Content of South Korea on Netflix has become the biggest source of growth in international markets. Netflix said 46% of its net new global paid customers in the third quarter came from the Asia Pacific region; where revenue rose 66% from last year, primarily Japan and South Korea. Investments of Netflix in South Korea: The […]
Sweden has banned telecoms equipment from Huawei and ZTE in its 5G network; joining other European nations that have restricted the role of Chinese suppliers on security grounds. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said; the setting of the license conditions followed assessments by the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Security Service. However […]
US President Trump recently shook a leg at one of his YMCA rallies, inspiring thousands of others — especially his supporters — to do the same on the Chinese-owned mobile app TikTok. The new song on which users can be seen shaking a leg to is a mix of Viva La Vida by Coldplay and […]
A Jordanian man arrested in Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates had been working as a journalist in Turkey, it has emerged. On Friday Turkey’s intelligence agency detained 45-year-old Ahmed al-Astal who is originally from Palestine; for allegedly monitoring Arab dissidents for years. Al-Astal was working as a journalist in the […]
DUBAI: The first official UAE delegation landed in Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Tuesday. The officials were greeted by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the report added; and will remain in the area of the airport due to coronavirus regulations. The whole visit will last for five hours. The trilateral meetings between Israel, the […]
Saudi Arabia opened Islam’s holiest Makkah’s Grand Mosque for prayers for the first time in seven months on Sunday. They expanded the Umrah pilgrimage to accommodate 15,000 worshippers as it eased coronavirus restrictions. Saudi citizens and residents of the kingdom would be able to perform prayers inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of […]
Ertugrul has been all the rage in Pakistan this year, with many of its characters becoming household names across the length and breadth of the country. Among its massive cast is the character Alangoya – a fierce Mongolian warrior who plots against the titular character, Ertugrul. In a recent exclusive interview with Dawn Images, the […]
BHOPAL: A 20-year-old woman has alleged that she was kept in a lock-up and raped for 10 days in May this year by five police personnel, including the police station in-charge and sub-divisional police officer, in Mangawan of MP’s Rewa district. The woman is an accused in a murder case and is now in jail […]
Former US treasury secretary and renowned economist Lawrence ‘Larry’ Summers is of the opinion that had America handled the coronavirus pandemic as well as Pakistan, it could have saved in trillions of dollars. He made these comments while talking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday. “America’s failure on Covid-19 is almost unimaginable,” he said. “Heck, […]
UAE: first ever passenger flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel has landed near Tel Aviv, a month after the countries signed an agreement normalizing ties. Etihad Airways Flight 9607 landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion international airport just after 7am on Monday. Etihad said it plans regular passenger flights between the countries in the future […]
