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Volcanic ash halts flights on Spanish island

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Madrid, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Planes were grounded on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, for the second straight day Sunday because of ash from a volcano that began erupting a month ago. Airlines scrapped all 38 flights scheduled for Sunday, most of them to and […]

Conservative mayor Marki-Zay set to challenge Hungary’s Orban

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Budapest, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Peter Marki-Zay, a conservative provincial mayor, looks set to challenge Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at an election next year after taking a lead in an opposition primary vote Sunday, according to partial results. Marki-Zay, a practising Catholic and father-of-seven, led Klara […]

Jordan, Saudi investors launch Fly Aqaba

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Amman, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Jordan announced Sunday the signing of an accord to launch an airline financed by investors in the kingdom and Saudi Arabia to serve the Red Sea resort area of Aqaba. The new airline, Fly Aqaba, was set up with $20 million in […]

221 new COVID-19 cases reported from Punjab

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LAHORE, Oct 17 (APP):Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch said on Sunday that during the last 24 hours, 221 new COVID-19 cases have been reported from across the province out of which 112 from Lahore. In a press statement, he said […]

Mainly dry weather likely to prevail in most parts of country

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ISLAMABAD, OCT 16 (Online): Mainly dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. However, rain with wind and thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining areas. Temperature of some […]

Lausanne tackles toxic soil after shock discovery

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Lausanne, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Lausanne, the capital of Olympic sport overlooking Lake Geneva, is reeling after discovering that much of its soil is polluted with toxic compounds belched out by an old incinerator. The situation, which has troubling implications for children and eating home-grown food, is […]

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