Pakistan News International

Hooriya Qureshi

Chinese mission with first civilian reaches space station

Posted on

Jiuquan, China, May 30 (AFP/APP):China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time as it pursues plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030. The world’s second-largest economy has invested billions […]

Migrant group stuck at Poland-Belarus border

Posted on

Warsaw, May 30 (AFP/APP):A group of migrants, including women and children, are stuck on Poland’s border with Belarus, Poland’s border guard said Monday as activists accused the officers of blocking them from seeking asylum. The group has been forced to camp for four days in […]

Starbucks says on track to meet 9,000-store goal on Chinese mainland

Posted on

SHANGHAI, May 30 (Xinhua/APP):Starbucks’ new global CEO Laxman Narasimhan on Tuesday highlighted China’s huge market potential and suggested the company’s goal of opening 9,000 stores on the Chinese mainland by 2025 remained unchanged. China’s per capita coffee consumption is increasing but still lags far behind […]

AIOU to offer course on ‘Solid Waste Management’

Posted on

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (APP):Considering the wide scope and excellent teaching methods of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Akhtar Hameed Khan Memorial Trust (AHKMT) wishes to introduce a course titled ‘Waste Management’ in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Sciences” in the campus. These words were […]

Wheat procurement target met in Sargodha

Posted on

SARGODHA, May 30 (APP):On the directions of the provincial government, 95 per cent wheat procurement target has been achieved in the division. Talking to APP here on Tuesday, Deputy Director Food Allah Ditta Saqib said a procurement target of 272,234 metric tons of wheat was […]

Rain forecast for Sargodha

Posted on

SARGODHA, May 30 (APP):The local Met Office has forecast rain and cloudy weather with chances of rain for the city for next 24 hours. The highest maximum temperature 30 centigrade and the lowest minimum 21 centigrade were recorded during last 24 hours. The cloudy weather […]

N.Korea confirms June launch of military spy satellite: KCNA

Posted on

Seoul, May 30 (AFP/APP):North Korea has confirmed it will launch a reconnaissance satellite in June, saying it is needed to monitor military movements of the United States and its partners in real time, state media reported Tuesday, citing a senior defence official. Japan said Monday […]

Rupee gains 06 paisas against US Dollar

Posted on

ISLAMABAD, May 30 (APP):Pakistani rupee gained 06 paisas against the US Dollar (USD) in the interbank trading on Tuesday and closed at Rs285.35 against the previous day’s closing of Rs285.41. However, according to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of […]

Chinese yuan strengthens to 7.0575 against USD Monday

Posted on

BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua/APP):The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 185 pips to 7.0575 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise […]

Tokyo’s key Nikkei index edges up at close

Posted on

Tokyo, May 30 (AFP/APP):Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index closed higher on Tuesday, recovering from earlier profit-taking losses as investors sought fresh trading cues. The Nikkei 225 index rose 0.30 percent, or 94.62 points, to end at 31,328.16, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.07 percent, or […]

Copyright © 2024 Pakistan News International.
All rights reserved.