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Taylor Swift’s folklore becomes top-selling album in US

Posted on January 11, 2021 by News Desk

Islamabad – Taylor Swift had quite the year in 2020, as she graced her fans with two albums. And the 10-time Grammy winner is kicking off the new year at the top of her game with an impressive achievement. She broke another record recently, as her album […]

US, UK, China top three destinations of Pakistani exports in 5 months

Posted on December 31, 2020 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD,: United States of America (USA) remained the top export destinations of the Pakistani products during the first five months of financial year (2020-21), followed by United Kingdom (UK) and China. Total exports to the USA during July-November (2020-21) were recorded at US $ 1855.564 […]

Duterte wasn’t threatening US with ‘no visiting forces’ remark: Philippines

Posted on December 30, 2020 by News Desk

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced in February that Manila was ending Philippines–United States Visiting Forces Agreement allowing American forces to be temporarily stationed in the country. The government later reversed its decision, greenlighting the deal’s functioning until the end of 2020. Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque said […]

Biden says US needs coalition for confronting China

Posted on December 29, 2020 by News Desk

US President-elect Joe Biden earlier said that he would not immediately end the trade war with China and remove trade duties imposed by US President Donald Trump. During a press briefing on Monday, Biden addressed US-China relations, a COVID-19 relief package and transition problems with the […]

Beijing calls on US to stop meddling in China’s domestic affairs

Posted on December 28, 2020 by News Desk

The US Embassy in China has issued a statement urging Chinese authorities to “immediately release 12 fugitives” from Hong Kong who attempted to flee to Taiwan. The US must immediately stop using Hong Kong issues to meddle in China’s internal affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday in response […]

US may reportedly close embassy in Iraq in prelude to attacking Iran

Posted on December 24, 2020 by News Desk

The United States may close its embassy in Iraq to pave the way for an attack on Iran, the Axios website reported on Wednesday, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the discussions. US officials earlier said that they were seeing troubling indicators of “potential attack preparations” from […]

Pfizer to supply additional 100m vaccine doses to US

Posted on December 24, 2020 by News Desk

US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, agreed Wednesday to supply an additional 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses to the US. The agreement will bring the total to 200 million and all doses will be produced by American manufacturing facilities, the companies said in […]

US to feel shortage of vaccines, despite promises to ship 300 million by January

Posted on December 7, 2020 by News Desk

In May, while announcing his administration’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’, the US president, alongside one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine developers, affirmed confidence in attaining a goal of producing 300 million or more vaccines by the end of the year. The first batches of COVID-19 vaccines created under […]

US election system under assault and siege: Trump

Posted on December 3, 2020 by News Desk

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that the US election system is under “coordinated assault and siege,” pledging to defend the country’s laws and Constitution. In a pre-recorded video from the White House, which he called “the most important speech” he has ever made, the president said […]

US to rejoin JCPOA for further talks If Iran resumes compliance with Nuclear Deal: Biden

Posted on December 2, 2020 by News Desk

Joe Biden, the projected US president-elect, confirmed to the New York Times his intention to return the United States to the Iran nuclear deal during his tenure and hold follow-up negotiations if Tehran returns to strict compliance with the agreement. “It’s going to be hard, but yeah,” […]

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