Shane Watson has announced his retirement from all cricket, bringing an end to a nearly 20-year career during which he was of the world’s premier white-ball allrounders. Watson had already retired from international cricket in March 2016, and had only been playing in overseas T20 leagues since his retirement from the Big Bash League (BBL) […]
Read MoreNong Rong I am honored to be the 18th Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A few days ago, I departed from Beijing, flew over the towering Karakorum Mountains and arrived in the beautiful city of Islamabad with joy. Although this is my first visit […]
Read MoreAbdul Basit Addressing an election rally in Gilgit on November 1 Prime Minister Imran Khan officially declared his government’s decision to give Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) the status of a province of Pakistan on a provisional basis. This, according to him, was being done in tune with the aspirations of the people of GB and the status […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times In the past year, I have been honored to be employed as a consultant of the 14th Five-Year Plan by two ministries and a western province. I have deeply felt that it is difficult and complex for China, a global power, to formulate its five-year plan, and that the 14th […]
Read MoreAlistair Burt While alternately fascinating or appalling — and nothing illustrates this more than the nail-biting presidential election — there is always a risk that the US is ultimately distracting, giving the rest of the world an excuse either not to do things or to delay matters that need our attention and action. Migration is […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, held talks with Afghanistan reconciliation talks leader Abdullah Abdullah last week as part of the peace efforts. Abdullah later tweeted: “Pleased to meet HE Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo @pontecorvoste, @NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in AFG @NATOscr. We exchanged views on the #AfghanPeaceProcess, the talks in […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, advising him for moving the matter of US-India Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) in the United Nations. In his letter, Senator A. Rehman Malik urges the Prime Minister Imran Khan “in the national interest, […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilwal Bhutto Zardari is confident that the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government will be removed by January. The PPP chief, who has been campaigning vigorously in Gilgit-Baltistan ahead of the general elections in the automatous region has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to quit as he had failed to deliver.“In […]
Read MoreMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing his policy of “multifaceted de-escalation,” Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on the Russian leader’s new initiative in the sphere of arms control.Putin offered NATO a deal: Russia is ready not to deploy intermediate- and shorter-range missiles on the country’s European territory, along with weapons whose […]
Read MoreGwadar Pro Islamabad: Pakistan is excited as it is about to complete 70 years of diplomatic relations with Iron Brother China, the country’s top diplomat said.All-weather-friends Pakistan and China had established diplomatic relations on May 21, 1951.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told Gwadar Pro that the 70th year was yet another milestone in the history […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Three major road projects in Pakistan were adopted during the eighth meeting of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Joint Working Group on Transport Infrastructure held virtually last week.The two sides were led by Pakistan’s Communications Secretary Zafar Hasan and China’s Vice Minister of Transport Dai Dongchang. They received briefings on the railway projects, said […]
Read MoreNewswire Quetta: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was close the PPP’s heart.Speaking at a public rally via video-link in Quetta, he said the CPEC was a result of a four-year struggle by his father Asif Ali Zardari – a former President who is the […]
Read MoreIslamabad: China had provided a soft loan for $1.6 billion for the construction costs of the Lahore’s Orange Line which formally became functional last week.Punjab Provincial Transport Minister Jehanzeb Khan Khichi told Covert that the first day of the Orange Line was a complete success as people swarmed the stations to get a ride. “The […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese has said Italy and Pakistan were traditional friends who needed to enhance cooperation.Speaking to Covert here, the envoy said Italy and Pakistan shared views on international issues. “This friendship should be transformed into a partnership. There is a lot of potential to cooperate,” he remarked.The ambassador, who has […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: If you’re in Italy this autumn, make sure you learn this seasonal expression – and most importantly, wear a vest.Autumn in Italy may have many delights, but it also brings its own particular dangers – at least according to Italians.As the weather cools, don’t be surprised if you find yourself being warned about […]
Read MoreMoscow: The issue of the US intention to extract mineral resources on the Moon will be discussed at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly at Russia’s request, the State Space Corporation Roscosmos said.“Yes, it (Roscosmos) is planning to,” the space agency said, responding to a question about Russia’s plans to raise this issue […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe. According to a new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed. And, the party won’t be over when the sun burns out in […]
Read MoreMehwish Azam Islamabad: The current year has not been an easy one since the novel coronavirus has hit the world abruptly. It has taken its toll on almost all aspects of common man’s life and that of global economies.Finances, business markets, health and education systems, everything has been interrupted badly however, the most important yet […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that NATO was committed to its long term relationship with Afghanistan.In a meeting with former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, the envoy discussed the peace process and Afghanistan’s relations with the NATO. “Thank you sir (Hamid Karzai) for an excellent meeting and a […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator Rehman Malik has fully supported Azerbaijan as it liberates a town and several occupied villages from Armenia illegal occupation.In an interview with an Azerbaijan newspaper, Senator Rehman Malik demanded the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to tender an apology for alleging Pakistan for sending troops to Azerbaijan. […]
