DOHA-UNS/AFP : Morocco’s support for the Palestinians during the Atlas Lions’ historic FIFA World Cup run shows the cause has not been “buried”, says Palestinian Football Association chief Jibril Rajoub. Like several other Arab nations, Morocco has agreed full diplomatic ties with Israel — but this has not stopped its […]
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ISLAMABAD : No country had used terrorism better than India as she called on the international community to take note of New Delhi’s attempts to destabilise Pakistan,State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday,while addressing Press Conference in FO,Islamabad. The minister said that India’s objective was to […]
WASHINGTON – The United States is finalising plans to send the Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine, a decision that could be announced as soon as this week, three US officials told Reuters on Tuesday (Dec 13). Ukraine has asked its Western partners for air defences, including US-made Patriot systems, […]
Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a fresh “face-off” on their disputed Himalayan border last week, leaving several injured on both sides, sources said. Relations have been at rock-bottom between the nuclear-armed Asian giants since a clash that left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops dead on […]
BEIJING-UNS/AFP: One of China’s top health experts has warned of a surge in Covid-19 cases, state media said on Sunday, in the wake of the government’s decision to abandon its hardline coronavirus strategy. Shops and restaurants in Beijing are deserted as the country awaits a spike in infections following the […]
DOBAI: Israel and United Arab Emirates governments ratified their comprehensive economic partnership agreement, UAE minister of state for foreign trade, Thani Al Zeyoudi, said on Twitter on Sunday. The free trade agreement, which was first signed in May, will remove or reduce tariffs on 96% of goods traded between the […]
MUSK -UNS/AFP: A Japanese startup’s spacecraft was launched to the moon on Sunday in the country’s first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company. The launch was carried out by Elon Musk’s SpaceX in Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida after two postponements […]
Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de Groot inspects the six bitcoin miners as they perform complex sums to earn cryptocurrency, filling the air with […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday touted close security and energy ties with Gulf nations during summit meetings in Saudi Arabia that have highlighted tensions with Washington. On the third and final day of his visit, Xi attended summits of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and a broader China-Arab […]
This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. Yet this wasn’t climate change at its worst. With all that […]
