PORT RENFREW, Canada: Guarding road blockades, digging trenches, and sleeping under the leafy canopy — for the past year, protesters on Vancouver Island have battled to halt logging in one of Canada’s last ancient cedar and fir forests. Working in relays to ensure activists are present at all times, they’ve faced off against police armed with … Read more
STARA ZAGORA, Bulgaria: Nikolay Dinev, 34, has worked as a coal miner for 12 years but now faces an uncertain future as an EU-wide exit from coal is being discussed at the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. “It will be a disaster… The closure is inevitable,” Dinev told AFP on the outskirts of the Maritsa … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Thursday condemned political point-scoring by the opposition parties when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was trying to tackle the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) recently. Rebuking the opposition for not playing their roles in resolving the security crisis amid the TLP protest, Buzdar accused them of playing dirty politics … Read more
CAIRO: The Egyptian banking sector has pumped EGP 2.8 trillion ($178 billion) in the Egyptian economy this year, Head of Egypt’s Banque Misr said in an interview with Al-Arabiya. Mohamed El-Etreby said that the Federation of Egyptian Banks (FEB), headed by Mohamed El-Etreby, has contributed EGP 500 million ($31.824 million) towards Egypt’s purchase of vaccines for … Read more
RIYADH: The economic activity across the globe is gathering pace with major economies showing signs of growth, Arab News reported. The US Purchasing Managers’ Index, which measures private sector activity in different countries, reached 57.6 in October, jumping from 55 in September. This was the highest growth in private sector activity since July. The services sector expanded … Read more
US climate envoy John Kerry has said that the current commitments on cutting carbon emissions meant the world had a 60 per cent chance of capping a rise in the average temperature at 1.5°C, Arab News reported. Speaking at a breakfast event with world mayors at global climate talks in Glasgow, he said, with the most recent … Read more
Former England international Gary Ballance on Wednesday admitted using a racial slur against former Yorkshire teammate Azeem Rafiq in a swirling row that has cost the county a host of sponsors. Ballance said in a statement: “I regret that I used this word in immature exchanges in my younger years.” The 31-year-old, who played 23 … Read more
Dwayne Johnson goes to social media to announce his intentions for Day 3 of the #12DaysOfRedNotice campaign. Dwanta Claus offered US fans a free showing of Red Notice across the country for the big three. The Rock stated in the Instagram video, “Alright guys this is it here we go, day 3 of #12DaysOfRedNotice brought … Read more
LONDON: Britain has announced $68 million in funding to support energy transition and green infrastructure and growth in the Middle East and North Africa, Arab News reported. The announcement was made by UK Minister for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly during an event on the second day of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Railways is expecting to transport over 20 per cent of the country’s freight business after the completion of Main Line-I (ML-I) under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Currently, Pakistan Railways was transporting 4 per cent of the freight traffic in the country, which was not sufficient for the department, an official in the … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan’s telecom company, Ufone, has secured its largest syndicated financing facility jointly led by the MCB Bank Limited (agent bank), Allied Bank Limited (ABL), Bank of Punjab (BoP), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), and the United Bank Limited (UBL) to fund the acquisition and rollout of its 4G services across Pakistan, a statement said. … Read more
KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) president Muhammad Idrees, after listening to the grievances being faced by the members of the All City Tajir Ittehad (ACTI), assured that the chamber would take up all their issues with relevant departments and ensure that they do not have to go through any kind of harassment … Read more
KARACHI: The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) on behalf of the SME farmers, processors and exporters have thanked Pakistan Standard Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) for adopting standards for Khashkhash (poppy seeds) under their Pakistan Standards PS 5501-2021 and removing all ambiguities, a statement said. The SME exporters have urged the Ministry of Commerce … Read more
Ed Sheeran recently came down for an interview and revealed why he was forced to place a rush order for his brand new album. During an appearance on The Kyle & Jackie O Show, Sheeran offered some light on the situation. While talking about his anxiety about releasing new music, he revealed the true reason … Read more
