S. Ali Islamabad: A combination of youth and experience, Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese is optimistic about taking the Pakistan-Italy ties to new heights during his stay in Pakistan as the top diplomat.Speaking to Covert here at his official residence, the envoy pledged to cement the Pakistan-Italy ties further. “Pakistan and Italy are […]
Read MoreNükhet Varlik Columbia: When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths globally, you may be wondering, with increasing exasperation, how long this will continue.Since the beginning of the pandemic, epidemiologists and public health specialists have been using mathematical models to forecast the […]
Read MoreIslamabad: One year on from their visit to Pakistan, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spoken to two organisations they visited in October 2019 to hear how they have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.They first spoke to teachers from the Islamabad Model College for Girls via video call to hear how the school’s […]
Read MoreAuckland: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has declared victory in New Zealand’s general election, securing a second leadership term.The Prime Minister said New Zealand had shown the Labour Party its greatest support in at least 50 years and it was clear they would lead the government for the next three years.“We will not take […]
Read MoreNewswire Gujranwala: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is leading a mass campaign against the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government.The popular leader said Prime Minister Imran Khan had no solution for any problem.“All the democratic parties in the country are on one page and that is the page of real democracy and everybody will […]
Read MoreNewswire Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that attempts to humiliate US President Donald Trump by accusing him of ties with “uninvolved onlooker” Russia just upgrades Moscow’s status.In an interview with Rossiya-24 TV channel, President Putin said: “When someone is trying to humiliate or insult the incumbent head of state they anyway elevate you […]
Read MoreLiu Hongjie and Prime Sarmiento Beijing: President Xi Jinping’s call for elimination of violence, discrimination and other forms of inequalities against women will consolidate global consensus on promoting gender equality and boost global action to further buttress the well-being of women, international experts said.Xi made the remark in a video address at the High-Level Meeting […]
Read MoreIslamabad: British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner has said that Pakistan’s Northern Areas landscapes were some of the most beautiful in the world. In a video message, he said: “This is my first visit to Pakistan’s Northern Areas. The landscapes are some of the most beautiful in the world. But climate change is also impacting […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik has decided not to pursue criminal and civil cases against Cynthia Dawn Ritchie after his vindication from the competent court from alleged charges.He made the announcement after complete exoneration from the “fake, fabricated and malicious” charges of rape by Cynthia […]
Read MoreQuetta: The Balochistan Assembly has established a separate nursing corner and feeding room inside its building, becoming the first assembly in Pakistan to do so.A similar corner has also been built inside Quetta’s city court and other places in the city. Parliamentary Health Secretary Dr Rubaba Buledi visited the assembly and oversaw at the arrangements […]
Read MoreXinhua Hong Kong: Holding high a national flag, Carey Chan jogged down the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui on the afternoon of October 1 to celebrate the National Day of the People’s Republic of China, something he dared not do last year.“I would have been ‘lynched’ by black-clad rioters then,” he said. “But […]
Read MoreChina Economic NetBeijing: China has refuted some Western countries’ slanders on issues related to its Hong Kong and Xinjiang, saying it would never accept “an instructor” on human rights and opposes double standards.As some Western countries have behaved badly in their own human rights situation, “What right do they have to make carping comments on […]
Read MoreStockholm: Three scientists shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about the black hole, one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm announced last week.The prize has been awarded with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel […]
Read MoreKabul: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo is playing the role of the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan at a critical juncture for Afghanistan’s future.When Ambassador Pontecorvo assumed the office this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Ambassador Pontecorvo brings a long-standing diplomatic experience, including on Afghanistan and the broad regional context. I look forward to […]
Read MoreTim Korso Washington: Bill Gates, founder of tech giant Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has projected that wealthy countries will return to normal life by the end of 2021, should the vaccines, currently being developed by western countries, work and be deployed in a timely manner. He added, however, that this is […]
Read MoreFakhar Alam Peshawar: Gone are the days when joy of small kids was boundless while seeing colourful butterflies hovering over flowers and dense trees in the Mughal era Wazir Bagh garden where greenery has started dying due to improper up keeping and increased urbanization.Chasing butterflies and hide and seek of small children among the thickly […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: Humans worry about greenhouse gases, but between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago, microscopic ocean dwellers really needed them.The sun was 10 to 15 percent dimmer than it is today – too weak to warm the planet on its own. Earth required a potent mix of heat-trapping gases to keep the […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: About one fifth of Earth’s atmosphere is oxygen, pumped out by green plants as a result of photosynthesis and used by most living things on the planet to keep our metabolisms running.But before the first photosynthesizing organisms appeared about 2.4 billion years ago, the atmosphere likely contained mostly carbon dioxide, as is […]
Read MoreCovert Report Jamaica: Crocodiles were once so abundant along the salty rim of southern Jamaica that images of their toothy jaws and spiny armor crown the tropical island’s coat of arms and are stenciled on the bumpers of military vehicles.Now, the big reptiles are increasingly difficult to spot, and not just because they blend into […]
