Dr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg China enjoys warm ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council states. Most GCC countries have upgraded their engagement with China to a “strategic partnership,” with close cooperation in all fields, including political and security areas. While these developments are important and real, I will suggest some steps to make […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla “One Thousand and One Nights,” also known as “Arabian Nights,” remains one of the most cherished and magical works in Arab literature. This collection of Middle Eastern folk tales takes the reader on a journey to the region, where he or she encounters bustling markets, adventurous voyages, love stories and mysterious supernatural creatures.The […]
Read MoreCaroline Hallemann This year has been difficult for everyone—members of the British royal family included. From Harry and Meghan’s unprecedented move to L.A. to an intimate, socially-distanced wedding in Windsor, here are the biggest royal moments of 2020.It’s almost hard to think back to January when the Sussexes first announced their intentions to step away […]
Read MoreJames Gallagher and Nick Triggle The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, with the first doses due to be given on Monday.There will be 530,000 doses available from next week, and vaccination centres will now start inviting patients to come and get the jab.Priority groups for immunisation have already been identified, […]
Read MoreShane Warne’s men’s Test Team of the Decade is in and it features one massive difference compared to that of the ICC’s.The ICC this week released its Teams of the Decade with two Australians, David Warner and Steve Smith, getting the nod in the men’s Test XI alongside two Englishmen.Both Australians made their way into […]
Read MoreZhang Yongpeng – China Daily Since the establishment of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2000, institutionalized cooperation between China and African countries has not only deepened but also extended to organizations and platforms such as the United Nations, the Belt and Road Initiative and the Non-Aligned Movement, reflecting the ever increasing importance and benefits […]
Read MoreBrandon Kochkodin Two of the most talked about boxing matches in 2020 — the return of a 54-year-old Mike Tyson to the ring and an exhibition fight between social media personality Jake Paul and former NBA player Nate Robinson — left boxing purists wincing. But for former world champion and current mega-promoter Oscar De La […]
Read MoreArtemis Moshtaghian, CNN Professional wrestler Jon Huber, known in the ring as both Luke Harper and Mr. Brodie Lee, died this week at the age of 41, according to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Huber wrestled for WWE and more recently for All-Elite Wrestling (AEW). His wife, Amanda Huber, said on Instagram that her husband “passed […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik has paid tribute to Benazir Bhutto on her 13th martyrdom anniversary and said that the nation and the workers of PPP always miss and felt the absence of Benazir Bhutto in the party. In his statement, Senator A. Rehman […]
Read MoreKabul: Senior Civilian Representative of NATO to Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo reaching peace was not easy after forty years of conflict in Afghanistan. In an interview, he said big progress had been made towards Intra-Afghan talk negotiations. “NATO has supported ambassador Khalilzad’s efforts to get the two sides to the peace table. I think there […]
Read MoreTokyo: A Japanese company and Kyoto University have joined forces to develop what they hope will be the world’s first satellites made out of wood by 2023. Sumitomo Forestry said it has started research on tree growth and the use of wood materials in space. The partnership will begin experimenting with different types of wood […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: In Italy, it seems, true love will always find a way — even in the time of coronavirus A Facebook post has gone viral after a male nurse in a southern hospital proposed to his girlfriend with the big question scrawled on the back of his head-to-toe protective clothing. In the post, which […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: China is helping Pakistan for safe and protected export of the delicate cherries to the Iron Brother as Islamabad prepares to send the first batch to Beijing this spring, a senior cabinet member said.Until now the Pakistani cherries’ export had been hindered as Pakistan lacked cold chain management, market information system, packaging […]
Read MoreNational Institutes of Health researchers have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or “nanobodies,” against SARS-CoV-2 that were produced by a llama named Cormac. Preliminary results published in Scientific Reports suggest that at least one of these nanobodies, called NIH-CoVnb-112, could prevent infections and detect virus particles by grabbing hold of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins. […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The nation celebrated 145th birthday of Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on Friday, with renewed pledge to work hard for progress and prosperity of the country.It was a public holiday and national flag was hoisted a top all public and private buildings. The day dawned with Quran Khawani at the Quaid’s mausoleum […]
Read MoreBeijing, Moscow eye strategic stability in the region Yang Jin Beijing: The air forces of China and Russia held their second joint aerial strategic patrol over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea this week. The two countries carried out their first such patrol in July 2019. This exercise fully displays further developments […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: December marks the 8th death anniversary of Pakistan’s ex-prime minister and one of the subcontinent’s iconic leaders, Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated during a bomb attack on her convoy in Rawalpindi during an election rally in December 2007, weeks before the originally scheduled January 8 national elections.Born on June 21, 1953, in Karachi, […]
