Fear of landslides haunts Brazil survivors

Recife, Brazil, June 2 (AFP/APP): While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep: they fear landslides like the ones that claimed 120 lives in recent days. “We have children; we have all our things […]

Government measures strengthening the rupee

KARACHI, JUNE 01 (Online): Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Wednesday said markets are responding positively to the government’s decision to increase the price of oil. […]

At least 11 killed in Hurricane flooding

MEXICO CITY – June 1 (ONLINE) At least 11 people have been killed in flooding and mudslides caused by Hurricane Agatha in Mexico. The governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said some victims were buried under mud and rocks, while others were swept away […]

Biden announces military help to Ukraine

WASHINGTON – June 1 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden has announced the US will send medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine to aid its forces as they struggle to stall Russian progress, in an apparent change of mind. The US president said on Monday that Washington […]

Saudi Arabia plans to build world’s largest building ever

RIYADH – June 1 (ONLINE) Saudi Arabia is planning the world’s largest buildings in a mostly unpopulated part of the country as part of an entirely new $500 billion development called NEOM, according to people familiar with the matter, foreign news agency reported. NEOM, the […]

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