Govt prioritizes operationalization of CPEC projects: PM

Islamabad – December 1 (Online): A high-level meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad Wednesday reviewed progress on CPEC-related projects. Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister underscored that continuity of policies is essential for long-term projects in order to achieve maximum benefits for […]

Smuggling harms country’s economy: PM Imran Khan

Islamabad – December 1 (Online): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said smuggling was harming country’s economy and directed the authorities concerned to undertake emergency measures and bring out- of-box solutions to control smuggling of essential commodities. Chairing a meeting in Islamabad Wednesday, the premier […]

US health panel weighs Merck Covid pill authorization

Washington, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):A panel of health experts appointed by the US government was mulling Tuesday whether to endorse Merck’s Covid pill, a new form of treatment that is easy to administer and could prove more able to withstand variants, including Omicron. Molnupiravir, already authorized […]

UK gas firm says to supply Morocco electricity company

Rabat, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):A British gas company is to supply Morocco’s state-owned power firm with gas from the country’s east, it said Tuesday, as the kingdom looks to replace supplies hit by a crisis with Algeria. The deal between Sound Energy and Morocco’s ONEE comes […]

Baby, toddler among four dead in Barcelona squat fire

Barcelona, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):A four-month-old baby and his three-year-old brother died with their parents on Tuesday when a fire ripped through an abandoned bank where the family was squatting in Barcelona, in a blaze denounced as “horrific” by the Spanish city’s mayor. Chief firefighter Angel […]

Honduras ruling party accepts election defeat

Tegucigalpa, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):Honduras’s ruling rightwing National Party (PN) on Tuesday accepted defeat as partial election results showed leftist Xiomara Castro with a commanding lead over her rivals for the presidency. With just over 52 percent of votes counted, former first lady Castro led with […]

Biden ‘frustrated’ by ‘bragging’ big oil CEOs: W.House

Washington, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):President Joe Biden is “frustrated” by big oil CEOs “bragging” about profits when fuel prices are soaring for ordinary Americans, the White House said Tuesday. A painful hike in the cost of gasoline is spearheading an overall inflation problem and hitting Biden’s […]

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