Category: World
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Xi speech salient points on Communist Party’s centenary celebrations
BEIJING: Xi Jinping, Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, delivered an important speech at a grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the CPC”s founding at Tian”anmen Square in Beijing on Thursday. Here are some highlights from Xi”s speech:- China has realized the first centenary goal — building…
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Newspaper sector woes deepened in pandemic year: Pew
WASHINGTON: The troubled US newspaper sector cut thousands more jobs as circulation losses extended in a pandemic year, but saw some positive signs with growth in digital readers, a Pew Research Center report showed Tuesday. As part of its annual assessment of the media, Pew researchers found losses of some 12 percent of newsroom…
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Pandemic pushes up sales of wearable gadgets
BarceloNa: Earphones embedded in pearl earrings, a smartwatch that measures body temperature, a diamond ring that monitors sleep patterns: The wearable gadgets market has boomed as the pandemic boosts interest in health monitoring and working from home. While worldwide sales of smartphones slumped last year, a record 527 million wearables were sold in 2020, up…
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Israel and UAE set to sign more deals, Lapid says
DUBAI: Israel´s top diplomat Yair Lapid said Wednesday that more cooperation deals with the UAE were on the horizon, during a landmark visit to the Gulf nation. The United Arab Emirates and Israel normalised ties in September, paving the way for a raft of deals ranging from tourism and aviation to financial services. “We´re…
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Putin´s phone-in hit by ´cyberattacks´
MOSCOW: A televised phone-in with Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday was targeted by “powerful” cyberattacks, the state-run Rossiya 24 network which broadcast the event said. Shown on Kremlin-friendly media, the annual session with Putin sees the president field in real time queries submitted by Russians throughout the country. This year´s phone-in on Wednesday, which…
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Gutmann first woman ambassador to Germany
BERLIN: US President Joe Biden has nominated University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann as ambassador to Germany, German government sources said Wednesday, after tumultuous years with Donald Trump´s envoy. Gutmann, 71, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, would be the first woman appointed to the post. The German officials, who spoke on condition of…
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139 killed during past 6 months in IIOJK: report
ISLAMABAD: At least 139 people were killed and 363 injured by occupied forces in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) during the past six months. According to a bi-annual report, prepared by All Parties Hurriyet conference (APHC) on the situation of human rights violations in IIOJK the Indian occupying forces launched 202 Cordon…
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Iran launches 2nd domestic COVID vaccine
TEHRAN: Iranian Health Ministry has authorized the emergency use of the second domestic COVID-19 vaccine, the Pasteur Vaccine, semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported Wednesday quoting Health Minister Saeed Namaki. Iran on Wednesday reported 11,748 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country”s total infections to 3,204,557. The pandemic has so far claimed 84,264 lives in Iran, up…
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WB approves $800 million loan for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: World Bank (WB) has approved 800 million dollars loan for Pakistan. According to WB statement 2 programs will be launched within two years against this loan. One program will be generation of cheap and clean energy and under this program 400 million dollars will be spent on provision of cheap and clean energy. …
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Diana legacy lingers as fans mark late royal’s 60th birthday
LONDON: Most people wouldn’t volunteer to walk through a minefield. Princess Diana did it twice. On Jan. 15, 1997, Diana walked gingerly down a narrow path cleared through an Angolan minefield, wearing a protective visor and flak jacket emblazoned with the name of The HALO Trust, a group devoted to removing mines from former…