New research shows that over the past 50 years street cannabis across the world has become substantially stronger carrying an increased risk of harm. The team behind the study from the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath, synthesised data from over 80,000 cannabis samples tested in the past 50 years from […]
Read MoreIt was previously thought that collisions between galaxies would necessarily add to the activity of the massive black holes at their centers. However, researchers have performed the most accurate simulations of a range of collision scenarios and have found that some collisions can reduce the activity of their central black holes. The reason is that […]
Read MoreA remarkable prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity — the theory that connects space, time, and gravity — is that rotating black holes have enormous amounts of energy available to be tapped. For the last 50 years, scientists have tried to come up with methods to unleash this power. Nobel physicist Roger Penrose theorized […]
Read MoreEarth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. But don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that our planet is plunging towards the black hole. Instead the changes are results of a better model of the Milky Way Galaxy based on […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The Government of Japan provides US$ 4.57 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccine as part of its continued support to Pakistan for polio eradication. This latest grant will be utilized for the procurement of 23.66 million doses of vaccines. It will allow the programme to reach under five years old children living […]
Read MoreTokyo: The use of masks by television personalities and news anchors on camera is sparking a debate among the public and within the entertainment industry in Japan after broadcasters on a major network began wearing them during a program.TV Tokyo Corp. began having its anchors wear masks from January 18. After anchor Mariko Oe asked […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s government and more than 220 million citizens offered gratitude to Iron Brother China as they received the first batch of Sinopharm vaccine in aid this week.On behalf of the Pakistani government and people, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi expressed gratitude to the Chinese government for providing the vaccine as the country […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong this week said that Iron Brother China was proud to be the first country to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan. “We are ready for our iron brother! Happy to learn that the Chinese government donated vaccines have been loaded to the special plane sent by Pakistan. Proud to […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Assembly this week passed ‘The China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Bill, 2020.’Last week, Asad Umar said the CPEC Authority Ordinance had lapsed in May 2020 and the CPEC Authority Bill was pending in the National Assembly. He said all administrative and financial decisions of the Authority were being taken according […]
Read MoreMichelle Roberts London: Public Health England is investigating cases of coronavirus with ‘worrying’ new genetic changes that have been found in some regions of the UK. Tests show they have a mutation, called E484K, that is already seen in the South Africa variant.Although this change may reduce vaccine effectiveness, the current ones in use should […]
Read MoreLondon: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a small and loyal team around them to help look after their family and assist with their royal duties.While their household is far smaller than other members of the family, like the Queen and Prince Charles, they rely heavily on their team for everything to run smoothly. […]
Read MoreIslamabad: British High Commissioner Christian Turner called on Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed this week and discussed the matters of mutual interest. The meeting reviewed the progress on extradition treaty between both countries for bringing back convicted persons and those wanted in heinous crimes.Both sides agreed to complete all formalities at earliest in this […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Rehman Malik this week thanked the Chinese government for donating 500,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan and urged the government to ensure that vaccines are made available free for the whole population. Chairing the meeting, he said mere 500,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine are […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Pakistan and Uzbekistan this week resolved to enter into Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) for increasing the bilateral trade and promote trade liberalization on both sides. The two sides also discussed to revive the Joint Business Council, and assured that bilateral engagements like Inter Governmental Commission will be held more frequently, said a press release […]
Read MoreHu Xijin China and the US are two powers with super strength. Both of them are quite complicated, so is the competition between them. However, I think it’s too simplistic if we use the concept of a clash between two civilizations or between two systems to describe China-US relations.I believe what bolsters the two countries’ […]
Read MoreMartin Jacques What will happen to Europe? Will it continue with a broadly pro-American orientation, or will it pursue an increasingly independent position?Either way, the consequences will be far-reaching. At the heart of the West lie the US and Europe. If Europe seeks a more autonomous role, then the West will be seriously weakened. The […]
Read MoreWang Wen In the last week of 2020, I led a team to the China-Vietnam border area to do field research in various port cities of South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Coincidentally, many of the deputy mayors of these cities who received us were female. This made me reflexively want to write about changes […]
Read MoreRay Hanania There is a myth that removing Donald Trump from the White House has somehow magically changed the overwhelmingly anti-Palestinian nature of American politics. In fact, it has not changed in substance. It has changed in tenor. What I mean is that, while Trump screamed pro-Israel rhetoric and actions, the Democrats whisper it in […]
Read MoreFirdose Moonda Cricket South Africa are “extremely disappointed” and “frustrated” at Cricket Australia’s decision to pull out of their Test tour in March, saying they couldn’t have done more to appease the touring team. “We are extremely disappointed by the decision of CA,” Graeme Smith, CSA’s Director of Cricket, said in a strongly-worded statement. “CSA […]
