The hospital is CHI St. Vincent in Sherwood, Arkansas. Sherwood Police Department: We can confirm an active shooter at SVI. No other information will be released at this time. Authorities are looking into an active shooter incident at an Arkansas hospital. “We can confirm an active shooter at SVI,” the Sherwood Police Department said in … Read more
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). Friday reported that previous Los Angeles 2028 CEO. Gene Sykes has been chosen for act as executive of the board. Sykes, who regulated the fruitful bid mission to take the Summer Games back to Los Angeles, will supplant current seat Susanne Lyons. “I’m satisfied to acknowledge this job … Read more
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Pakistan reported 291 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Tuesday. The overall tally of the infected people rose to 1,294,031 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has … Read more
KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan declined $476 million to $23.55 billion by the week ended November 12, 2021, the central bank reported on Thursday. The foreign exchange reserves of the country stood at $24.026 billion by the week ended November 5, 2021, according to Topline Research. The forex reserves with the State Bank … Read more
RIYADH: Russian oil firm Rosneft has reported an increase in net income for the third quarter this year by 35 per cent, to 314 billion rubles ($4.3 billion), Arab News reported. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation increased by 11.7 per cent to 638 billion roubles ($8.8 billion) in the third quarter, compared with … Read more
GENEVA: Europe reported almost two million new Covid-19 infections last week, the largest weekly case count in the region since the start of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said here on Friday. There were also almost 27,000 coronavirus-related deaths in Europe, more than half of all Covid-19 deaths in the world last week, … 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
TOKYO: The suspect in a Halloween stabbing and fire attack on a Tokyo train expressed admiration for infamous comic villain the Joker, Japanese media reported, with authorities describing the incident as “atrocious and brutal” on Monday. Police said they arrested a 24-year-old man for attempted murder over the Sunday evening attack which caused 18 people to be … Read more
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia reported its first quarterly budget surplus since the first quarter of 2019, as oil prices are trading at a multiyear high and the government cut down on its social spending and rationalised expenditures, Arab News reported. The kingdom’s budget turned to a surplus of SR6.68 billion ($1.78 billion) in the third quarter of this … Read more
LONDON: British Conservative MP David Amess has died after being stabbed at an event in his local constituency in southeast England, British media reported on Friday. Police did not name Amess but said: “A man has been arrested on [the] suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in Leigh-on-Sea” and that the victim “later … Read more
KARACHI: The liquid foreign exchange reserves of the country declined $103 million to $24.312 billion by the week ended July 9, 2021, the central bank reported on Thursday. The foreign exchange reserves of the country stood at $24.415 billion on July 2, 2021, it added. The official foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan … Read more
