After Timothy Brown, London patient becomes the second person to be cured of AIDS
New York: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that she won’t run for President in 2020 but will continue to speak out about politics, saying, “I’m not going anywhere”. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I[Read More…]
Kuala Lumpur: The wife and two teenage stepsons of a chief executive officer of a prominent Malaysian government-linked startup fund were charged with his murder on Monday. Nazrin Hassan was the chief executive of Cradle Fund, a Malaysian Finance Ministry company that oversees the development of tech entrepreneurs and the[Read More…]
Manila: Illegal smuggling of rare animals have long been shaking the world. In the latest, police in the Southeast Asia archipelago country of Philippines at the Manila airport have discovered as many as 1,529 alive turtles wrapped with a duct tape inside abandoned suitcases. The turtles, were found in four[Read More…]
The protesters held up signs listing various terrorist attacks around the world linked to Pakistan.
In a small gesture to pay tribute to the CRPF soldiers and the Indian Air Force pilots who lost their lives in the Pulwama terror attack, a nightclub in Thailand played Indian National Anthem. The video of the moment as gone viral on the social media winning millions of hearts.[Read More…]
Washington: At least 22 people were killed in the US state of Alabama as a cluster of storms ripped through the country’s Southeast region, spawning multiple tornadoes and leaving a trail of destruction. The first tornado warning in central Alabama went out at around 1 p.m. on Sunday. As the[Read More…]
Washington: US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has condemned a poster linking her to the 9/11 attacks displayed at a Republican stall in the West Virginia legislature. She said the “anti-Muslim display likening me to a terrorist” encouraged threats of violence against her, the BBC reported on Monday West Virginia Republicans said[Read More…]
San Francisco: A seven feet long, “strange looking” fish has washed up on a California beach, leaving researchers baffled about the origins and whereabouts of the species, the media reported. The fish washed up at UC Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve last week. The researchers first thought it was[Read More…]
India is neither a member nor an observer of OIC, despite having the third largest number of Muslims in the world.
Switzerland already allows cannabis products of less than 1 per cent THC.
Bangkok: Thai Airways has announced that its flights to Pakistan and Europe have been cancelled for Thursday. It cancelled 11 flights to destinations in Europe that were operated on Wednesday and were expected to operate on Thursday, in order to maintain the highest passenger and operational safety standards, Thai Airways[Read More…]
Beijing: The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 44 basis points to 6.6901 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 per[Read More…]
United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is having discussions “at different levels with different parties” about the tense India-Pakistan situation, his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday. He refused to say who those parties were or the levels of contact but said the discussions were “to make sure that we have, we[Read More…]
New Delhi: An Emirates flight from Dubai to Delhi was diverted on Wednesday after Karachi airspace was closed amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. The Boeing 777 300 aircraft, which took off from Dubai at 10.30 a.m., half an hour behind schedule, landed at Ahmedabad airport at 2.45 p.m.[Read More…]
A helicopter carrying at least six people including Nepal’s tourism, culture, and civil aviation Minister Rabindra Adhikari crashed on Wednesday afternoon. Secretary at the Ministry of Home Affairs Prem Kumar confirmed the news, reported news agency ANI. It is suspected to be crashed in eastern Nepal’s Tehrathum district. “We do[Read More…]
Hours before the Indian airstrike reportedly took place across PoK, a Twitter handle @DefencedotPak, said, “Sleep tight because PAF is awake.” After the air strike took place, Twitterati took no time in spotting the tweet and heavily trolled the tweet. “Sleep tight because PAF is awake.” #PakistanZindabad pic.twitter.com/Wlriv5ZJRr — Pakistan[Read More…]
Los Angeles: “The Favourite” star Olivia Colman was teary-eyed as she was announced the winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role category at the 91st Academy Awards, marking her first Oscar. “It’s genuinely quite stressful… This is hilarious. I got an Oscar,” Colman said in a wobbled way[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Actor Rami Malek received an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading role at the 91st Academy Awards ceremony for portraying the life of late Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” with conviction. “Bohemian Rhapsody”, which was released in India by Fox Star Studios, is a biopic on Mercury[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Filmmaker Spike Lee was elated when “BlacKkKlansman” was announced as the Oscar winner for Adapted Screenplay at the 91st Academy Awards. He urged people to be “on the right side of history”. Lee paced towards the stage and hugged presenter Samuel L. Jackson in what was an effusive[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Actor Mahershala Ali picked up an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Don Shirley in “Green Book” at the 91st Academy Awards. Ali was competing with Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”), Sam Elliott (“A Star Is Born”), Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) and Sam[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Black-and-white drama “Roma” scooped up the Best Foreign Language Film and the Cinematography honours at the Academy Awards here on Sunday, marking multiple firsts for director Alfonso Cuaron and his home country Mexico. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, “Roma” was the ninth film[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Ruth E. Carter won Best Costume Design trophy at the 91st Academy Awards for her work on superhero film “Black Panther”, becoming the first black woman in history to win in the category. According to ew.com, Carter is the first African-American woman to take home an Oscar in[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Rock band Queen with Adam Lambert opened the 91st Academy Awards here with “We will rock you”, which was prominently featured in ace “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Since the ceremony was host-less, the band injected some energy into the crowd as they started with “We will rock you” and then[Read More…]
Los Angeles: Regina King won her first ever Oscar, taking home the Best Supporting Actress trophy for her role in “If Beale Street Could Talk”. According to CNN, King is the third black actress to win both an Oscar and a Primetime Emmy, joining Halle Berry and Viola Davis. Directed[Read More…]