Google has threatened to block Australian users from accessing its search service; unless the government changes proposed legislation to make the internet giant pay news outlets for their content. Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva told a senate committee in Canberra on Friday; that if the current draft media laws went ahead unchanged; it would […]
In his first order after taking the oath of his office on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden removed the travel ban on some Muslim and African nations placed by his predecessor Donald Trump. Biden returned to the White House late on Wednesday afternoon from the swearing-in ceremony, laying a wreath on the grave of the […]
Hungary’s drug regulator has given initial approval for use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines; Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff says, confirming media reports. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was traveling to Moscow for talks about the Sputnik V vaccine later on Thursday; Gergely Gulyas told a briefing on Thursday. If […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Shafqat Mehmood addressed a press conference on measures taken by the incumbent government on civil service reforms. Earlier in the day, the minister said he will be briefing the media as “head of the Cabinet Committee on Institutional Reforms”, adding that the topic in focus would be “measures taken by Prime Minister […]
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma made his first public appearance since October on Wednesday when he spoke to a group of teachers by video, easing concern about his unusual absence from the limelight and sending shares in the e-commerce giant surging. Speculation over Ma’s whereabouts has swirled in the wake of news this month that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is protesting outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the delay in proceedings of PTI’s foreign funding case. On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed his government to allow the PDM to protest outside the ECP office. According to sources, two platoons of Punjab Rangers have been deployed; […]
First Lady Melania Trump, in a video, has given a “farewell message” to the United States, two days before the end of the term of President Donald Trump, her husband. “My fellow Americans, it has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as the first lady of the United States,” said Trump in […]
Brazil’s health regulator has granted emergency approval to two COVID-19 vaccines as the country gears up for a mass inoculation campaign during a devastating second wave of the pandemic. The Anvisa regulator on Sunday approved vaccines from China’s Sinovac Biotech and Britain’s AstraZeneca for emergency use in Brazil, which has recorded more than 209,000 deaths […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said purported WhatsApp conversations of an Indian anchor published in Indian media prove that the Modi government used the Balakot incident for electoral gains; a point he had already revealed to the world in the 2019 UNGA session. The premier was referring to recently emerged transcripts of purported WhatsApp […]
Tehran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) tested long-range missiles and drones against land and sea targets in Iran’s fourth large-scale military show of force in two weeks amid tensions with the United States. The IRGC on Saturday fired long-range ballistic missiles; that traveled 1,800km (1,118 miles) and struck artificial targets in the northern part […]
