Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian issue

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative, the state news agency reported. The leaders spoke by […]

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Tear gas, fire bombs as police declare Portland protest a ‘riot’

PORTLAND: Police arrested dozens of people and used tear gas against hundreds of demonstrators in Portland late on Saturday as the western US city marked 100 days since Black Lives Matter protests erupted against racism and police brutality. Police quickly declared the rally a “riot” after protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at them, and they responded […]

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Meet Suleman Raza whose One Million Meals campaign got support from David Beckham, ‘The Proclaimers’

LONDON: A British Pakistani entrepreneur, who launched the One Million Meals campaign at the height of COVID-19 pandemic in the UK to feed hot meals to the National Health Service (NHS) workers, said that his project would continue serving the people facing the food crisis in the United Kingdom even if the emergency caused by […]

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Michelle Obama’s words to live by for a long-term relationship: Steer clear of Tinder

Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States, has been making fans with her new podcast series which covers a number of topics. In the latest episode of The Michelle Obama Podcast, she along with Conan O’Brien discuss their respective marriages as they gave advice to those in relationships currently. Michelle recalled her relationship with […]

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Pakistan among countries to run Phase 3 trials of two Chinese firms’ Covid-19 vaccines

China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as China steps up its efforts in the global race. Serbia and Pakistan are among the new countries agreeing to Phase 3 trials, as the two companies seek […]

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US happy to help in China-India border dispute, Trump says

The United States is ready to help resolve the dispute between India and China over the mountain border running through the western Himalayas, President Donald Trump said on Friday. Trump told reporters the situation was “very nasty”, adding that the two countries were “going at it much more strongly than a lot of people even understand”. Both […]

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India becomes third country to pass 4 million coronavirus cases

India has become the world’s third country to pass four million coronavirus infections, setting a new record daily surge in cases on Saturday as the crisis shows no sign of peaking. The 86,432 new cases took India to 4,023,179 infections, third behind the United States which has more than 6.3 million and just trailing Brazil […]

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Blazing tanker sparks fears of new Indian Ocean disaster

COLOMBO: A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday, raising fears of a major new oil spill in the Indian Ocean. Sri Lankan navy and Indian coastguard vessels fired water cannon while an air force helicopter dropped water on the drifting New Diamond. Just a week […]

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Next ICC chairman unlikely to come from Big Three, says Mani

LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani doesn’t think the new ICC chairman should come from any of the ‘Big Three’ boards, even as the global governing body is yet to agree on a process to choose Shashank Manohar’s successor. Mani said it would be ‘healthier’ for someone from another board to lead the […]

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Serena advances as Murray, Muguruza crash out of US Open

NEW YORK: Serena Williams continued her hunt for a record seventh US Open title with a straight-sets win on Thursday as Andy Murray and Garbine Muguruza both crashed out in the second round at Flushing Meadows. Williams, the tournament’s third seed, dispatched unseeded Russian Margarita Gasparyan 6-2, 6-4 under the roof of a near-empty Arthur […]

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