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World readies for lockdown Christmas
Coronavirus misery hung over Christmas preparations worldwide on Thursday, with countless millions forced to cancel plans or limit festivities under fresh virus lockdowns.
After a grinding pandemic year that has seen more than 1.7…
Breakthrough: UK and EU reach post-Brexit trade agreement
BRUSSELS (AP) — After months of talks and at almost the last minute, Britain and the European Union struck a provisional free-trade agreement Thursday that should avert New Year chaos for cross-border traders and bring a measure of…
Hate speech against Pakistanis: UK media watchdog fines Arnab’s Republic TV £20,000
United Kingdom’s media regulator Ofcom has fined India's Republic TV approximately £20,000 for broadcasting content that involved offensive language and hate speech against the people of Pakistan, Scroll.in reported.
The Hindi news…
Japan sets record $52 billion military budget with stealth jets, long-range missiles
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government approved a ninth consecutive rise in military spending on Monday, funding the development of an advanced stealth fighter and longer-range anti-ship missile to counter China’s…
New COVID variant: Over 30 countries cut air travel ties with Britain
More than 30 countries across Europe and beyond have imposed a ban on air travel to and from United Kingdom after emergence of new COVID-19 variant, media reported on Monday.
As per details, over 30 countries, including France, Italy,…
Global arms sales by top 25 companies up by 8.5 percent
Sales of arms and military services by the sector’s largest 25 companies totalled $361 billion in 2019, 8.5 percent more than in 2018, said a report by SIPRI.
According to Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…
Yemen’s president, separatists announce new power-sharing government
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen announced on Friday a new power-sharing cabinet that would include southern separatists in the internationally-recognised government, part of a deal to end a power struggle between the nominal…
India’s coronavirus cases pass 10 million
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases on Saturday, official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
Total cases were 10.0…
“German sister” Dr. Chris Schmotzer from the Leprosy Hospital Rawalpindi awarded the German Order of…
Islamabad: 18 December 2020
On behalf of the German Federal President, German Ambassador to Pakistan Bernhard Schlagheck awarded Dr. Chris Schmotzer, medical doctor and director of the Leprosy Hospital in Rawalpindi, with the Order of…
Japan to develop longer-range anti-ship missiles
TOKYO: Japan on Friday said it will develop new "stand-off" anti-ship missiles that will allow it to target warships at greater distances around its southwestern Okinawa island chain, including disputed islets in the East China Sea that…