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12-08-2022 By SJA Jafri HARVARD/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: Social media is in love with a friendship between a Pakistani and Indian after the Indian friend posted about her Pakistani classmate. Two students at the Harvard Business School in the United States have broken many stereotypes associated with the conflict between …

11-08-2022 DUBAI: A new report revealed that the city of gold Dubai is ready to have the best-performing residential sector on the planet. In the first half of 2022, prices of properties in the city raised by 4.7%. As a result, among 30 major global cities, Dubai ranked fourth in …

11-08-2022 BEIJING: Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The infections were found in China’s eastern Shandong and central Henan provinces, affecting 35 people, according …

11-08-2022 BEIRUT: A man armed with a shotgun is holding staff hostage at a bank in crisis-hit Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, threatening to set himself ablaze unless he receives his trapped savings, according to a security official. The man entered a branch of the Federal Bank in Beirut’s bustling Hamra district …

10-08-2022 BEIJING: China has withdrawn a promise not to send troops or administrators to Taiwan if it should take control of the island, an official document shows, apparently signalling a decision by President Xi Jinping to grant less autonomy than previously offered. The release on Wednesday of China’s latest white …

10-08-2022 ATHENS/ KARPATHOS ISLAND: Greek authorities say a big search and rescue operation has been launched east of the island of Karpathos after a boat reportedly carrying dozens of migrants and refugees sank overnight. The coast guard said on Wednesday that 29 people, all men, had been rescued from the …

10-08-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BIHAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday lost power in Bihar, the third most populous state in India, after its regional ally broke ranks to join an opposition alliance that now has the majority to form the next government. Bihar sends the …

10-08-2022 SAN FRANCISCO/ RIYADH: A former Twitter worker was found guilty on Tuesday of spying for Saudi officials keen to unmask critics on the platform. Ahmad Abouammo was pronounced guilty on criminal counts including money laundering, fraud, and being an illegal agent of a foreign government, according to a copy …

09-08-2022 By SJA Jafri NEW MEXICO/ WASHINGTON/ KARACHI: A phrase ‘as you sow…sow shall you reap!’ describes simply, what is “target killing”, who does it, how it happens and who becomes the victim as it has been started in America and other countries of the world like continues in Pakistan, …

09-08-2022 BRASILIA: Brazil’s eight-time jiujitsu world champion Leandro Lo has been fatally shot in a Sao Paulo club, his family’s lawyer said. Lo was out with friends on Sunday for a concert at the Clube Siria, a sport and social club in Brazil’s biggest city, when the attacker approached their …