Tehran: 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 […]
Read MoreAurora Bosotti The Queen is known to be very strict in ensuring her family follows the cardinal diktats of royal tradition to a tee. In addition to rules on how to dress and behave, Her Majesty is also rumoured to have banned at least eight words from the vocabulary of theRoyal Family. Italian commentator Marina […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: Italy’s Ambassador to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese and his wife Albana Ferrarese on Thursday hosted a lavish lunch party for the Italian and Pakistani friends here.Italian cuisine has come around to be one of the most popular cuisines across the world. Countless bistros and pizzerias around the globe feature Italian dishes on their menus. […]
Read MoreNewswire Kabul: NATO’s senior civilian representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has said that the Afghan peace process must uphold women’s rights to guarantee a lasting resolution to four decades of war. “For peace to be sustainable, it must safeguard the rights of women and minority groups, and uphold the rule of law. The voices of Afghan […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Managing Director National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) Viqar Rashid Khan has said that around 0.8 million attempts of cyber-attacks on internet consumers are successfully countered every day in Pakistan. In an interview, he said NTC successfully countered 250 million cyber-attacks mainly from Israel and India.“Due to deadly virus, it is dangerous and difficult to hold […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: It has been nearly a year since the first coronavirus case was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan last December.In recent weeks, there has been a lot of mention of countries entering a second or third wave. While there is no strict scientific definition to characterise a disease’s wave, plotting current outbreaks […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Kabul: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to pace up their joint efforts to reduce recent spate of terrorist incidents in Afghanistan through close coordination and intelligence sharing. Prime Minister Imran Khan and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in a joint press stake-out at ARG Presidential Palace this week reaffirmed their commitment towards taking urgent […]
Read MoreStaff Writer Gilgit: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has claimed that the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government will fall by January. In a media interaction here this week, he said that the people of Gilgit-Baltistan were supporting the PPP for the last three generations. “The people of GB have shown trust on the […]
Read MoreIslamabad: A type of arthritis drug may reduce the risk of dying for elderly patients with COVID-19. This is the finding of a new international study, led by scientists at Imperial College London and the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, published in the journal Science Advances. In the early-stage study, 83 patients, with a median age of […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The adage ‘you are what you eat’ has been around for years. Now, important new research provides another reason to be careful with your calories. Neuroscientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have shown that calorie-reduced diets stop the normal rise and fall in activity levels of close to 900 different genes linked to aging […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Individuals who consume chili pepper may live longer and may have a significantly reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020. Previous studies have found eating chili pepper has an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer and blood-glucose regulating effect due to capsaicin, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: What might look like a colossal jet shooting away from a galaxy turns out to be an illusion. New data from the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) reveal that two galaxies, one lying behind the other, have been masquerading as one. In a new image highlighting the chance alignment, […]
Read MoreIslamabad: How hot is the Universe today? How hot was it before? A new study by an international team of researchers, including members of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), suggests that the mean temperature of gas in large structures of the Universe has increased about 3 times […]
Read MoreIslamabad: Mars once had oceans but is now bone-dry, leaving many to wonder how the water was lost. University of Arizona researchers have discovered a surprisingly large amount of water in the upper atmosphere of Mars, where it is rapidly destroyed, explaining part of this Martian mystery. Shane Stone, a graduate student in the UArizona […]
Read MoreNewswire Islamabad: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Dr Christian Turner has said his goal since arriving in Pakistan had been to welcome the England Cricket Team back.“16 years of waiting is over, and I am delighted that England will play here in 2021,” he said in a video message.He added: “A lot of hard work […]
Read MoreIslamabad: The UK minister responsible for visas and immigration has encouraged even more students from Pakistan to choose the UK as a place to study as the International Students Day was marked on November 17. Kevin Foster MP, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, used the annual celebration of international students to make clear the […]
Read MoreTokyo: The requirement by many of Japan’s firms that job applicants indicate their gender and even provide a photo on resumes has left the country out of step with the international norm, but that may be about to change.An internet petition campaign stressing that such practices can lead to discrimination has collected over 10,000 signatures, […]
Read MoreTokyo: The Japanese government will financially support shops and restaurants that are asked to shorten their business hours in order to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said.Suga’s pledge came as Hokkaido officials agreed to ask residents of Sapporo to refrain from nonessential outings following back-to-back days of record infections […]
Read MoreNewswire Beijing: A special Investiture Ceremony was held at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on 19th November, 2020. Ambassador Moin ul Haque, on behalf of the President of Pakistan, conferred civil award of Pakistan upon “Hilal-i-Pakistan” Song Tao in recognition of his outstanding services towards Pakistan and strengthening of Pakistan-China relations. Song Tao is the Minister of […]
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