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Coutinho rejoins Brazil for World Cup qualifiers

Posted on October 30, 2021

Rio de Janeiro, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho got the call-up from Brazil coach Tite on Friday after a year-long absence for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. Coutinho, 29, was sidelined by a knee injury, but has recently resumed playing regularly […]

Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26

Posted on October 30, 2021

Glasgow, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):A soft drizzle fell on a cluster of American climate activists as they set off smoke bombs in George Square in Glasgow’s city centre. The clouds of white smoke were symbolically aimed at the heads of state beginning to arrive in Scotland’s […]

Burkina rebels hit mine convoys, kill at least one soldier

Posted on October 30, 2021

Ouagadougou, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Burkino Faso rebels on Friday attacked two mining convoys, killing at least one soldier and wounding another in the north and east of the country, security sources told AFP. A convoy travelling under military escort was hit by an explosive device in […]

US Congress braces for frantic year end with Biden agenda at stake

Posted on October 30, 2021

Washington, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):US lawmakers are heading into the holiday season after one of the busiest legislative periods in years, with President Joe Biden having failed so far to coalesce Democrats around make-or-break spending bills that he hopes will improve his sagging approval ratings. Facing […]

Iran petrol network partially restored after cyberattack

Posted on October 30, 2021

Tehran, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Iran’s subsidised petrol distribution system was partially restored Friday, three days after an unprecedented cyberattack by unknown perpetrators, authorities said. Among 4,300 fuel stations across the country, “at present, 1,450 are connected to the central fuel distribution system,” said Fatemeh Kahi, a […]

Chalmers breaks 100m freestyle short-course world record

Posted on October 30, 2021

Paris, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):Australian Kyle Chalmers broke the 13-year-old men’s 100m freestyle short-course world record on Friday in Kazan, Russia. The Australian, who took silver in the event in the longer Olympic pool in Tokyo, touched in 44.84sec to take 0.10sec off the record set […]

US inflation has not yet subsided, posing challenge to Biden

Posted on October 30, 2021

Washington, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):President Joe Biden has bet that the high US inflation rate will decline and help the case for the spending plans he’s staked his presidency on, but data released Friday instead showed prices remaining stubbornly high in the world’s largest economy. There […]

Focus on skills-oriented education need of hour: Shafqat

Posted on October 30, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP):Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Mr. Shafqat Mahmood urged the heads of higher education institutions to focus on imparting education based on skill development as well as knowledge creation so as to prepare Pakistani students for national and international job […]

UN chief warns G20 of ‘serious risk’ of failure at climate talks

Posted on October 30, 2021

Rome, Oct 29 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Friday that upcoming climate talks in the Scottish city Glasgow could fail without renewed trust among G20 leaders, calling for “more ambition and more action”. “There is a serious risk that Glasgow will not […]

President seeks Ulema’s role to relay Islam’s message of peace to help end ongoing protests

Posted on October 30, 2021

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP):President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said Islam stresses upon affinity and harmony among the mankind and called upon the Ulema (religious leaders) to play a positive role in diffusing the ongoing tense situation in the country by promoting Islam’s true message […]

News Desk

Coutinho rejoins Brazil for World Cup qualifiers

Smoke bombs, floods and virus fears as Glasgow readies for COP26

Burkina rebels hit mine convoys, kill at least one soldier

US Congress braces for frantic year end with Biden agenda at stake

Iran petrol network partially restored after cyberattack

Chalmers breaks 100m freestyle short-course world record

US inflation has not yet subsided, posing challenge to Biden

Focus on skills-oriented education need of hour: Shafqat

UN chief warns G20 of ‘serious risk’ of failure at climate talks

President seeks Ulema’s role to relay Islam’s message of peace to help end ongoing protests

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