Elizabeth Howell Tokyo: Japan plans to deploy a baseball-sized rover to explore the moon’s surface in 2022. The Japanese company ispace will deliver the small rover to the moon for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) using the commercial HAKUTO-R lander. JAXA will use the rover to snap pictures of the moon and collect data […]
Read MoreLondon: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a “moral duty” to share some of the UK’s coronavirus vaccines with developing nations to prevent a “humanitarian disaster” say MPs and peers.In a letter, they urge the PM to show “global leadership” ahead of the G7 summit by pledging to donate one dose abroad for each one given […]
Read MoreThe men’s Cricket World Cup will once again be a 14-team tournament in 2027 and 2031, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.Only 10 teams contested the 2019 World Cup, won by hosts England, and 10 will take part in the 2023 event, compared to 14 teams in 2015 and 2011.The news came as […]
Read MoreIain Carter As the world’s best female golfers gather for the US Women’s Open in San Francisco, the withdrawal of Naomi Osaka from the French Open tennis should prompt pause for thought.Like tennis, golf is an individual sport where, especially on the women’s side, there is constant pressure to make the most of public attention.Osaka’s […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said that a massive potential existed for Pakistan and Italy to lift the bilateral trade volume to $5 billion.In an interview, he said Italy attached the utmost importance to its relations with Pakistan and all-out efforts are being made to boost economic ties with Islamabad. He […]
Read MoreWang Wen The development of modern technology can easily lead to misperceptions that infectious diseases can be effectively controlled in developed nations. For example, the last naturally occurring case of variole was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980.In 1978, the UN members […]
Read MoreHu Xijin As the US strategic containment of Chinas has increasingly intensified, I would like to remind again that we have plenty of urgent tasks, but among the most important ones is to rapidly increase the number of commissioned nuclear warheads, and the DF-41s, the strategic missiles that are capable to strike long-range and have […]
Read MoreGrace Najjar Driving systemic change depends on collaboration and inclusion within and outside the business, its employees, partners, customers and communities at local, national and global levels. More specifically, it relies on an ecosystem of change-makers — all those who can turn ideas into reality, whether through transformational change or through contribution to high-value delivery. […]
Read MoreDimah Talal Al-Sharif Health is wealth. It may not be easy for a healthy individual to understand the true meaning of this proverb, but ask somebody who has to regularly visit a dialysis center or an individual whose liver function is deteriorating with each passing day. Thanks to technological advancements, many incurable diseases can now […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan this week stressed upon proper tapping of immense potential and resources of the ten-member Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) for the collective regional progress and prosperity.Addressing a concluding ceremony of 2nd conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) countries, the prime minister said the combined population of […]
Read MoreYang Sheng and Chen Qingqing Beijing: China and Russia held a new round of strategic security consultations this week in Moscow, and during the frequent interactions between the two major powers in recent months, the world has showed a dangerous trend of disorder or tensions in some regions, including the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Prominent Pakistani diplomat Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri has been appointed as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Australia. Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri is a seasoned diplomat and a career Foreign Service officer with over 26 years of varied experience at the Headquarters and Pakistan Missions abroad.Chaudhri has served at the key Pakistan Missions, including the Embassy of […]
Read MoreIslamabad; Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week asked Prime Minister Imran Khan as to what else he had done to reduce poverty in the country apart from ‘changing’ the name of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), launched by the PPP government almost a decade ago, to help the poverty-stricken people of […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan has approval a special China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Business Visa to facilitate the Chinese investment in the country.The Federal Cabinet that met here with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair, gave the formal approval, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said at a post-meeting news conference here. The minister said the new policy […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Islamabad: CPEC Authority Lt. General Asim Saleem Bajwa (retd) has said that work on 103- kilometer Nokundi-Mashkhel road had been started under CPEC which will grant easier access to neighboring Iran.“Access to Iran will be improved after construction of these roads,” Bajwa said in a tweet. He said the design of 200-kilometer […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Poverty is a huge problem globally, and poverty alleviation has long been a difficult task for the international community. Within a span of 40 years, placing a high priority on poverty issues and investigating various ways to alleviate poverty, the Chinese government has lifted about 800 million people out of absolute […]
Read MoreA clinical study led by Linköping University and financed by pharmaceuticals company Diamyd Medical has investigated whether immunotherapy against type 1 diabetes can preserve the body’s own production of insulin. The results suggest that injection of a protein, GAD, into lymph nodes can be effective in a subgroup of individuals. The results have been published […]
Read MoreFor many diseases, overweight and obesity are risk factors. But now a study shows that a higher BMI may be linked to higher survival rates in patients hospitalized for severe bacterial infections. Scientists at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, and Skaraborg Hospital in Skövde carried out the research, and their study has now been published […]
Read MoreA critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in dynamic detail using pioneering plant-based technology. Evidence about the process of virus maturation revealed in the research could help us develop new methods for treating viral infections.Maturation plays a critical role for all animal and bacterial viruses and […]
