West Indies legend Brian Lara is currently a part of the official broadcasters panel for the IPL 2020. Lara has seen the career of plenty of a youngsters unfold in front of his eyes. And who better than the legend himself to share a piece of advice for the young cricketers, with some, making a […]
Read MoreMike Tyson has totally opposed Floyd Mayweather’s view on there being too many belts in boxing.Mayweather went on a tirade about the number of belts in the sport in October, saying: “There’s too many champions in the sport of boxing right now… This s**t, this doesn’t look good.” However when asked about Floyd’s comments following […]
Read MoreA few weeks removed from announcing she parted ways with coach Dani Vallverdu, Karolina Pliskova has added Sascha Bajin to her team for 2021.Pliskova unveiled the news earlier this week on social media with a socially distanced photo that included Bajin and her fitness coach Azuz Simcich. Bajin was the WTA Coach of the Year […]
Read MoreMartin Laflamme Taipei: Tokyo was not always one of the world’s great cities. In fact, for much of Japan’s history, it was a backwater town. This perception was particularly acute from Kyoto, the seat of the imperial court for centuries and the epitome of all things civilized. In the poetry of its aristocracy, the entire […]
Read MoreRitsuko Ando Japanese music enthusiasts, loyal to CDs long after the rest of the world went online, have begun reaching for the eject button and switching to streaming services as artists cancel in-store events and fans stay home because of the pandemic. Despite a slow decline in sales in the past decade, CDs are still […]
Read MoreDaniel Arkin London: The popular Netflix series “The Crown” has taken viewers on a sweeping tour of modern history through the eyes of the British royal family, dramatizing pivotal events from the post-war era to Margaret Thatcher’s administration. But the show’s revisions to the historical record — embellishments, exaggerations and even some outright inventions — […]
Read MoreLondon: The British Defence Secretary announced a £184 million investment in the joint Maritime Mine Counter Measure (MMCM) program for British Navy, which will create new systems to combat sea mines and keep ships and personnel away from danger. The British Defence Secretary was speaking at this year’s virtual Franco-British Council Defence Conference, which also […]
Read MoreWajid Shamsul Hasan Yet another Bhutto rose from Multan to lead the way in Pakistan’s chequered politics with pitfalls at every step. Youngest daughter of Martyred Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto described in affection by her as ‘dynamite’ Aseefa Bhutto Zardari has all those qualities that made her mother a great leader. As a youngster she became […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times The prelude of an Asian Era has begun. About 100 years ago, Japanese scholar Okakura Tenshin, Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and Chinese scholar Liang Qichao all called for Asianism. A century has past during which numerous thinkers have conceived of Asia’s rise. Now, the Asian Era is coming. The signing […]
Read MoreGlobal Times The EU recently signaled its increasing desire to bond with the US as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House. In order to gain strategic autonomy and raise its voice in the international community, Brussels hopes to get Washington on board by hyping the so-called “China challenge,” despite the structural contradictions […]
Read MoreDr Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg Serious discussions are taking place in Washington and Gulf capitals about the shape of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-US relations under President-elect Joe Biden. The prospect of the new administration focusing internally on fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and jumpstarting its economic recovery is understandable. But that has not, in the past, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has urged to enhance the bilateral trade between Pakistan and Italy to its full potential from current $1.7 billion to $5 billion annually. In an interview, he said both the countries were interested to achieve the trade balance as currently Pakistan had a trade surplus with […]
Read MoreRome: As Italy marked World AIDS Day on December 1, doctors and activists are adamant that the annual occasion should not be overshadowed by covid-19. Based on the latest data, it emerges that on average new cases of HIV infection are decreasing, even if the diagnoses remain high among people in the 25-29 age group.New […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Nato’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo celebrated his wedding anniversary this week. In a tweet on the occasion, he said: “30 years of me and you today… I asked you to marry me after 14 days I had met you (only because you had left for a week in the […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik has said that the committee has received several complaints from the general public regarding the non-admission of their patients in hospitals of Islamabad. Addressing a press conference this week via video link, Senator A. Rehman Malik said that the ratio of the rapid […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered the armed forces to strengthen training under real combat conditions and raise their capability of winning wars. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks at a CMC meeting on […]
Read MoreTehran: An Australian-British academic jailed for spying by Iran has been released after two years behind bars, in a swap for three Iranians linked to a botched Bangkok bomb plot. Middle East scholar Kylie Moore-Gilbert said that departing Iran was “bittersweet” despite “injustices” endured during more than 800 days detained in the country’s toughest prisons.“I […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan’s leading opposition politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said has been tested positive for the coronavirus.The 32-year-old chief of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and son of former two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto went into isolation after being infected with the virus. “I have tested positive for #COVID-19 & am self-isolating with mild symptoms. I’ll […]
Read MoreNong Rong At the recent China International Import Expo (CIIE), a Chinese speaking Pakistani jeweler Aqeel Ahmed Chaudhry was very happy because the sapphires and various jewels he exhibited attracted many Chinese businessmen. He was among many Pakistani businessmen who actively participated in this major global trade gala to explore market opportunities in China. The […]
