Authorities begin demolition of vast Mayotte shantytown

Koungou, France, May 22 (AFP/APP): Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Monday began demolishing homes in a large slum as part of a contested operation against sub-standard housing and illegal migration. France has deployed hundreds of police officers in Mayotte — […]

Partly cloudy weather forecast for city

BAHAWALPUR, May 22 (APP): The local Met Office has forecast dry to partly cloudy weather for the city for the next 24 hours. The highest maximum temperature 42 centigrade and the lowest minimum 28 centigrade were recorded during the last 24 hours. The dry to […]

“Fast X” stays atop China’s box office chart

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua/APP): “Fast X” continued to lead China’s box office chart on Sunday, data from the China Movie Data Information Network showed. With a daily box office of nearly 95.96 million yuan (about 13.67 million U.S. dollars), the total box office of the […]

Meta hit with record 1.2-billion-euro fine over EU data rules

Dublin, May 22 (AFP/APP): Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland’s regulator announced on Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which […]

FAISALABAD: Two persons found dead

FAISALABAD, May 22 (APP): The persons were found dead in different localities, here on Monday. Sources said that the body of a 33-year-old man was found floating in canal water near Pull Abdullah, Samundri Road, when people of the area informed Rescue 1122. A team […]

Greece eyes new vote as PM seeks absolute majority

Athens, May 22 (AFP/APP): Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday he was seeking a new vote as soon as on June 25 in order to obtain a ruling majority, a day after his party won national elections that failed to produce a single-party government. […]

Education ministry distributes sports kits among students

ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training Monday distributed sports kits among the students of Islamabad Model School for Boys sector G-7/2 (VI-X). Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Education Zeb Jaffar distributed the kits in schools/college working under the ambit of the […]