Jordan, Saudi investors launch Fly Aqaba

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

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

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

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 […]

Chile to ban most non-electric vehicles from 2035

SANTIAGO, Oct. 16 (Xinhua/APP) –:Chile will ban sales of most internal combustion vehicles in support of electric vehicles starting in 2035, the Chilean government announced Friday as part of its National Electromobility Strategy. All sales of light and medium vehicles, public transit and large machinery, […]

Nature Strip wins turf’s biggest price, The Everest

Sydney, Oct 16 (AFP/APP):Star sprinter Nature Strip, ridden by James McDonald, lived up to his billing as favourite to win the world’s richest turf race, The Everest, in front of thousands of cheering punters in Sydney on Saturday. The seven-year-old gelding, trained by Chris Waller, […]

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