Read MoreYossi Mekelberg The line between fame and infamy can sometimes be blurred, and history has always loved heroes, if sometimes only to eventually knock them off their pedestal. However, since the closing decades of the last century a culture of celebrity has emerged that is quite a departure from, or at least a variation of, […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times Human beings are encountering the gravest economic crisis and the deadliest life crisis since the end of WWII. To make matters worse, the strategic distrust between great powers has hit the lowest level since the end of the Cold War. Most Western media outlets have been deeply impacted by US […]
Read MoreDr Azeem ibrahim After four years of the US abdicating its role as a global leader, the incoming Biden administration will be keen to reassert American leadership around the world. Few issues will be higher on the agenda than the Rohingya genocide.In normal times, one would expect a US president to be the leading voice […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China is ready to work with other countries to create a new paradigm for cybersecurity as well as a community with a shared future in cyberspace, President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory letter to the World Internet Conference-Internet Development Forum, which opened on Monday in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province. Xi hailed […]
Read MoreChina Economic Net Beijing: China’s blueprint to become a self-reliant scientific power is about bolstering the nation’s ability to solve key strategic issues through its own efforts and to achieve quality, sustainable development through innovation and ingenuity, experts and officials said. The communique of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Wuhan: The video Story of a Pakistani construction worker who works under CPEC project won the hearts of audiences and secured awards at the 2nd Belt and Road (BRI) Short Video Competition. Aside from presenting CPEC’s potential of sustainable development in the lives of individuals, the story also showcased Pakistani worker’s work ethic […]
Read MoreStephen Mansfield When a group of friends, academics, translators and professors of literature formed a monthly circle dedicated to studying Kyoto’s sumptuous literary legacy, they likely did not expect their passion and commitment would span a 10-year period. Astounded to find no English anthology of literature on the city, they decided in the spring of […]
Read MoreIain Maloney The 20th century saw a profound shift in emphasis to social history, people’s history, and latterly, the history of those pushed to the margins — women, people of color and the working class. At times this change felt like a dialectic struggle, a political choice rather than an academic one: to concentrate on […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Is Earth more likely or less likely to be hit by an asteroid or comet now as compared to, say, 20 million years ago?Several studies have claimed to have found periodic variations, with the probability of giant impacts increasing and decreasing in a regular pattern. Now a new analysis by Coryn Bailer-Jones from the […]
Read MoreA team of scientists, including researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, has reconstructed a detailed “tree of life” for turtles. The specifics of how turtles are related — to one another, to other reptiles, and even to dinosaurs — have been hotly debated for decades. Next generation sequencing technologies in Academy labs have generated […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late — with fewer sunspots than anytime in in the last century — prompting curious scientists to wonder just what it might mean here on Earth. Sunspots have been observed for millennia — first by Chinese astronomers and then, for the first time with […]
Read MoreA “molecular volume knob” regulating electrical signals in the brain helps with learning and memory, according to a Dartmouth study.The molecular system controls the width of electrical signals that flow across synapses between neurons. The finding of the control mechanism, and the identification of the molecule that regulates it, could help researchers in their search […]
Read MoreA new global analysis led by Imperial College London, and published in journal The Lancet, has assessed the height and weight of school-aged children and adolescents across the world.The study, which used data from 65 million children aged five to 19 years old in 193 countries, revealed that school-aged children’s height and weight, which are […]
Read MoreScientists have developed a lung-on-chip model to study how the body responds to early tuberculosis (TB) infection, according to findings published today in eLife. TB is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and most often affects the lungs. The model reveals that respiratory system cells, called alveolar epithelial cells, play an […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior and former Interior Minister Senator A. Rehman Malik has written a letter to US President elect Joe Biden and has extended him heartiest congratulations over his victory in elections. In his letter, Senator A. Rehman Malik has extended best wishes to President elect Joe Biden and writes […]
Read MoreTaj Nabi Khan Islamabad: The second wave of novel coronavirus pandemic is around as intense spike in cases is witnessed inside the country as well as worldwide with the onset of winter season. The ‘first wave’ was subsided with less than expected human and economic losses due the unprecedented measures, well-conceived strategies and collective-response of […]
Read MoreBen Church Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona has died of a heart attack at the age of 60, his lawyer Matias Morla said.The Argentine Football Association confirmed the news and posted a short message on its social media platforms. “The Argentine Football Association, through its President Claudio Tapia, expresses its deepest sorrow for the death […]
Read MoreNic Savage England cricket great Graham Thorpe has revealed the brutal sledge from former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy which thwarted him during the 1993 Ashes series.During the fifth Test at Edgbaston, England was reeling on day four at 8-229, with Aussie tweakers Shane Warne and Tim May rattling the depleted batting attack. As the only […]
Read MoreLondon: The United Kingdom (UK) has pledged £155 million aid to support peace and stability in Afghanistan.A statement issued by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) issued here said the UK aid pledge for 2021 would help reduce child mortality rates and improve access to education and vital infrastructure. The statement added the […]
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