Russia’s Prichal module docks at ISS

Moscow, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Russia’s new docking module Prichal on Friday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The new addition to the ISS completed an automated docking with the nadir (Earth-facing) port of Russia’s Nauka lab module at […]

Two students, driver killed in Kosovo bus shooting

Gllogjan, Kosovo, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):A gunman opened fire late Friday on a bus in Kosovo carrying school students, killing a boy and a girl and the driver, police said. Another 14 year-old student was wounded but is in stable condition, Skender Dreshaj, the head of […]

RugbyU: English Premiership results

London, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):English Premiership results on Friday: Bath 16 Exeter 23 Bristol 20 Northampton 36 Wasps 33 Gloucester 35 Newcastle v Worcester — postponed due to bad weather, playing Saturday Playing Saturday (1500 GMT unless stated) Harlequins v London Irish Newcastle v Worcester (1800 […]

Telecom Italia CEO resigns after KKR buyout bid: report

Rome, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Telecom Italia Chief Executive Luigi Gubitosi has resigned, news reports said Friday, amid increasing pressure on the top management by shareholders, including France’s Vivendi. The departure of Gubitosi, who has been at the helm of the struggling telecom company since May 2018, […]

Pantheon: Resting place of France’s great and good

Paris, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Josephine Baker, the French-American dancer and singer who fought in the French Resistance and later battled racism, will become the first black woman to enter the Pantheon, France’s most hallowed resting place, on Tuesday. The domed mausoleum in the heart of Paris, […]

Tebboune faces another test as Algerians vote

Algiers, Nov 27 (AFP/APP):Algerians vote on Saturday in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s push to turn the page on the two-decade rule of late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But despite official campaigns urging Algerians to “make their mark”, the vote for municipal […]

31 more dengue cases reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR, Nov 27 (APP):As many as 31 more dengue cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the last 24 hours, an official of the Health Department told APP here on Saturday. Giving a detail, the official said that the total number of dengue patients […]

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