Three years after the world began to shut down as COVID-19 took hold, the UN and other partners will gather in Doha, Qatar, to deliver a historic new compact to support the countries whose vulnerabilities the pandemic most exposed. The conference of Least Developed Countries or LDCs takes place every 10 years and this year’s […]
In the draft for the new season, 58 men and eight women players have already registered. Pakistan’s top cricketers such as skipper Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, and 55 other male and eight women players have signed up for the draft of the third season of the English league ‘The Hundred‘. Pakistan’s superstars Babar, […]
Hamad Abdulaziz is a football fan of 39 years who tried to go to all 40 matches of the tournament in 2014. He was convinced to make it to all 40 games in one tournament. A passionate football fan from Qatar has broken the previous record for “most matches attended at a single football FIFA […]
WASHINGTON: An official delegation from the Chinese city of Shanghai arrived in Taipei on Saturday, February 18 for a cultural event. This is the first official Chinese mission to Taiwan since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move has drawn particular attention amid increasingly tense military clashes across the strait. The Shanghai delegation came […]
WASHINGTON: Democratic lawmaker Khanna announced Friday that he will lead a delegation of Democrats and Republicans to visit Taiwan on Feb. 18 to strengthen ties between Silicon Valley and Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Tensions between the U.S. and China, which have yet to be resolved, escalated after a Chinese spy balloon violated U.S. airspace and was […]
Government plans to collect Rs 170 billion in revenue through additional tax measures Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday tabled the 2023 (supplemental) finance bill – or the “mini-budget” – in the National Assembly and Senate as the government seeks to meet the preconditions for releasing the $1.1 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund […]
After winning the draw and finishing first, the Giants won the first-ever final of DP World with seven wickets in front of a large crowd at the Dubai International Stadium. DUBAI: In the International League T20, the Gulf Giants defeated the Desert Vipers by seven wickets in Dubai. The top two teams met for the […]
Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time, from 12-22 December. The announcement comes three days after Real Madrid won the trophy in Morocco after a thrilling 5-3 win over Al-Hilal, the first Saudi club to reach the final of the tournament. Saudi is only the sixth […]
House Republicans launched an investigation into COVID-19 traceability on Monday (Feb. 13), initially sending a series of letters to current and former Biden administration officials requesting documents and testimony. The Republican chairmen of the House Oversight Committee and the Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic have requested information from several, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, on how […]
WASHINGTON: Gen. Charles Quinton Brown, Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, said Monday (Feb. 13) that he did not believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan was imminent or inevitable, and he expressed some concern about when China would start speculation and comments about a possible attack on Taiwan was disappointing because it […]