Pakistan’s two old-guard political parties agreed to form a government, a move that breaks an almost two-week deadlock and likely keeps jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party out of government even though it won the most seats in the country’s contentious election. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party will join in a coalition with the … Read more
ISLAMABAD — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late Tuesday that they will jointly form a coalition government, ending the uncertainty since last week when no party won a simple majority in parliamentary elections. The latest development came hours after the parties — all of them rivals of … Read more
Tax season is in full swing. If you’re waiting on a 1099-K to file your tax return — you may not be getting one. Since the IRS has delayed launching its new 1099-K reporting requirement, self-employed workers can expect 1099-NECs from clients, but are unlikely to receive them from third-party apps. This story is part … Read more
FILE–The Philippines’ Elreen Ann Ando competes in the women’s 64kg group A weightlifting competition during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on October 2, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) MANILA, Philippines–Elreen Ando bagged a pair of silver medals at the ongoing Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, … Read more
The form W-2 is perhaps one of the most familiar IRS tax forms for those working in the US. It’s also one the most critical when it comes to filing your taxes each year since it shows your total employment income for the previous year, as well as the amount of taxes that were withheld. … Read more
Image: Nico Delort & Suzanna Collins/Scholastic Suzanne Collins’ first Hunger Games novel released in 2008, and went onto become a massive franchise. In the wake of last year’s successful prequel film, Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Scholastic is building upon that momentum by bringing the first book to life again with an … Read more
Thursday afternoon’s action live on Sky Sports Racing comes from Southwell, where Military Order returns to the all-weather as he looks for an upturn in fortunes after a disappointing run of form on turf… 1.00 Southwell – Military Order looks to find form on all-weather return Charlie Appleby’s Military Order looks to keep his unbeaten … Read more
Ivan Toney was hit with an eight-month ban from playing football after being found guilty of breaking the Football Association’s betting rules in May. The Brentford striker was charged with 262 breaches of the FA’s Rule E8, admitting to 232 of those charges, with 30 of them withdrawn. They related to various bets placed by … Read more
“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few stars have giant planets in [wide] orbits,” Bate said. “It is difficult to accept that there were many large planetary systems in Orion to disrupt.” Rogue Objects Abound At this point, many researchers suspect there’s more than one way to make these strange in-between … Read more
By Bart H. Meijer, Charlotte Van Campenhout and Ingrid Melander AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe. A fan of fellow eurosceptic, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the … Read more