-mile island is critical to the global tech ecosystem from iPhones to AI. 

Taiwan, Tension & Tech

As 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan, it was not just the political onlookers that await the next move from Beijing, tech titans globally are watching with bated breath.&nbsp;

As 82-year-old <a href="https://www.editorji.com/world-news/us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-leaves-taiwan-after-a-high-tension-visit-1659536532607">Nancy Pelosi</a> landed in Taiwan, it was not just the political onlookers that await the next move from Beijing, tech titans globally are watching with bated breath.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves Taiwan after a high-tension visit
Editorji explains why this 14,000-square-mile island is the epicenter of the global tech revolution.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Simply speaking it is the digital powerhouse of the U.S. with enormous manufacturing centers of China</li>
<li>Taiwan is the Silicon Valley of Asia, with a large focus on manufacturing and AI</li>
<li>U.S. consumes more than $63 billion worth of Taiwanese tech exports</li>
<li>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is one of the biggest chip foundries on the planet</li>
<li>Taiwan accounts for more than 90% of the world&rsquo;s most advanced chip manufacturing with South Korea at 8%, according to a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Boston Consulting Group</li>
<li>Most companies that design chips today &mdash; Qualcomm, Nvidia and Apple among them &mdash; don't actually do the manufacturing, instead relying on companies like Taiwan's TSMC&nbsp;</li>
<li>&nbsp;If Taiwan's chip production were permanently disrupted, the Semiconductor Industry Association estimates it would take three years and $350 billion in investment to build enough capacity to replace it.</li>
<li>The island manufactures about 25&ndash;30% of integrated circuits (ICs) globally</li>
<li>Taiwan&rsquo;s Foxconn, is the world&rsquo;s largest contract electronics makes iphone and in contract with Google as well</li>
<li>Globally big suppliers of liquid-crystal display panels</li>
<li>&nbsp;No one knows for sure how much of China's exports in information and communications hardware are made in Taiwanese-owned factories, but the estimates run from 40% to 80%.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

World's most powerful passports in 2022: The Henley Passport Index 2022: Mirror, Mirror on the wall which is the most powerful passport of them all? The Henely passport Index 2022 is throwing up some surprised with Europe’s domination easing and Asia

Which country holds the most powerful passport? | World's most powerful passports in 2022

The Western domination being the passport posse' is ending, find out which is the most powerful passport in the world...the rankings will surprise you. 

Which country holds the most powerful passport?

Henley Passport Index 2022: The Index also finds the top nations are the least recovered when it comes to life after Covid-19

The Henley Passport Index 2022: Mirror, Mirror on the wall which is the most powerful passport of them all? The Henely passport Index 2022 is throwing up some surprised with Europe&rsquo;s domination easing and Asia coming to the forefront.
Here are the winners -:
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&bull;&nbsp; Japan has the <a href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/which-country-holds-the-most-powerful-passport-1658308542645" target="_blank">world's most powerful passport</a> as per the Henely passport Index 2022. With this, Japanese in the world can visit 191 destinations without visa.
&bull;&nbsp; Singapore slipped to joint second place alongside South Korea, with passport holders from both countries able to access 192 destinations around the world visa-free.
&bull;&nbsp; The UK is sixth with access to 187 countries, while an American <a href="https://www.editorji.com/business-news/you-could-have-an-e-passport-by-the-end-of-this-year-thanks-to-tcs-1655780629413" target="_blank">passport </a>gets us access to 186 countries placing them at number 7.
&bull;&nbsp; Indian passport holders get hassle-free entry into 58 countries but that puts us in 84th place, sharing the spot with Mauritania and Tajikistan.
&bull;&nbsp; Across our borders, despite Covid constraints, China is placed 69th with access to 80 countries while the Pakistan passport has been ranked as the 4th worst passport to hold, placed at 104th position.&nbsp;
&bull;&nbsp; Afghanistan&rsquo;s passport is the least useful, getting the holder into only 27 countries.&nbsp;

A day after the popular Pakistan television station ARY News, critical of the government, was taken off air for allegedly airing “seditious” content, the outlet’s Senior Executive Vice President Ammad Yousaf was arrested from Karachi in the early hou

Pakistan: TV journalist from ARY News arrested hours after channel taken off air

A day after the popular Pakistan television station ARY News, critical of the government, was taken off air for allegedly airing “seditious” content, the outlet’s Senior Executive Vice President Ammad Yousaf was arrested from Karachi in the early hours of Wednesday, the channel said.

Yousuf&rsquo;s arrest comes after the channel, which is the country&rsquo;s biggest private broadcaster, was served a show-cause notice by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority.

A day after the popular Pakistan television station ARY News, critical of the government, was taken off air for allegedly airing &ldquo;seditious&rdquo; content, the outlet&rsquo;s Senior Executive Vice President Ammad Yousaf was arrested from Karachi in the early hours of Wednesday, the channel said.
Yousuf&rsquo;s arrest comes after the channel, which is the country&rsquo;s biggest private broadcaster, was served a show-cause notice by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Monday.
ARY News said that a raiding team in plain clothes broke into Yousaf's house in the middle of the night. It has termed Yousaf&rsquo;s arrest as retaliation by the government against the channel.
ARY News received a notice from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) which said that the channel was taken off air &ldquo;for airing objectionable, hateful, seditious, based on absolute disinformation with clear and present threat to national sec by instigating rebellion within the armed forces with malafide intent to cause rift between govt and forces&rdquo;.
PEMRA has also directed the channel&rsquo;s CEO to appear in person for a hearing on August 10.
With ANI inputs
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