Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, media reports said. Macron's security entourage quickly intervened to pull the man to the ground and move Macron away from him. Two people were arrested in connection with the incident, broadcasters...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's views on whether marriage is necessary for two people in a relationship has invited an avalanche of criticism in Pakistan, where she has long gained a reputation as controversy's favorite child with her outspokenness. In an interview published in the British Vogue magazine, Malala responded to a question on...
The Hindu traders and shopkeepers in Pakistan's Balochistan province are receiving life threats by unidentified men after the killing of a businessman, Ashok Kumar. Hindu trader Kumar was murdered last week after assailants opened fire at him in the Wadh market in Khuzdar district, The Express Tribune reported. According to the Pakistani newspaper, unidentified men affixed pamphlets in the market...
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $500 million program to support India's nationwide initiative to revitalize the MSME sector, which has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. According to a statement released last Friday, the program targets improvements in the performance of 555,000 MSMEs and is expected to mobilize financing...
by K.S. Tomar In a significant development, Financial Task Action Force (FATF)’s Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering and terror sponsoring has retained Pakistan in ‘Enhanced Follow Up’ list on June 5, which will be discussed during the upcoming meeting of the World Terror Watch Body to decide whether to keep it in ‘Grey list’. The second...
Geneva: The World Health Organization approved the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use -- the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO's green light. The WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization reviewed the jab and published their advice on its usage. "WHO recommends the vaccine for use in adults 18 years and older, in a...
Moscow: Russia is not expecting any major breakthrough when President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Joe Biden hold their first summit this month, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "We are not under any illusions and we are not trying to create the impression that there will be any breakthrough, any historic fateful decisions," Lavrov told a...
London: Britain reported zero daily coronavirus-related deaths for the first time since March last year, according to official figures released on June 1. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain remain at 127,782. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test. Another 3,165 people in Britain...
All five BRICS member countries, including China, will provide support to India as it battles against the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese state councilor and foreign minister Wang Yi said. “Let me begin by once again expressing my sympathy to India over the severe impact of the new wave of Covid-19 infections,” Wang...