Read MoreMuhammad Mudassir Tipu I was posted to Beijing as Political Counsellor in 2012. In a diplomatic dinner, I met one of the African Ambassadors stationed in Beijing for several years. In my own curiosity to understand, what was the perspective of an African Ambassador on China’s economic development, I asked the Ambassador, how did he […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times During my lectures to business people in recent months, I have noticed new changes in their attitudes. They were concerned about China-US relations in the past. Now, entrepreneurs care more about the rest of the world. For example, which countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have more potential for […]
Read MoreAbdul Basit Writing in The Washington Post on Afghanistan on September 26, Prime Minister Imran Khan observed: “All those who have invested in the Afghan peace process should resist the temptation for setting unrealistic timelines. A hasty international withdrawal from Afghanistan would be unwise. We should also guard against regional spoilers who are not interested […]
Read MoreLiang Yuchun – China Daily In the 65 years since its founding, particularly since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress in 2012, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region has followed a people-centric policy and made historic achievements in human rights protection.Especially, Xinjiang residents’ right to life is better protected today because there has been […]
Read MoreJohn Etheridge England cricket chiefs spread COVID-19 on cricket balls to help prove it was safe for the game to return.London: Lord’s boss Tom Harrison has revealed the extent to which the ECB went as it feared for the very survival of cricket earlier this year.Harrison had forecast an eye-watering $700 million loss for the […]
Read MoreCovert Report World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic has called for line judges to be replaced with technology after “a very awkward situation” when he hit a ball into a judge’s face for the second time in weeks.The 33-year-old Serb was knocked out of the US Open in September when he hit a line judge in […]
Read MoreCovert Report WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s brother, Tommy Fury, will return to action soon. He is eyeing a possible date in November for his upcoming fight.Although the date is still not final, Fury vows to confirm it shortly. While he is still fresh from his latest victory against Przemyslaw Binienda in 2019, Tommy Fury […]
Read MoreCovert Report The latest global health challenge has revealed what many in the tech industry have long known — digital transformation is changing the landscape of business. Once a mere line item on business plans, the coronavirus pandemic has moved digitization from consideration to requirement.While many executives have digitized parts of their business, we’re entering […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: The Government of Japan has agreed to provide grant assistance of 471 million Japanese Yen (JPY) to UN-Habitat for the project of “The Improvement of Disaster Resilient Schools Infrastructure” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, aiming to provide a safe and stable educational environment to the students as well as the teachers.According to a […]
Read MoreCovert Report Islamabad: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started holding tax educational awareness sessions in different educational institutes of Islamabad.Under the Letter of Understanding (LoU) signed between FBR and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), said a statement issued by FBR. The part of bilateral LoU, the series of tax awareness educational session held in […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: As the country’s box office aims to overtake the U.S.’ this year amid the pandemic, industry observers say political tensions could lead to a permanent drag on major studios’ bottom line.Battered by the pandemic and growing political headwinds, Hollywood’s business prospects in China are becoming bleak. A state of tumult in Washington-Beijing diplomatic […]
Read MoreDino-Ray Ramos It’s been said before, but it is worth saying again: diversity pays — but not in terms of checking boxes and tokenism. In a new report from the UCLA-based Center for Scholars and Storytellers titled “Beyond Checking A Box: A Lack of Authentically Inclusive Representation Has Costs at the Box Office”, researchers found […]
Read MoreLeo Howard Tokyo: Come autumn, the Japanese will throw around phrases that point to seasonal hobbies such as supotsu no aki (autumn of sports), geijitsu no aki (autumn of art) and dokusho no aki (autumn of reading).The first two are reflected in the sports and culture festivals held at the nation’s schools, but the dokusho […]
Read MoreNewswire Malacca: From a stall selling grilled seafood at the weekend night market of Jonker Street, a well-known tourist trap in Malaysia’s historic city of Malacca state, Loh Kee Seong watches the passers-by intently as they browse through the various food options available.Loh, who helps his nephew with the business, was upbeat about the return […]
Read MoreNewswire Lahore: Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said his country gave utmost importance to relations with Pakistan.The envoy said several Italian companies were looking to Pakistan as a possible investment destination since Pakistan provided lower labour costs. Ambassador Andreas Ferrarese urged Islamabad to join hands and work together in a bid to minimise […]
Read MoreMarisa Penaloza Auckland: New Zealand’s Prime Minister lifted coronavirus restrictions on its largest city last week, after the country appears to have eradicated community spread of the virus a second time.“We can let ourselves once again feel pride,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, “that we managed to get to that position together.” After a second […]
Read MoreBy Chen Hong – Global Times Australian Ambassador to Washington Arthur Sinodinos made an outrageous intimidation to Beijing in a recent webinar with Harvard University’s Kennedy School. Sinodinos said that Australia was ready to stand up to China, noting that Canberra has “demonstrated a preparedness – at least to date – to wear” economic costs […]
Read MoreXinhua Beijing: The People’s Republic of China embraced its 71st founding anniversary amid the country’s race against time to realize national rejuvenation withstanding various challenges, thus evincing a test of courage as the road ahead is not devoid of struggles. Since the beginning of this year, the country has grappled with numerous challenges. The sudden […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator A Rehman Malik is very much concerned about the health of PPP co-Chairman as the former President is appearing in courts to face the references against him.Senator Malik, the Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior, has demanded online hearing facility to Asif Ali Zardari and sought […]
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