Charlie Smith Olga, 71, is a Russian princess and descendent of the House of Romanov. She is Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin and is also related to Her Majesty’s late husband, Prince Philip. The London-born aristocrat, who married Thomas Mathew in 1975, separated from her husband in 1989. Her great-uncle Tsar Nicholas II, who was the […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: If there’s just one secret to a long and happy life, Salvatore Grieco, of Rome Mall Apartments, will tell you, “avoid stress.” This week, Grieco turned 103 and he’ll be the first to tell you, “I’ve had a good life.” Grieco said he’s maintained his longevity by sticking to that one rule, but […]
Read MoreNewswire Suva: Educational opportunities between Fiji and Pakistan, particularly in business, science and climate change, were discussed between the University of the South Pacific head of the School of business and management and director of MBA program Professor Gurmeet Singh and Pakistan’s non-resident High Commissioner to Fiji Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri this week. Professor Singh received […]
Read MoreNewswire Copenhagen: Denmark’s government has set an ambitious target of making all Danish domestic flights green by 2030, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. “Will it be difficult? Yes. Can it be done? Yes, I think so. We’re already on it. Talented researchers and businesses are working on solutions,” Frederiksen said in her New Year’s Day […]
Read MoreFrancesco Porzio Gianluigi Buffon and Parma have reached a contract extension that will keep the legendary Italian goalkeeper around until 2024, meaning he’s set to play at least until he’s 46 years of age. The club this week, owned by American entrepreneur Kyle Krause, announced the new agreement with Buffon, who during the current Serie […]
Read Morenewswire Australian cricketer Shane Warne, considered one of the greatest players in history of the sport, has died at the age of 52, his management company confirmed . “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand today, Friday 4th March,” said […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Italy-Pakistan ties are mutually beneficial. Ambassador Ferrarese said the business communities of Pakistan and Italy need to come closer together in an effort to enhance cooperation in bilateral trade and investment opportunities. The Italian envoy explained that there exist vast opportunities for investment […]
Read MoreDing Gang On February 21, 1972, US President Richard Nixon came to Beijing to begin a “world-changing” visit. He became the first sitting US president to visit China. On February 28, China and the US issued the Shanghai Joint Communiqué, which laid the foundation for the subsequent development of US-China relations. Twenty years ago, in […]
Read MoreCheng Xizhong Recently, especially after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visited China to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and witnessed China’s high-tech demonstration, Pakistani leaders have frequently emphasized the new concepts of digital economy, innovation economy and green economy, etc. and are determined to quickly put Pakistan on the […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson Multiple droughts around the world today threaten significant political, social and economic impacts. Drought in Iran has forced internal migration and sparked protests. Parts of Brazil are experiencing the worst drought in decades, affecting its agricultural production and creating risks for the population, including in large cities. A historic drought in California […]
Read MoreDaniel J Arbess US President Joe Biden’s recently announced goal of reducing America’s cancer death rate by half in the next 25 years, with its encouraging emphasis on early detection and prevention, sounds bold. But we can do even more to tackle the disease — and faster. That is because scientific advances over the past […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has completed his service with the ministry of foreign affairs and started a ‘new life.’ “Day one of my new life, left the MFA to move on to new and promising international professional challenges. Feeling very enthusiastic and highly motivated,” he tweeted on March 1. The senior […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) this week barred marriage of children below the age of 18, even if it is a free will marriage, as it addressed ambiguity in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance. The IHC bench headed by Justice Babar Sattar issued a detailed verdict on the petition of Mumtaz Bibi who had […]
Read MoreEngland batter Jason Roy has taken a “short, indefinite break from cricket” to spend time with his family. The 31-year-old has pulled out of the Indian Premier League and will miss the start of the County Championship. Roy was set to play for new franchise Gujarat Titans in the IPL. “After more than two years […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: The Olympic flame has been extinguished, bringing down the curtain on the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, but the passion still lingers from the sports gala that has enlivened and inspired the world amid the pandemic. After all 109 medal events had been decided, the closing ceremony was held on Sunday at […]
Read MoreLahore: As Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari met with Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman this week to discuss a strategy to topple Prime Minister Imran Khan government through a no-confidence motion in parliament, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, offered the Sharifs the prime minister’s slot in case the opposition’s […]
Read MoreNewswire Moscow: The Kremlin over the weekend, accused Ukraine of prolonging the military conflict by refusing to negotiate as Russia pressed on with its invasion of the pro-Western country. “In connection with the expected negotiations, the Russian president yesterday afternoon ordered the suspension of the advance of the main forces of the Russian Federation,” Kremlin […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Karachi: President Dr. Arif Alvi said this week that Chinese investors were eagerly investing in Pakistan. Addressing the Presidential Initiative Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) Grand Entrance Test 2022 organized by Saylani Welfare International Trust (SWIT) here at National Stadium, he mentioned that scores of Chinese investors had already invested in Pakistan. “The […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: The award ceremony for the 2022 China Soong Ching Ling Foundation “Junior Cultural Ambassadors” contest was recently held virtually, which was jointly sponsored by China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and China Cultural Centers abroad. Two students Sukhen Fatima and Ali Shaheryar from the Millennium Confucius Classroom and the Confucius Classroom at Cadet […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China’s intensified efforts to facilitate the development of the digital economy demonstrate its resolve to pursue high-quality and innovation-driven growth, boost rural revitalization and achieve common prosperity, leading technology tycoons and industry experts said. They noted the digital economy has become a primary force driving the country’s economic growth, and will […]
