Netflix has stirred controversy all over the world with their latest project “Cuties” and they released it amid the protests of the subscribers. “Cuties” first stirred controversy with their marketing strategy of showing 11-year-old girls in inappropriate poses but the uproar has increased since its release, with U.S. congressmen calling for Netflix to remove the […]
United Nations has enlisted multi-Grammy winning singer Beyoncé, Noble Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and other well-known celebrities for a film. We have also seen Beyoncé and Malala in a Global Citizen Festival in New York City, along with Michelle Obama rallying more than 60,000 fans in support of girls’ education and other major development […]
The US has ramped up its military presence in Syria after a number of skirmishes with Russian forces intensified tensions in the country. US officials said six Bradley Fighting Vehicles and about 100 troops were part of the deployment to north-east Syria. Incidents between US and Russian forces that patrol that part of the country […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the globe has surpassed 30 million, according to figures by America’s Johns Hopkins University. More than 940,000 have died with Covid-19 since the outbreak began in China late last year. The worst-hit nations are the US, India, and Brazil, but there is a renewed spike in infections across […]
New Zealand is in its deepest recession in decades, following strict measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic which were widely praised. The country’s GDP shrank by 12.2% between April and June as the lockdown and border closures hit. It is New Zealand’s first recession since the global financial crisis and its worst since 1987 […]
Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readied a “continuity cabinet” expected to keep about half of the predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup. Suga, 71, Abe’s longtime right-hand man, has pledged to pursue many of Abe’s programs, including […]
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that India is facing defeat at international forums due to its aggressive behavior In his reax over Indian objection raised over a political map of Pakistan at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Shah Mehmood Qureshi said New Delhi’s objection was rejected at the SCO and added […]
The Indian Charge d’affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday to register Pakistan’s serious concerns over the “Jodhpur Incident” in which 11 Pakistani Hindus, including children, were found dead under mysterious circumstances. The incident occurred in Village Lodta Haridasot, district Jodhpur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan on August 9, 2020. […]
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis rose by 24.4 per-cent to $2.095 billion during August as compared to last year’s corresponding period, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. According to figures released by the central bank, remittances reached an unprecedented level of $7.3 billion over the last three months, which are 37.2 per-cent […]
Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine. The morning after the world learned that a closely watched clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine had been halted last week over safety concerns, the company’s chief executive disclosed […]