Read MoreRochelle Kopp Fukuoka: When Anne-Sophie Mpacko recently learned that Japan’s borders had started opening, she was excited to begin her studies at Keio University, where she had been accepted as a doctoral student in clinical psychology.Her plans to start studies on campus in the spring were derailed when the novel coronavirus began to spread around […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: The United Kingdom has called to recognise the contributions of women involved in mediation, and for the increased protection of women risking their lives to conduct this work under a new protection framework.New UK aid support will mean women mediators across the Commonwealth can lobby for greater participation in peace talks.Women make up […]
Read MoreMoscow: The International Ski Federation (FIS) has introduced the so-called ‘COVID-19 FIS Passport,’ which is aimed to help with the issuance of accreditations for international ski tournaments, Natalia Podorovskaya, a vice president of the Russian Snowboard Federation, said. “We have scheduled to organize in Russia two Snowboard World Cup events, which will be held in […]
Read MoreNakeisha Campbell London: It looks like Camilla Parker Bowles has something interesting in common with Kate Middleton. Well, aside from being in line to be Queen Consort, that is.If you’ve been obsessively following royal news, then you may have noticed that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined their kids, Prince George, 7, Princess Charlotte, […]
Read MoreColombo: A popular actor has withdrawn from starring as Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in a biopic after the cricketer himself warned him off, saying he could face a backlash from India’s Tamils.Vijay Sethupathi, 42, had been under pressure in his southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to drop the role in the film […]
Read MoreSochi: Russia’s rising figure skating star Anna Shcherbakova said that qualifying for the 2021 ISU (the International Skating Union) World Figure Skating Championships was her main goal for the upcoming season.Shcherbakova, 16, won two stages of the Russian Figure Skating Cup this year and qualified for the Russian Figure Skating Championship, which will be hosted […]
Read MoreLos Angeles: Open Road Films’ action thriller “Honest Thief” topped the weekend for the second week in a row in North America with 2.35 million U.S. dollars from 2,502 locations, according to studio figures collected by measurement firm Comscore. It’s the lowest-grossing chart-topping weekend gross since Alan J. Pakula’s political thriller film “Rollover” which opened […]
Read MoreLos Angeles: Chinese-American co-production “Over the Moon” has landed on Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service.The animated adventure drama film is a co-production between Netflix Animation and the Shanghai-based Pearl Studio, formerly known as Oriental DreamWorks. The film revolves around a 12-year-old girl, Fei Fei, who builds a rocket ship to travel to the […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times I was one of the keynote speakers of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions from participants on the last day of the meeting.Putin said that China is now heading for superpower status. US billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, […]
Read MoreElizabeth Buchanan Russia’s Arctic strategy is completed, for now, with the long-awaited release of the “Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and National Security for the Period up to 2035.”Russia’s National Security Council flagged the drafting of the Strategy for Development back in February. It sits with the State […]
Read MoreMax Nisen Vaccines and drugs get much of the attention in the scientific race to fight COVID-19. But companies have been working just as hard on ways to meet the enormous demand for testing. Those investments are beginning to pay off.Abbott Laboratories Inc. and ThermoFisher Scientific Inc., two major players in coronavirus testing, reported third-quarter […]
Read MoreWang Wen – Global Times Recently, I went back to Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China’s Gansu Province, where I studied years ago as a graduate, to give lectures, and I found the city to be breathtakingly beautiful. It is located at the center of China’s geographical map with the Yellow River passing through it. One […]
Read MoreDr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: The prevailing situation of COVID-19 globally has compelled the world to consume a variety of fruits and vegetables, especially orange (Kinnow) which contains maximum vitamins to minimize the ill effects and risks and enhance immunity against the pandemic. The grapes are the largest fruit production in the world, while the […]
Read MoreNewswire Rome: A sharp rise in demand for homes in southern Italy has upended previous property market trends, the latest statistics show.Italy’s domestic property market has long had two major splits – city and country, and north and south. Unsurprisingly, prices in and around northern cities such as Milan tend to be among the highest […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Pakistan’s former first lady – a former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson – Begum Nusrat Bhutto was remembered last week on her ninth death anniversaryShe was 82 when she died in 2011 on October 23. Begum Nusrat Bhutto was the widow of the former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and the mother of […]
Read MoreS. Ali Islamabad: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will serve nearly half of the global populations when it is completed in a few years, officials said. Pakistani government officials affiliated with CPEC told Covert that the CPEC was a win-win situation for the whole region and Pakistan was a key beneficiary. “When completed, CPEC will serve […]
Read MoreRobin Levinson-King Washington: A fierce battle over who should vote and how has sparked hundreds of lawsuits and prompted accusations of voter suppression. So what are the barriers to voting and why do they exist?Images of the long queues of early voters were both celebrated as a sign of enthusiasm and criticised as evidence of […]
Read MoreS. Ali Islamabad, October 21: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has bolstered the economic activity in Pakistan as the multi-billion-dollar project is creating jobs, developing underdeveloped areas and connecting the whole region, senior government officials said.To government officials engaged with the CPEC told Covert that the CPEC had stimulated Pakistan’s economy and it was moving upwards […]
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