Saudi Arabia, Oman sign deals worth $30 bn By: AFP on December 7, 2021Saudi Arabia signed deals with Oman valued at $30 billion, state media said Tuesday, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began a tour of Gulf Arab countries, including former rival Qatar. Saudi and Omani companies “signed 13 memoranda of understanding worth $30 billion”, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The MoUs between the two countries, which […]
Putin to land in India with eye on military, energy ties By: AFP on December 6, 2021Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in India on Monday for just his second overseas trip since the pandemic, seeking to bolster military and energy ties with a traditional ally being courted by Washington. In its efforts to address a rising China, Washington has set up the QUAD security dialogue with India, Japan, and Australia, […]
Chris Cuomo accused of sexual misconduct before getting fired at CNN By: Web Desk on December 6, 2021Chris Cuomo faced of sexual misconduct allegations days before being fired by CNN, said attorney Debra Katz on Sunday. According to People, Katz gave an official statement on Sunday saying that she reached out to CNN on Wednesday to report them of her client’s sexual misconduct allegations against Cuomo. “By Friday, I was in discussions with […]
Kangana Ranaut’s vehicle stopped by protesting farmers, seek apology By: Web Desk on December 4, 2021Protesting farmers in Punjab’s Ropar area stopped Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut’s car and demanded that she apologise for her alleged remarks against the farmers’ protests last year. Kangana Ranaut claimed that she was accosted by a mob who abused her and threatened to kill her in a video message posted to her Instagram account. While […]
Pakistan to host OIC FMs’ moot on Dec 19; humanitarian assistance, resource mobilization for Afghanistan on agenda By: APP on December 4, 2021Pakistan on Saturday announced to host an extraordinary session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC countries on December 19, with core objectives of highlighting the need for urgent assistance and mobilization of resources to avert a humanitarian crisis and economic collapse in the war-torn country. “If we don’t pay timely attention, half […]
US school shooter’s parents arrested on manslaughter charges By: AFP on December 4, 2021The parents of a 15-year-old who shot dead four students at a US high school with a gun bought by his father have been arrested after being charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to US media reports. The whereabouts of James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, had remained unknown for much […]
October deadliest month of pandemic in Russia with 75,000 deaths By: AFP on December 4, 2021MOSCOW: Russia’s federal statistics agency Rosstat said that nearly 75,000 people died of coronavirus in the country in October, making it the deadliest month of the entire pandemic. The agency reported that total deaths since Russia recorded its first case stood at more than 520,000, the third-worst fatality count in the world behind the United […]
Hiroshima attack flame offered for Pearl Harbor memorial By: AFP on December 3, 2021The family of a famed Hiroshima atomic bomb victim is fundraising to take a flame burning since the wartime attack to Pearl Harbor to light a peace monument, they said Friday. The “flame of peace” is said to have been taken from the smoldering ruins of Hiroshima after the world’s first nuclear attack. It was […]
Turkey’s inflation rate surges in currency crisis By: AFP on December 3, 2021Turkey’s annual inflation rate surged Friday above 20 percent — its highest in three years — although the main opposition leader accused officials of hiding the true scale of the country’s currency crisis. The nation of 84 million has seen the lira plunge in value and consumer prices soar as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sets […]
In Intra-Day trading, US Dollar hits news high against Rupee By: Web Desk on December 3, 2021KARACHI: During intra-trading in the interbank market on Friday, the US dollar maintained its upward trend versus the Pakistani rupee. According to forex traders, the dollar gained 49 points versus the rupee, reaching a new all-time high of Rs176.97. The dollar had completed the previous day’s interbank trading at Rs176.42 versus the rupee. In the […]