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Tariffs · IslamabadPakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday inked a preferential trade agreement (PTA), aimed at reducing tariffs on different products.
At present, tariffs on agreed products stand at 60%, but both sides will slash levies up to 22% under the new agreement. It is termed a historic achievement by Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The two governments have been locked in a row over the role of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Islamabad alleges that Kabul refr…See the Story
Pakistan, Afghanistan Strike Trade Deal
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European UnionTV Blackbox Russia’s Shadow: Georgia’s democracy on the brink in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT Once hailed as a beacon of post-Soviet democracy, Georgia is now facing one of its darkest chapters – and ABC’s Foreign Correspondent is right there in the thick of it. In a gripping new episode, reporter Stephanie March travels to the heart of the Georgian capital, where civil unrest, government crackdowns, and Cold War-style accusations are raising urgent qu…See the Story
Russia’s Shadow: Georgia’s democracy on the brink in FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

Scotland, United Kingdom · ScotlandOn 17 January, the Welsh drug testing service WEDINOS received a sample of what was purchased off the illegal market as diazepam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed on the legal market. However, drug testing detected instead a novel benzodiazepine inside it: ethylbromazolam. This is, to our knowledge, was the first ever detection of this drug on the illegal benzodiazepine market. This would not be the last time it was tested from samples origi…Read Article