Read MoreRoger Federer will make his long-awaited return to the ATP Tour in March when he is set to compete at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha. The Swiss superstar, who has undergone two right knee operations in the past 12 months, last played on 30 January 2020 when he lost to Novak Djokovic in the […]
Read MoreKarachi: In an unfortunate incident, professional kick boxer Aslam Khan passed away in Karachi after being knocked out in a local boxing match. The boxer collapsed at a ring when he was punched in the face by his rival Wali Khan Tareen in a match organised by a local club. Aslam was taken to the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week said that his country wanted to play a role to beautify and develop the Gilgit-Baltistan. In a meeting here with GB Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid, the envoy said Italy will co-finance the Economic Transformation Initiatives (ETI) and invest 20 million Euros in the project.“Both the […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo said ceasefire was key to Afghanistan peace. In a meeting with Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, Afghanistan State Minister for Peace this week, the envoy said all parties must give up hostilities and make a new beginning. “They discussed NATO support for the Afghan Peace […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Opposition parties will march towards Islamabad against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government on March 26, Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced this week. The announcement came after a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Islamabad.Caravans from across the country will leave for Islamabad on March 26, Fazl told reporters. He was flanked by other […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Transparency International this week released its annual report, showing that the corruption situation in Pakistan has worsened in 2020. The annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020 has revealed that persistent corruption is undermining health care systems and contributing to democratic backsliding amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Countries that perform well on the index invest […]
Read MoreKarachi: Former president and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari on Friday tied the knot with her fiancé Mahmood Chaudhry. Bakhtawar Bhutto’s nikah was solemnized by Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Soho of Thatta. The nikah ceremony was attended by close members of the Bhutto and Zardari families and close relatives […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China has made it clear that there was no genocide in the country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China will never accept lies made by former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Xinjiang.“The most important thing should be repeated three times – China has no genocide; China has […]
Read MoreArchaeologists have unearthed a trove of skulls in Mexico that may have once belonged to human sacrifice victims. The skulls, which date between A.D. 600 and 850, may also shatter existing notions about the ancient culture of the area.The find, described in the January issue of the journal Latin American Antiquity, was located in an […]
Read MoreThis holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the […]
Read MoreTargeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients’ distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco’s Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that — at least in one patient — was able to […]
Read MoreThe more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn from their mistakes. On a positive note, overly anxious and depressed people’s judgment can improve if they focus on what they get right, instead of what they get wrong, suggests a new […]
Read MoreAs the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs ever higher, a critical question has grown in importance: How long will their immunity to the novel coronavirus last? A new Rockefeller study offers an encouraging answer, suggesting that those who recover from COVID-19 are protected against the virus for at least six months, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide grants approximately worth 1,986 million Japanese Yen (Equivalent to around 19 million USD / around 3,057 million PKR) for installation of weather surveillance radar in Sukkur, Sindh province.Notes to this effect were signed and exchanged between Matsuda Kuninori, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan and Noor […]
Read MoreTokyo: Japan will commence random mass testing as early as March as part of efforts to ascertain the extent of the novel coronavirus’ spread in city areas, according to government sources. The central government is aiming to conduct up to several thousand polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests per day in Tokyo, Osaka and other metropolitan […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Abdul Rehman Malik has written a letter to Financial Action Task Force President Dr Marcus Pleyer, pleading him to remove Pakistan from FATF’s Grey List given to Indian propaganda against Pakistan exposed by Disinfolab EU as Indian chronicles. He also thanked him for giving a relief […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan and Italy this week agreed that they had exemplary relations based on mutual trust and principles of cooperation, resolved to further expand the relationship in all dimensions. The resolve came during the 5th Round of Pakistan-Italy Annual Bilateral Political Consultations held virtually.Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood led the Pakistan side, while Secretary General […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese this week vowed to simplify the process of visa issuance to Pakistani businessmen and traders to further promote business to business ties between Pakistan and Italy. “Simplification of the VISA process and procedure is the top priority of the Italian embassy in Islamabad” he said in […]
Read MoreEmily Dixon Serena Williams didn’t plan on daughter Olympia playing tennis, she revealed in a new interview.“I never thought I would let my daughter play tennis, but then during this pandemic, it was the only thing that we could do safely so I’m like, well, tennis it is,” Williams shared.“It’s all consuming. It’s stressful. It’s […]
Read MoreEngland cricket head coach Chris Silverwood this week stood by team’s rotation policy even though it could cause him some selection headaches ahead of the four-match Test series against India. during the upcoming tour of India.The team rested its two star players, all-rounder Ben Stokes and fast bowler Jofra Archer, during the recently concluded two-match […]
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