Ethiopia thrashes Zanzibar in CECAFA Women’s Championship

BUIKWE, Uganda, June 3 (Xinhua/APP): Ethiopia has gone top of Group B at the ongoing Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Women’s Championship after a 5-0 win against Zanzibar here on Thursday. The Ethiopian team took a 2-0 halftime lead as […]

Profiteers fined; cases registered

KASUR, June 3 (APP): The district administration imposed fine of Rs 52,000 on several shopkeepers over profiteering and overcharging during May last. A spokesperson for district administration said on Friday that Price control magistrate Muhammad Amir inspected 160 shops in various markets and found 39 […]

Philippines detects 2 cases of Omicron sub-variant BA.5

MANILA, June 3 (Xinhua/APP): The Philippines has detected COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.5 from two people in the same household in a province north of the capital, an official from the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that […]

UN environment meeting calls for urgent action for healthy Earth

STOCKHOLM, June 3 (Xinhua/APP) –: A United Nations (UN) environment meeting which kicked off here on Thursday has called for urgent and socially inclusive climate action. The meeting, called “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all — our responsibility, our opportunity,” comes as […]

France investigating Champions League final chaos: UK

Paris, June 2 (AFP/APP):France is investigating the chaos at last weekend’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, Britain’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, as pressure on the French interior minister grew over the police’s handling. The mayhem outside the Stade de France stadium […]

Shanghai Covid curbs drag on despite officials declaring victory

Shanghai, June 2 (AFP/APP): Locked in their homes as neighbours celebrate freedom, hundreds of thousands of Shanghai residents are finding the path out of lockdown more complicated than the victory trumpeted by Chinese state media. The metropolis of 25 million people was closed in sections […]

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2 (AFP/APP): Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: – Street fighting in Severodonetsk – Ukrainian forces pledge to fight “until the end” in Severodonetsk but with Russian forces in control of most of the key eastern city, their […]

Three accused arrested involved in dacoity

SIALKOT, Jun 02 (APP): Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three accused involved in a dacoity incident. According to a police spokesperson, trader Sadaqat Ali and his driver Muhammed Arshad were travelling on Sialkot Motorway by a car when three unidentified accused took away […]

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