Pakasthan : For the first time in Pakistan’s judicial history a woman belonging to the Hindu community has been appointed as a civil and judicial magistrate. Suman Bodani, hailing from Sindh’s Shahdadkot district, was declared eligible for the post after passing her judicial officers’...
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WASHINGTON : The Trump administration’s unveiling of criminal charges against the Chinese tech giant Huawei has complicated high-level talks set to begin Wednesday in Washington that are intended to defuse the trade war between the administration and Beijing.
The Justice Department charged...
SEOUL : South Korea has proposed to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) jointly celebrating the 100th anniversary of the March 1 independence movement against Japan’s colonial rule, local media reports said Tuesday. An unidentified official of Seoul’s unification...
TOKYO : The operator of Japan’s All Nippon Airways said Tuesday it has decided to order a total of 48 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus for deliveries from 2021 through 2025. ANA Holdings said it would buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes and 18 Airbus A320neo units, citing growing demand in the...
BEIJING : China’s foreign ministry has called on Washington to withdraw its request for Canada to extradite a Huawei executive to face charges of lying to banks about possible dealings with Iran. A ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, complained that Washington “has shown disregard for the...
COLOMBO : Two people have died and over 3,700 affected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka within the first three weeks of January, the Epidemiology Unit said here on Tuesday. Till Friday, 3,743 dengue cases were reported from across the country with the highest number reported from capital...
RIYADH : Saudi petrochemicals giant SABIC said on Sunday its net profit in the fourth quarter dropped due to lower sales prices but rose for 2018 as a whole. SABIC, the largest listed firm in the kingdom, said in a statement that its net profit in the final quarter of last year fell 12.4 percent...
ANKARA : Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro rejected demands by European countries to call elections within eight days in an interview broadcast on Sunday, insisting that his country was “not tied” to Europe. “They should withdraw this ultimatum. No one can give us an...
BEIJING : A total of 2,804 people died of infectious diseases in China in December 2018, according to statistics released by the National Health Commission. There were 712,581 cases of infectious diseases reported last month. The commission said that no cases of Class A infectious diseases were...
Saint Petersburg : Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Sunday preside over ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II siege of Leningrad that claimed over 800,000 lives. Saint Petersburg formerly known as Leningrad — will plunge into the atmosphere of a wartime...