KARACHI: Police registered a case against a member of the Sindh assembly and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Jam Awais and his aides for allegedly torturing a man to death in the Malir Memon Goth area of Karachi, said Bol News on Thursday. According to the police, Nazim Jokhio was allegedly killed for stopping a … Read more
RIYADH: Two major delivery companies have cancelled or drastically scaled back their services between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, employees said on Wednesday, following a major diplomatic row between the two countries. DHL has stopped inbound and outbound shipments between the two countries, a company employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. An email … Read more
WASHINGTON: Private businesses hired 571,000 workers last month, payroll services firm ADP reported on Wednesday, the latest sign that the US economy is bouncing back from the Delta wave of Covid-19. The employment increase was better than analysts had forecast, and saw firms of all sizes add positions, with the bulk of the growth in … Read more
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan and his lovely wife Gauri Khan are relieved that their son Aryan Khan has been given bail in a narcotics case and has come home. Fans and well-wishers went up to show their support for the Aryan. Rahul Gandhi, a senior Congressman, also voiced his concern and sympathy with Shah … Read more
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the business community to employ persons with disabilities and women, and improve their business skills so as to empower them financially. He emphasised the need for facilitating differently-abled people by providing them easy access to buildings and workplaces, the president’s media office said. The president made these remarks, … Read more
An Anti-Terrorism Court-XII (ATC-XII) in Karachi on Wednesday indicted Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader and MNA Ali Wazir and 10 others in a sedition case registered against them on charges of sedition related to delivering a hate speech against state institutions during a protest rally in the city last year. Police had booked PTM Chief … Read more
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet has approved the first-ever food security policy and plan for a period of 10 years with a huge financial allocation of Rs236 billion. KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will review the implementation status of the project on a monthly basis. The approval was accorded during a cabinet meeting held with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Expo 2020 Dubai organisers have welcomed the first month of the event as a “huge success”, announcing an impressive 2,350,868 visits from October 1 to 31, with a host of memorable events, entertainment and seminars attracting people from the UAE, region and beyond. So far, 28 per cent of the visits were made … Read more
NEW YORK: The United States is rendering an uncontrolled experiment with every strategy all at once, with Covid-19 policies differing wildly by state, county, university, workplace and school district, The Atlantic has reported. “We’re sleepwalking into policy because we’re not setting goals,” Joseph Allen, a Harvard professor of public health, was quoted as saying. The … Read more
RAMALLAH: The European Union (EU) has provided US $18.8 million to the Palestinian authority to help it pay October’s salaries and pensions for staff in the health and education sector, according to a statement on Wednesday. The money was already transferred to the Palestinian ministry of finance, the EU office in Palestine said in the … Read more
Horoscope Today: Good or bad, be prepared for all the crucial events coming your way, and whether the stars are in your favor or not. Know insights about your future with the help of astrology. Read your daily horoscope prediction to find out what’s in store for you today. Read the predictions for all the stars … Read more
Turgut Alp (Cengiz Coskun) and Bamsi Bey (Nurretin Sonmez) from the popular Turkish series “Ertugrul” were brought to LuckyOne Mall Karachi by J. Fragrances yesterday. Along with them was Jeremy Fragrance, a well-known German fragrance influencer who recently reviewed the well-known Pakistani brand J. (J Dot) fragrances. At LuckyOne Mall, Pakistani fans lavished their affection … Read more
GAZA: More than half of the children in the Gaza Strip need psychological support, said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Wednesday. Thomas White, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, made the remarks during a meeting with local journalists at his office in Gaza, noting … Read more
The film industry has faced a crucial time due to the coronavirus pandemic and there are not many films made these past two years due to the uncertainty. Despite all these challenges, the film industry has decided to move ahead with the production of movies. As the cinemas reopened last week throughout the country … Read more
