President Joe Biden will announce new bans on drilling on federal lands, as well as a US-hosted climate summit in April, as part of a raft of actions that take aim at rising global temperatures. The federal government will pause new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or offshore waters “to the extent […]
Hundreds of Rohingya are missing from a refugee camp in Indonesia and are believed to have been trafficked to neighboring Malaysia, according to officials and other sources. Just 112 refugees remain at the makeshift camp in Lhokseumawe on Indonesia’s northern coast this week, well down from the almost 400 that arrived between June and September […]
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as countries around the world struggle with new virus variants and vaccine shortfalls. Almost 1.3% of the world’s population has now been infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 2.1 million people have died. One person […]
A United States federal judge has temporarily blocked an effort by Joe Biden to halt the deportations of some immigrants for a 100-day period, a decision that was immediately slammed by rights groups. US District Judge Drew Tipton, an appointee of former President Donald Trump in the Southern District of Texas; issued a temporary restraining […]
Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif has left her millions of fans in awe as she opened up about how she wants to live her life. Taking to Instagram, she shared her dazzling pictures from the latest photoshoot and wrote, “My legacy or how I want to try and live my life. Courage in the face of […]
The Higher Education Commission has announced the date of the written test for three international scholarship programmes. As a result, all applicants can start applying. Moreover, the tests are on January 31st. In addition to the HEC”s Twitter handle, the programs are as follows: – Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme 2021 Commonwealth PhD Scholarship Programme 2021 […]
The third night of riots has caused chaos across the Netherlands where protesters have defied the new curfew. The 9:30 pm to 4:00 am curfew took effect on Saturday evening to restraint the spread of coronavirus. It’s the country’s first nationwide curfew since world war 2. a group of young men later hijacked the demonstration, […]
What comes to your mind when you think about buying a car in Pakistan – taxes? Duties? Little or almost no safety and quality features or almost no value for your money? That’s right; not only this is what produced and sold but, at the moment; there is no focus at all on the production […]
Caravans of tractors clogged a key highway in northern India on Monday as tens of thousands of farmers protesting against agriculture reforms streamed into the capital ahead of celebrations for Republic Day. India marks its founding as a republic on Tuesday with a military parade in the historic city center, but the farmers; who are […]
The United States has confirmed more than 25 million cases of coronavirus – the most in the world – as newly inaugurated President Joe Biden’s chief of staff accused Donald Trump’s administration of failing to provide states with a plan to administer much-needed vaccines. The US accounts for more than a quarter of all global […]