Read MoreIn a new Nature Astronomy study, an international team led by astrophysicists from the University of California, Irvine and Pomona College report how, when tiny galaxies collide with bigger ones, the bigger galaxies can strip the smaller galaxies of their dark matter — matter that we can’t see directly, but which astrophysicists think must exist […]
Read MoreA team of astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwarfs that has the widest separation of any brown dwarf binary system found to date. “Because of their small size, brown dwarf binary systems are usually very close together,” said Emma Softich, an undergraduate astrophysics student at the Arizona State University (ASU) School of […]
Read MoreIn a scientific first, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered fundamental mechanisms by which the hippocampus region of the brain organizes memories into sequences and how this can be used to plan future behavior. The finding may be a critical early step toward understanding memory failures in cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Senior PPP leader and former senator Rehman Malik passed away this week in Islamabad due to coronavirus-related complications, his spokesperson Riaz Ali Turi confirmed. He was 70. “Deeply devastated to say that former interior minister [and] PPP’s senior leader, Abdul Rehman Malik, passed away,” he tweeted. Earlier this month, Malik was put on […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said this week that Pakistan always offered more than one’s expectations. “I had great expectations but Pakistan is always more than what I expect,” said Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese in a recent media interaction. Amid the usual flowery words of Pakistan being a country with great traditions and […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Walk round Ascoli Piceno, and in some ways it could be any Italian town. There are two big squares where locals watch the days go by, sit in cafes to people-watch, and do their nightly passeggiata stroll. There are centuries-old churches and even ancient remains dating back to the Roman period. As in […]
Read MoreSuva: President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere this week received the credentials of the newly appointed Non-Resident High Commissioner of Pakistan to Fiji, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. Chaudhri previously held the position of the Director-General (Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey), Director-General (South Asia & SAARC) and Director (India) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan. He also served at […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Denmark to Pakistan Lis Rosenholm this week said that she had a fascinating exchange with UNDP to collaborate on Danish initiative “Tech for Democracy.” “Pilot initiatives as this are key on how we make technology work for democracy and human rights on the ground & for marginalized groups,” she said. The […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The Government of Japan has decided to provide grant assistance up to US$189,204 (equivalent to around PKR 33 million) to three NGO development projects in Pakistan. The recipients that will implement the projects are True Worth Foundation, Rehman Foundation, and Dir Area Development Organization (DADO). The grant contracts were signed between H.E. WADA […]
Read MoreKanako Takahara Tokyo: Japan is set to ease border restrictions from March, allowing foreign nationals who are not tourists, including students and business travelers, to finally come to the nation. Another significant change for travelers, including Japanese and foreign residents, is the shortening of the quarantine period for people who are entering the country — […]
Read MoreJessie Sale Rome: Grassroots sports in Italy are to receive support from Entain Foundation through a partnership with non-profit organisation, Sport Senza Frontiere Onlus. For the first time, the collaboration will now aim to deliver a social inclusion programme through free access to sport for young people across Italy – where Entain operates through the […]
Read MoreDave Middleton Sydney: Australia’s white-ball depth will be tested next month with David Warner, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc and Glenn Maxwell to all miss the limited-overs leg of their upcoming tour of Pakistan. However, Cricket Australia will not be releasing its contracted stars to join the early stages of the Indian Premier League, […]
Read MoreAndy Jehring and Peter Allen A Royal charity that has partnered with Prince Harry’s life coaching firm paid its staff 98 per cent of the money it raised in a year, the Daily Mail reported. The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust (QCT) brought in £796,106 from donors but paid out £787,314 in staff costs to its ten […]
Read MoreKate Samuelson Prince Andrew has avoided a potential public trial over sex abuse claims against him by agreeing a multimillion-pound settlement with his accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre. But while the Duke of York continues to deny all the allegations against him, the case will now never be settled in the court of public opinion – […]
Read MoreDing Gang A year after Biden took office, the US released its much-anticipated US Indo-Pacific Strategy on February 11. It is a report drenched in poison. The US Indo-Pacific Strategy cited Biden’s speech on Sept 24, 2021 at the first leaders’ summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) between the United States, Japan, India and […]
Read MoreJames Smith On February 15, China’s Embassy in Canada condemned some Canadian media outlets for proliferating reports claiming that children in the Xizang Autonomous Region “are forced into boarding schools.” Rejecting the claims as false, the embassy iterated that children in Xizang are offered a high quality of education and protection, and that boarding school […]
Read MoreMichael Rothman For the better part of two years, oil market volatility had at its center concerns linked to the coronavirus pandemic and, more specifically, negative impacts on global oil demand growth from isolating and containment measures. And 2020 saw the largest ever retrenchment in oil usage that eclipsed the previously worse contraction, which occurred […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg Visiting Brussels for the second time in a month, one could not fail to notice how the Ukraine crisis is casting a longer shadow over the city and the EU than just a month ago. The EU had been gearing up for competition with China, but the Ukraine crisis has added […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: Senior Italian diplomat Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo celebrated his birthday this week. “Happy Birthday hubby @pontecorvoste… handsome and young, ready for new horizons together,” his wife Lidia Pontecorvo tweeted. Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo is the former Italian Ambassador to Pakistan where he served until the 9th of February 2020. In this capacity he has followed […]
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