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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (APP):Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday, pointing out that Pakistan was among the regions where terrestrial water shortage (TWS) […]

Rome, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):One woman died and other people were still missing Saturday after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, a local official said. A wave of mud and debris swept through the small town of Casamicciola Terme in the […]

Islamabad (PNI) Imran Khan has announced to quit all the provincial assemblies. Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said in a rally in Rawalpindi that he has decided to quit all the assemblies. will no longer be part of the system. […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed 15 civilians Friday, officials said, as engineers across the country sought to restore heat, water and power to major cities. Throughout the country, Russian air strikes in recent weeks have brought […]

Brasília, Nov 25 (AFP/APP):At least three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities said. The mayor of the town of Aracruz, in Espirito Santo state, said a group […]

KUALA LAMPUR – November 24 (ONLINE) Malaysia’s King Al Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on Wednesday appointed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as country’s next prime minister, media reports said. Anwar was sworn in by the king at 0900 GMT. His wife, Was Azizah Wan Ismail […]

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP):Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):All three nuclear power plants still under Ukrainian control disconnected automatically from the electricity grid on Wednesday after fresh Russian air strikes hit the country, Ukraine’s nuclear operator said. The strikes activated emergency protocols at the Rivnenska, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytska plants […]

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):A sea of streamers and mini-Brazilian flags flutters over Freedom Alley, one of myriad narrow streets criss-crossing Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela, Rocinha, which decks itself out in World Cup splendor every four years. But residents vetoed a graffiti portrait […]

Beijing, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, with authorities blaming workers for illegal welding. The fire broke out at a plant in Anyang City in Henan Province on […]