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Gunmen in northwest Nigeria kill 19 security personnel

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Kano, Nigeria, March 9 (AFP/APP): Gunmen have killed 19 security personnel, including 13 soldiers, in an assault in the northwest Nigerian state of Kebbi, a security source and residents said Wednesday. The battle erupted late Tuesday in Kanya, a village in Danko-Wasagu district, just a […]

Slushy snow and T-shirts as Winter Paralympics feels the heat

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Zhangjiakou, China, March 9 (AFP/APP):Cross-country skiers ploughed through slushy snow wearing T-shirts on day five of the Beijing Winter Paralympics Wednesday as spring-like weather pushed temperatures well above freezing. The warm spell caught some athletes off guard on the largely man-made snow at the Zhangjiakou […]

EPA suggests hotel developers to follow eco-friendly models

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  ISLAMABAD, Mar 9 (APP): Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) has called the administration of a newly proposed high rise “3 Star Hotel” to adopt Green Hoteling guidelines to reduce the burden on ecology and nature on their project site. The public hearing of the […]

Cuba registers no COVID-19 deaths in last day

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HAVANA, March 9 (Xinhua/APP):Cuba registered 447 new COVID-19 infections and no death in the last day, bringing the total caseload to 1,073,951 cases, while remaining the death toll at 8,501, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. The daily report also noted that there were […]

Polls begin to pick new South Korean president

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SEOUL, March 9 (Xinhua/APP): Polls began early Wednesday nationwide to pick South Korea’s new president amid a neck-and-neck race between candidates of the ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition People Power Party. The election to select the next president will last from 6:00 […]

Body of woman recovered

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FAISALABAD, Mar 09 (APP): The body of a woman was recovered from a house in Nishatabad police limits on Wednesday. A police spokesman said 45-year-old Ishrat Bibi was living in a rented house in Azafi Abadi Chak No 6-JB where neighbours informed the police about […]

Food authority discards 2100 kg substandard spices, seals unit

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PESHAWAR, Mar 09 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority during cracked down on substandard spices in different districts of the province and discarded more than 2100 kilogram expired spices and sealed a godown at Haripur and Charsadda districts. The spokesman of the […]

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