S.Korea approvals reserve fund to relocate presidential office

SEOUL, April 6 (Xinhua/APP) –: The South Korean government of President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday approved reserve fund for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s plan to relocate the presidential office. The spending of 36 billion won (30 million U.S. dollars) in reserve fund was approved in an […]

China’s marine economy logs steady growth in 2021

BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): China’s gross ocean product rose 8.3 percent to over 9 trillion yuan (about 1.41 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2021, official data showed. The figure contributed 8 percent of the country’s gross domestic product expansion, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. […]

Mainly hot, dry weather expected in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, April 06 (Online): Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot in upper Sindh and south Punjab during the next twelve hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad fourteen degree centigrade, Lahore and […]

Indian troops martyr two youth in Pulwama

Srinagar, April 06 (ONLINE): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two Kashmiri youth in Pulwama district,Wednesday. The troops martyred the youth during a massive cordon and search operation in Arigam area of the district. […]

Twitter to test longed-for edit button

San Francisco, April 6 (AFP/APP): Twitter announced Tuesday it will soon start experimenting with an edit button, but only on its monthly subscription service at first. The inability to tweak tweets after firing them off has been a key complaint among users of the one-to-many […]

Mexico seeks ‘miracle’ to save near-extinct vaquita porpoise

San Felipe, Mexico, April 5 (AFP/APP): Mexican naval vessels, spotter planes and conservationists are patrolling the upper Gulf of California in a race against time to save the world’s rarest marine mammal from extinction. Mexico’s navy and the environmental organization Sea Shepherd are working together […]

Peru ends Lima curfew aimed at quelling protests

Lima, April 6 (AFP/APP): Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday announced the end of a curfew in the capital Lima aimed at containing protests against rising fuel prices following crisis talks with Congress. “We will with immediate effect remove this immobility (curfew). We call on […]

Sudanese plan mass anti-coup rallies on anniversary of sit-in

Khartoum, April 6 (AFP/APP):Sudanese protesters are gearing up for mass anti-coup rallies Wednesday to mark the anniversaries of historic events that toppled Sudanese autocrats, most recently president Omar al-Bashir three years ago. The planned demonstrations will come as political and economic turmoil have deepened in […]

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