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The new - and little discussed - threats to markets over the next year
Ken Fisher
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Social media platform X blocked in Pakistan over national security, ministry says
FILE - The X logo is shown on a computer screen in Belgrade, Serbia, July 24, 2023. X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has started restoring complimentary blue checks to some "influential" users. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
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Lightning, rains kill 49 in Pakistan as authorities declare state of emergency in southwest
A Pakistani sits beside a flooded park caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Six killed in suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan foils attack near Chinese-funded port, killing eight insurgents, officials say
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Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing at least eight people
FILE - A Pakistani flag flies on a lookout in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 27, 2022. Pakistan's air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, on Iran allegedly targeting militant positions, an attack that killed at least seven people and further raised tensions between the neighboring nations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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Three-storey building collapses in central Pakistan, killing nine people, injuring two others
Cricket fans hold Pakistan flag as they wait to enter the National Cricket Stadium before start the first Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and England in Karachi on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) (Photo by RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan’s former President Zardari wins another term
(FILES) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari gives a joint press conference with Eu Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana European, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus (out of camera range) after an EU-Pakistan Troika summit, on June 17, 2009 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, is set to become president for a second time on March 9, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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More than half of the world will vote in 2024. Here are the key elections to watch
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Shehbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan’s new prime minister as Imran Khan’s allies in parliament allege rigging
FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly elected Sunday, March 3, Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
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Pakistan blocks X for sixth day as activists criticize social media platform’s shutdown
FILE PHOTO: The new logo of Twitter is seen in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Morning Update: Canada’s inflation rate tumbles to 2.9%, back inside Bank of Canada’s target range
A shopper browses in an aisle at a grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Pakistan’s largest parties strike deal on coalition government
Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari, center bottom, Chairman of Pakistan People's Party speaks as party aids watch during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The main political rival of ex-Pakistani premier Imran Khan challenged him Tuesday to form a government if he had the support of the majority of newly elected lawmakers. The challenge by Shehbaz Sharif, who heads the Pakistan Muslim League party, follows national elections that showed candidates backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most parliamentary seats but not enough to form a government alone. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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Pakistan’s suspicious election results could fracture the country
Rashid Husain Syed
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Pakistan’s premier defends delay in releasing election results, denies the vote was unfair
Supporters of Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), block the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway as part of their protest against the results of the general election, in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Independent candidates in Pakistan election backed by former PM Imran Khan lead in final poll count
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gather during a protest demanding free and fair results of the elections, outside the provincial election commission office in Karachi, Pakistan February 11, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan’s party says it aims to form government, deepening election uncertainty
Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), raise their hands as they shout slogans during a protest demanding free and fair results of the election, in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Pakistan ex-PMs and bitter rivals Sharif and Khan both claim poll win
A vendor arranges shoes next to an election campaign poster of Pakistan's jailed Former Prime Imran Khan party's candidate for parliamentary election at a market, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The results of Pakistan's elections were delayed a day after the vote that was marred by sporadic violence, a mobile phone service shutdown and the sidelining of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Mobile phones shut down in Pakistan amid election
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Pakistan awaits results of election mired in controversy and suspended mobile services
An election official seals ballot boxes after polls close at a polling station during Pakistan national election in Lahore on February 8, 2024. Pakistan suspended mobile phone and data services nationwide on February 8 for election day, in a move a digital rights group said was "inherently undemocratic". (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 30 a day before parliamentary elections
Security officials examine the scene of a bomb blast in Khanozai, Pashin, a district of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed some people and wounded more, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held. (AP Photo/Shah Hussain)
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Insurgents attack security facilities in southwestern Pakistan, killing six people
An army helicopter conducts a search operation following an attack by armed separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) at central Bolan district in Balochistan province on January 30, 2024. At least six militants were killed in an overnight gun battle with security forces in western Pakistan's Balochistan province, an official said on January 30. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) (Photo by BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistani court sentences former PM Imran Khan to 10 years in prison days ahead of polls
(FILES) Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan gestures after arriving at a registrar office in Lahore High court to sign surety bonds for bail in various cases, in Lahore on July 3, 2023. Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in prison on January 30, 2024, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after tit-for-tat strikes
FILE PHOTO: Iranian and Pakistani flags are seen in this illustration taken, January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Pakistan is forcing women and girls back into the clutches of the Taliban
Lauryn Oates
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Islamabad says arch-rival India orchestrated killings inside Pakistan
FILE - A Pakistani flag flies on a lookout in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 27, 2022. Pakistan's air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, on Iran allegedly targeting militant positions, an attack that killed at least seven people and further raised tensions between the neighboring nations. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
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Iran’s foreign minister to visit Pakistan in bid to rebuild ties after missile strikes
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian attends the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 17, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Iranian soldier kills 5 comrades in southeastern city where IS attack killed dozens, state TV says
The flag of Iran is seen over its consulate building, with Pakistan's flag in the foreground, after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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Iran-Pakistan flare-up rooted in restive borderlands, not Mideast strife, experts say
The flag of Iran is seen over its consulate building, after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
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Pakistan tells Iran it wants to build trust after tit-for-tat strikes
A man watches a news channel on television inside a shop after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Peshawar, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
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Evening Update: Israeli envoy in Canada joins calls for Canada to clarify stance on genocide case
The Israeli government is adding to calls inside Canada for the Liberals to make a clear statement about the International Court of Justice deliberating an allegation of genocide. Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.
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A look at what is behind Iran and Pakistan’s air strikes
The flag of Iran is seen over its consulate building, after the Pakistani foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting separatist militants, two days after Tehran said it attacked Israel-linked militant bases inside Pakistani territory, in Karachi, Pakistan January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro