Generation of children ‘at stake’ in Lebanon crisis: UN By: AFP on November 23, 2021The UN children’s agency Tuesday called on Lebanon to take urgent action to protect children after it documented a spike in child labour rates and food insecurity since April. “Urgent action is needed to ensure no child goes hungry, becomes sick, or has to work rather than receive an education,” said Yukie Mokuo, UNICEF representative in […]
46 killed in Bulgaria bus accident By: AFP on November 23, 2021Forty-six people, including a dozen minors, were killed after a bus caught fire south of the Bulgarian capital early Tuesday, officials said, in the country’s deadliest road accident in years. A cause has yet to be determined but officials believe a fire broke out on board the tourist bus which was travelling from Turkey to […]
Adele explains why she refused to make music for TikTok By: Web Desk on November 23, 2021Adele has revealed the real reason she refused to record music for TikTok despite her team’s advice to appeal to teenagers, saying her answer to her team mentioning TikTok was ‘Tik-a-Tok-a-Who?’ Adele, one of the world’s best-selling music artists, claimed that the topic of TikTok came up a lot while she was writing her latest […]
Good prospects for Pakistan economic recovery: Cheng Xizhong By: APP on November 23, 2021BEIJING: A series of data released by authoritative international agencies and the Pakistani government show that now Pakistan’s economy is entering a period of fast recovery and development. This is the result of the Imran Khan administration’s wise and decisive lockdown strategy to contain COVID-19 and sound economic policies in the past few years. This […]
Prince Charles to open new AstraZeneca Research Centre By: Web Desk on November 23, 2021LONDON: On Tuesday, Prince Charles will formally launch a new AstraZeneca research and development (R&D) facility worth 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion). AstraZeneca has supplied two billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed at Oxford University, and is also looking to bring a preventative antibody cocktail against COVID-19 to market. But while the company is […]
Xi Jinping urges continuous efforts to promote high-quality BRI development By: APP on November 22, 2021ISLAMABAD: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to continue promoting the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through joint efforts. The BRI should aim for high-standard, sustainable and people-centered progress, said Xi while addressing a high-level symposium on the initiative, according to the CGTN. This year marks the eighth year […]
New hacker group from India exposed, targeting defense units in China, Pakistan By: APP on November 20, 2021BEIJING: A new report published by Antiy Labs, one of China’s renowned cybersecurity companies, disclosed an active hacker team whose members are based in Delhi and has been launching cyberattacks against government agencies and defense departments in China and Pakistan. The report conducted a comprehensive analysis of the cyber attacks launched by the organization called […]
Biden declared ‘healthy, fit’ to execute duties of US president after check-up By: AFP on November 20, 2021US President Joe Biden was declared healthy and fit to execute his duties as president of the US during a routine medical check-up during which his powers were transferred briefly to Vice-President Kamala Harris. “The President remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include […]
Farmers protests: Modi takes U-turn on controversial farm laws By: AFP on November 19, 2021Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a stunning U-turn by announcing that his government will repeal three controversial agricultural reform laws that triggered massive protests across the country by farmers. Thousands of farmers have been camped out on the borders of the capital New Delhi since November last year, posing Modi with one of […]
US keeps Pakistan, Saudi Arabia on its religious freedom blacklist By: AFP on November 18, 2021The United States has kept Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on its blacklist of religious freedom and this time Washington also added Russia to this list of countries singled out for “egregious violations of religious freedom,” a move that comes as ties dip to their lowest ebb since the Cold War between the US and Moscow. […]