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Credit Suisse chief quits over Covid rules breach

Posted on January 18, 2022 by News Desk

Zurich, Jan 17 (AFP/APP):The chairman of Credit Suisse resigned Monday over Covid quarantine violations, leaving the bank’s new risk committee chief holding the reins and tasked with trying to stabilise the scandal-hit institution. Antonio Horta-Osorio, who joined Switzerland’s second-largest bank less than a year ago, […]

UN ready to assist Tonga after volcano eruption, tsunami

Posted on January 17, 2022 by News Desk

Washington-January 16 (Online): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the reports of a tsunami, affecting Tonga following the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific nation. In a statement, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq said that the United Nations […]

Hostages safely rescued at Texas synagogue, suspect dead

Posted on January 17, 2022 by News Desk

Colleyville-January 16 (Online): A man who kidnapped four people at a synagogue in the US state of Texas has been killed and four others, including a monk, have been rescued. According to media report, Worship at the Congregation Beth Israel shrine was being streamed live […]

Ukraine says has ‘evidence’ Russia behind cyber attack

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kyiv, Jan 16 (AFP/APP):Ukraine said on Sunday it had “evidence” that Russia was behind a massive cyber attack that knocked out key government websites in the Western-backed country this past week. “All the evidence points to Russia being behind the cyber attack,” the digital transformation […]

Somali govt spokesman wounded in militant attack: PM office

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Mogadishu, Jan 16 (AFP/APP):A Somali government spokesman was wounded Sunday in an attack by the Al-Shabaab militant group, though his wounds are “not serious,” the prime minister’s office said. “The spokesman of the Somali Federal government was wounded in a terrorist attack, his injuries are […]

More than 3 thousand Covis cases recorded in Osaka

Posted on January 16, 2022 by News Desk

Japan-January 15 (online): The Osaka region in western Japan is about to record a record number of Covid-19 infections today, Saturday, as it monitored more than three thousand daily infections, the Japanese Radio and Television Corporation reported. According to media report, Japan tightened restrictions to […]

Trump to rally faithful in Arizona

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Florence, United States, Jan 15 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump will rally the faithful in Arizona on Saturday, rehearsing yet again his unfounded claims that the US presidential election was stolen from him, and repeating his familiar litany of complaints. After abandoning a pledged press conference on January […]

Iran tests solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Tehran, Jan 14 (AFP/APP):Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tested last week a solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket, state media has reported quoting the force’s aerospace commander as saying. Reports carried footage released by the elite force claiming to show the successful test of the rocket’s primary propulsion engine. […]

Bomb blast kills one in Syrian border city, wounds several

Posted on January 14, 2022 by News Desk

Amman –January 13 (Online): A car bomb in the rebel-held city of Azaz in northwest Syria killed one civilian on Thursday and wounded several bystanders, witnesses said, in the first act of its kind this year. According to rescue worker an improvised explosive device in […]

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