KARACHI: The 20 teams have been divided into four groups of five, with the top two teams progressing to the ‘Super Eights’. The Super Eight games will all be held in the Caribbean – in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The two top teams from each group in […]
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MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday (6th of Jan, 2024) announced its forces shot down four Ukrainian missiles over Moscow-annexed Crimea over night. The attack came a day after Russia said it repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea, downing 36 drones over the peninsula. “Air defense on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian missiles over the […]
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WASHINGTON: Alaska Airlines grounded its Boeing 737-9 planes on Friday after a flight with 177 people onboard made an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon, with passengers reporting a plane window panel blew out after takeoff. “Following tonight’s event on Flight 1282, we have decided to take the precautionary step of temporarily grounding […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Japan in Pakistan has announced MEXT Teachers Training Scholarship 2024 for Pakistani teachers who have teaching experience of 5 years in primary or secondary school, public or private. As per the criteria, teachers aged 35 or less would be eligible to apply for the scholarship, said a news release issued by […]
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SUCHOU INDUSTRIAL ARK: China has handed over 160 electric buses to Pakistan at a ceremony held in Suzhou Industrial Park, China. According to a report of China Economic Net, the batch of these electric buses has the advantages of zero emissions, low operating costs, and low noise pollution, which will greatly improve the efficiency of […]
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SEOUL: North Korea’s military fired over 60 artillery rounds near Yeonpyeong Island on Saturday (6th Jan, 2024), Seoul’s military said, a day after both sides staged live-fire drills in the same area near their contested maritime border. “North Korean forces conducted artillery fire with over 60 rounds from the northwest area of Yeonpyeong Island today […]
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ISLAMABAD: Renowned wildlife and animal behaviour expert, Dr. Ijaz Ahmed, emphasized the imperative need to not just consider the well-being of animals as a moral obligation but as a fundamental right within our society. Speaking to Pakistan Television News on Saturday (6th Jan, 2024), Dr. Ahmed asserted that animals, like humans, experience pain and deserve […]
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LOS ANGELES: Organizers of the newly reformed Golden Globes hope that a “Barbenheimer” love-in can help to revitalize Hollywood’s famously fun-loving but scandal-dogged awards gala on Sunday. Kicking off prize-giving season from the usual swanky Beverly Hills ballroom at 5:00 pm (0100 GMT Monday), the Globes boast new owners and new voters – and have […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s navy said Friday that its commandos had boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region. Last month the force deployed several warships into the sea to “maintain a deterrent presence” after a string of recent shipping attacks, including a […]
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Friday (5th of Jan, 2024) said that the government would take up the issue of a “ghost article”, published in the name of a jailed politician, with the foreign media outlet ‘The Economist’. “Today, we are writing to the Editor of The Economist […]
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