Read MoreA new map including rover paths of the Schrodinger basin, a geologically important area of the moon, could guide future exploration missions.The map was created by a team of interns at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, including Ellen Czaplinski, a University of Arkansas graduate student researcher at the Arkansas Center for Planetary Sciences and first […]
Read MoreNew research provides the best evidence to date into the timing of how our early Milky Way came together, including the merger with a key satellite galaxy. Using relatively new methods in astronomy, the researchers were able to identify the most precise ages currently possible for a sample of about a hundred red giant stars […]
Read MoreRodents share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing in the journal Med. The researchers demonstrated that the delivery of oxygen gas or oxygenated liquid through the rectum provided vital rescue to two mammalian models of respiratory failure. “Artificial respiratory support plays a vital role in […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: In what might be the unlikeliest indicator of a post-pandemic recovery, a pair of premium Japanese melons have sold for US$24,800 at auction, over 22 times more than last year’s virus-hit price.The 2.7 million yen price tag at the season’s first auction for the famed Yubari melons is still a snip compared to […]
Read MoreNewswire Tokyo: A team of Japanese scientists says it has discovered the oldest spiral galaxy ever observed in the history of the universe. Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and another institution made the announcement.The team analyzed data using the ALMA telescope in Chile to examine the details of the structure of the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: PPP’s senior leader Rehman Malik has stood tall among the Pakistani politicians for his strong determination and commitment to the Palestine and the Kashmir cause. The PPP veteran has also defend Pakistan as Islamabad faced the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) amid economic crisis. His struggle has not gone in waste as action […]
Read MoreNewswire London: Britain’s competition regulator is reviewing AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) planned $39 billion takeover of U.S.-based Alexion (ALXN.O) on whether it could reduce competition in Britain or other markets. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it was inviting comments from any interested party on the deal to help its assessment, a routine […]
Read MoreErik Stokstad When Boris Johnson became prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2019, he pledged to “liberate the U.K.’s extraordinary bioscience sector from anti–genetic modification rules.” The country had to hew to strict European biotech regulations until it finalized its divorce from the European Union in January. Next month, the government is widely expected […]
Read MoreDavid Boulos As more and more people embrace the outdoors, the benefits of hiking can be life-changin. The news hit me hard.I always thought of myself as a relatively sporty, healthy person, even if I was not always consistent with my workouts.Over the years I’ve been into cardio exercises, CrossFit, weightlifting and mixed martial arts, […]
Read MoreRiyadh: When Manchester City captain Fernandinho lifted the Premier League trophy this week after the 5-0 thrashing of Everton, it marked the fifth time in 10 seasons that the club owned by Sheikh Mansour had been crowned champions of England.Yet while the previous four titles had been played out against a traditional backdrop of home […]
Read MoreWang Wen I was amazed when I went to Xinjiang a week ago to do field research there. Today’s Xinjiang is greatly different from what some Western think tanks and media reports depict. It is also different from what I witnessed in my previous trips there.When I visited Kashgar in southern Xinjiang for the first […]
Read MoreKang Bing Being the world’s second-largest economy, China’s presence in other countries is, understandably, increasing in the form of investment, aid and loan. Official data released early this year show that despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, China’s direct overseas investment increased 3.3 percent year-on-year to $132.9 billion last […]
Read MoreSara Al-Mulla The coronavirus pandemic will go down in history as a calamity that has affected the entire world. Since its onset, it has triggered a global recession, job losses, food insecurity, rising violence against vulnerable groups, unprecedented school dropouts, and high fatality rates. As the pandemic lingers, the most vulnerable countries are facing increasing […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg International competition for influence in the Red Sea region has intensified over the past few years, as concerns about its security and stability have grown dramatically. Great powers and trading nations are elbowing each other to gain a foothold in the region. The US maintains its largest African base in Djibouti […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese said his country will cooperate with Pakistan to protect the historical places.In a recent meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, the envoy said a lot of work has been done for the protection of historical places. The Italian ambassador invited the CM to visit Italy and […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that peace was the destiny of the Afghan people.This week, the envoy and discussed the peace process and the political situation in Afghanistan with Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, the State Minister for Peace. Naderi later said the meeting was fruitful. “Peace process, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: As a biggest incentive for youth in the country’s history, Prime Minister Imran Khan this week announced allocation of Rs 100 billion for startup loans and 170, 000 Skilled Education Scholarships to overcome the challenge of unemployment. The prime minister, in a special televised message for youth, said the government was focused on promoting […]
Read MoreChu Daye and Yang Sheng Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed via video link the groundbreaking ceremony of four advanced nuclear reactors powered by Russia’s third-generation nuclear technology in China this week.Observers said that the start of construction on the four new nuclear reactors, the biggest China-Russia nuclear energy cooperation […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has said that the legacy of Imran Khan’s government would be unfettered and unabashed corruption and incompetence.The unprecedented massive corruption, he said, was the root cause of Pakistan’s decimated economy.In a statement, Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that any nation plagued with a corrupt […]
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