No forgiveness for Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman

Santiago de Lucanamarca, Peru, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Four decades after Shining Path guerillas massacred dozens of their loved ones in the town square, residents of Santiago de Lucanamarca, a remote settlement in the Peruvian Andes, say they cannot forgive the man responsible, Abimael Guzman, who died […]

UN high-level meet and proof of vaccination explained

New York, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):The high-level 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly gets underway next week amid confusion about whether all delegates, including world leaders, have to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to attend. Here, AFP answers the key questions surrounding the snafu, which […]

Angels star Ohtani to pitch Sunday against Oakland

Los Angeles, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani is back in the American League club’s starting rotation and will pitch against the Oakland A’s on Sunday. Ohtani missed his scheduled pitching start Friday because of a sore arm and manager Joe Maddon […]

US firefighters optimistic over world’s biggest tree

Red Fir, United States, Sept 18 (AFP/APP):Firefighters battling to protect the world’s biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made […]

Safe City project launched in AJK

MIRPUR (AJK):Sep 18 (APP):Azad Jammu & Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has reaffirmed his government’s resolve to safeguard the lives and the property of the people and to establish a crime free society in Azad Jammu Kashmir. He was addressing a function held […]

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