US firm to stop selling China equipment for Uighur ethnic minority DNA database on February 22, 2019US biotechnology manufacturer Thermo Fisher on Thursday announced it would stop selling to China equipment used to create a DNA database of the country’s Uighur minority. Since 2016, there have been regular reports of Chinese authorities taking blood samples in the Xinjiang region. Xinjiang is home to most of China’s Uighur ethnic minority and has […]
UEFA Champions League: Barcelona draw blank in Lyon to leave tie open on February 20, 2019Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde shrugged off his team’s struggles in front of goal after they were held to a 0-0 draw away at Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. The Spanish side had most of the chances at the Groupama Stadium, with Luis Suarez firing just wide in […]
Mexican club appoints Diego Maradona as manager on September 7, 2018 Argentine legend Diego Maradona has been hired by Mexican second-division football club Dorados to replace departing coach Francisco Ramirez Gamez, the club announced Thursday. “We’ve hired him to come work with us. We want him to stay the rest of this season and next,” said Jorgealberto Hank Inzunza, president of the club based in […]
Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones, InfoWars for for violating ‘abusive behavior’ policy on September 7, 2018Twitter on Thursday said it had banned far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its platform as well as the account of Infowars, the website he operates. “Today, we permanently suspended @realalexjones and @infowars from Twitter and Periscope,” the social network said. “We took this action based on new reports of Tweets and videos posted yesterday […]
India’s three-time prime minister Vajpayee dies aged 93 on August 16, 2018Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has died, current leader Narendra Modi said Thursday of the ailing 93-year-old who had been hospitalised. “Atal Ji’s passing away is a personal and irreplaceable loss for me,” Modi said in a tweet Thursday, using a Hindi-language honorific. “It was Atal Ji’s exemplary leadership that set the foundations […]
Rare ‘super blood blue moon’ to be visible today on January 31, 2018A cosmic event not seen in 36 years — a rare “super blood blue moon” — may be glimpsed today in various parts of the world including Pakistan. The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events — an extra big super moon, a blue moon, and a total lunar eclipse. […]
Blast in Kurrum Agency leaves at least eight dead on January 30, 2018A roadside bomb has killed eight people including three women and a child in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border. The improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Maqbal area of Kurram tribal district as a van carrying nine people drove by. Eight passengers including three women and a seven-year-old boy were killed, […]
Israeli forces arrest Palestinian girl after soldier-slapping video on December 19, 2017Israel’s army on Tuesday arrested a Palestinian girl after a video went viral of her slapping Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. The video showed two Palestinian teenage girls approaching two Israeli soldiers, before slapping them while filming on mobile phones. The incident is believed to have taken place next to the house of […]
England lower-order collapses after record stand to post 403 in third Ashes Test on December 15, 2017PERTH: England’s tail collapsed dramatically after a record fifth-wicket partnership by centurions Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow had given the tourists the ascendancy on the second day of the third Ashes Test in Perth on Friday. England were all out for 403 at lunch after losing their last six wickets for just 35 runs, having won […]
Massive California blaze claims firefighters life on December 15, 2017A firefighter was killed in one of the largest blazes in California’s history, officials said Thursday, as emergency services spent another day struggling to contain infernos across the tinder-dry state. San Diego-based Cal Fire engineer Cory Iverson died fighting the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, according to Cal Fire Chief Ken Pimlott, who gave no […]