Read MoreNew York: Half of registered American voters say they think history will view Donald Trump as a “failed” president, according to a new poll released here. The poll of 1,000 registered voters, carried out by USA TODAY/Suffolk University from Dec. 16 to 20, found stark partisan divides in attitudes towards Trump’s presidency, with many Republicans […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong has said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was an important pilot project of the Belt and Road Initiative.Speaking at an Award Ceremony for outstanding Pakistani staff of CPEC projects this week, he said CPEC was a demonstration project of China-Pakistan cooperation. “It is significant to deepen China- Pakistan […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Rawalpindi: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that Pakistan-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX” would benefit the two Iron Brothers. “Such joint training ventures are vital to increase combat readiness of both countries to face emerging geo-strategic challenges,” the top General said this week during his visit to […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Officials from northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region have rebutted criticisms on Xinjiang-related issues in Western reports, saying that claims over issues such as so-called “forced labor” and “reeducation camps” are pure slander. Xu Guixiang, deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region […]
Read MoreBy monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, an international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes — that could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system.The team, led by Cornell postdoctoral researcher Jake D. Turner, Philippe Zarka of the Observatoire de Paris […]
Read MoreNew digital techniques have allowed researchers to predict structural evolution of the skull in the lineage of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, in an effort to fill in blanks in the fossil record, and provide the first 3D rendering of their last common ancestor. The study suggests populations that led to the lineage split were older […]
Read MoreMany genetic mutations in visual pigments, spread over millions of years, were required for humans to evolve from a primitive mammal with a dim, shadowy view of the world into a greater ape able to see all the colors in a rainbow. Now, after more than two decades of painstaking research, scientists have finished a […]
Read MoreDrinking plenty of both green tea and coffee is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care.Drinking 4 or more daily cups of green tea plus 2 or more of coffee was associated with […]
Read MoreYoga improves symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, a condition with chronic nervousness and worry, suggesting the popular practice may be helpful in treating anxiety in some people. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, a new study found that yoga was significantly more effective for generalized anxiety disorder than standard education on stress […]
Read MoreChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of harmful gases such as cigarette smoke. Scientists have recognized deterioration of muscle tissue, known as, as a secondary effect of damaged lungs. This frailty makes it difficult for individuals to move around and exercise, which is turn worsens the state of […]
Read MoreTumaini Carayol The pandemic forced the 33-year-old German to step away from the treadmill of being a top-20 player and announce an unexpected retirement “I can feel it now on my body,” says Julia Görges. “It’s less tension, less pain because the mental stress which affects your body and affects your mind a lot, this […]
Read MoreAndrew Reid Mexican boxer Julian Fernandez has been given a painful lesson in what can go wrong when your confidence doesn’t match your ability. Fernandez (14-3) was destroyed in his fight with Frank Sanchez 17-0 (13 KO’s) over the weekend, with his Cuban opponent punching him out of the ring in a devastating seventh round […]
Read MoreThe Badminton World Federation announced details of the sport’s calendar for the first half of 2021 season, including the reopening of world rankings and qualification plans for the postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo.The qualification period will be extended until the Indian Open 2021, which will be the last tournament to earn points that count toward […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Japan has conferred the 2020 ‘Spring Decorations’ “The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays” upon Ms. ORITA Toshiko, Vice President of the Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association (PJCA), Islamabad, in recognition of her significant contribution to the promotion of long-term cultural exchanges and friendly relations between Japan and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. MATSUDA […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The government of Japan is assisting Pakistan in installation of weather surveillance radars to upgrade its forecast capacity and help reduce effects of natural disasters, particularly urban flooding.With cooperation of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the weather surveillance radars have already been installed in Islamabad and Karachi, with few others planned to be […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times During China’s annual Central Economic Work Conference held at the end of 2020, reducing carbon emission was listed as one of China’s eight key tasks to focus on in 2021. China has a firm determination to tackle climate change. In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to achieve carbon neutrality […]
Read MoreKerry Boyd Anderson In the wake of the US elections in November, pollsters have been reviewing what went wrong with many of their predictions and what it means for the future of polling. After the 2016 presidential election, there already were accusations that polling was proving inaccurate. The criticisms often exaggerated the errors, but there […]
Read MoreEnamul Hassan – People’s Daily When the Communist Party of China (CPC) established the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949, the condition was not as it seems now in China. Many people did not have enough food or clothes, let alone medicare and education. One of the poorest countries in the world, […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg When Joe Biden is sworn in as US president in January, one of the critical issues his administration will have to address is superpower rivalry in the Gulf. The Obama administration’s toolbox may no longer be adequate to do the job; competitors may have some contrarian views on the matter, including […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik has urged the government to impose National Emergency during the second of COVID-19 which is highly dangerous and deadly. Malik, who is also the Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior, said that new strain of Coronavirus was more dangerous as it is animal mutated strain having been […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Egyptian ambassador to Pakistan Tarek Mohamed Hussein Dahroug calls on Senator A. Rehman Malik, Former Federal Interior Minister here this week at his residence in Islamabad. During the meeting, both exchanged views over bilateral relations, regional situation, present world political scenario, and matters of mutual interest.Senator Rehman Malik welcomed and extended his best […]
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