British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday pleaded for an urgent deal with the European Union on post-Brexit security cooperation, warning that citizens’ lives were at stake. British PM Theresa May gives a speech during the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. Photo: Thomas Kienzle/AFP In a speech at the Munich Security Conference, she acknowledged that […]
Continue reading …US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a Florida hospital Friday to offer their respects to the victims of a mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at a nearby high school. Trump’s visit to the hospital h The first couple visited Broward Health North Hospital, where a white house official said they […]
Continue reading …LAHORE: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) handed down on Saturday death sentence on four counts to culprit Imran Ali in the rape and murder case of minor Zainab. The verdict was announced by ATC judge Sajjad Ahmed. The prosecution counsel said that his team has brought the culprit to justice. PHOTO: REUTERS He has been sentenced on […]
Continue reading …Russia’s tech giant Yandex has conducted a successful test of its self-driving car through the harsh and snowy streets of Moscow. Yandex.Taxi, an on-demand transportation service similar to Uber, first unveiled the driverless prototype in the summer of 2017. It tested the car’s maneuverability in snow conditions on a closed course in November. The road-test video demonstration shows the driverless […]
Continue reading …ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn submitted a letter of resignation to relinquish power as FDRE Prime Minister. In his brief and televised speech yesterday, Premier Hailemariam said he is awaiting Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and Parliament’s approvals to resign as FDRE Prime Minister and the Front’s Chairperson adding that he continues […]
Continue reading …The U.S. will work on the promises it gave to Turkey on northern Syria’s Manbij, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in his visit to Ankara in an attempt to soothe the highest tension between the two NATO allies in decades. AA Photo Speaking at a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu […]
Continue reading …Qatar Charity-funded drinking water project in Somalia. DOHA: Qatar Charity has drilled and rehabilitated 316 artesian and surface wells last year to provide safe drinking water to as many as 350,000 people in Somalia, which made 2017 the most abundant year yet in the field of water and sanitation. Qatar Charity implemented these projects in […]
Continue reading …Sweden and Kuwait on Thursday presented a revised draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria that diplomats said could win backing from Russia. The draft calls for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria. ( (File photo: AFP) The new text, obtained by AFP, specifies that the 30-day humanitarian truce would not apply […]
Continue reading …From March onwards, EU citizens will be able to have recourse to courts in their respective countries in disputes with Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Despite the changes, more work is required on the part of social media giants The American social media giants have altered their conditions of use to enable this, in compliance with […]
Continue reading …A Japanese scientist says his team has hatched a way to improve production of carbon-free energy by using proteins taken from egg whites. Japanese scientist Yusuke Yamada has discovered a way to use the protein in egg whites to produce hydrogen. | ISTOCK Yusuke Yamada, a professor at Osaka City University, said his team found […]
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