Section: Dunya TV (Pakistan)
Google adds 20 languages to instant translation app
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google announced Wednesday it was adding 20 new languages for its mobile translation application that reads text and instantly converts to another tongue.The smartphone app now can read 27 languages and instantly convert the text without an Internet connection, the tech giant said.Google also said it was making voice...
Olympics: Smooth piste for Beijing’s 2022 bid
BEIJING (AFP) – China came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games.The capital emerged as the frontrunner for 2022 — which would make it the first city ever to host both summer and winter...
Swimming: Chinese divers make it five golds from five
KAZAN (AFP) – China could repeat their 2011 sweep of the diving gold medals at the world aquatic championships after Mondays double victory left them with five wins from five in Kazan.Teenager Xie Siyi claimed the mens 1m springboard title to give his country their fifth straight win in the event having only switched from platform diving at...
Marry in haste, repent at leisure: lowest, highest age for marriages worldwide
(Web Desk) – Government of Spain announced that it will raise the minimum age for tying the matrimonial knot from 14 to 16 in order to bring it with par with standards prevalent Europe-wide.The decision has brought into highlight an issue not commonly debated upon; the lowest and highest ages worldwide for trying the knot.According to a list...
US extends training to Ukrainian military
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States is to begin training Ukrainian army troops in an expansion to its military involvement in the divided country, the State Department said Friday.US troops have already deployed in small numbers to Ukraine to train National Guard forces, but under the new plan would also take on regular military units.This...
Iran deal fuels tussle for gas pipelines in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – A landmark deal on Irans nuclear programme has breathed new life into plans for a gas pipeline through Pakistan — and sparked a geopolitical tussle, with Russia looking to expand its influence, observers say.With sanctions on Iran likely to ease and peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government getting under...
Russia sets date for jailed Ukranian pilot
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday announced that the trial of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, whose politically charged case has become emblematic of bitter tensions between Kiev and Moscow, will begin later this month.The trial of the 34-year-old helicopter navigator and Ukrainian lawmaker, who faces up to 25 years in prison for her...
Russia submits alternative UN resolution on MH17
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Russia on Monday introduced an alternative draft resolution at the UN Security Council in a bid to thwart the creation of a tribunal that would prosecute those responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine.The Netherlands, whose citizens made up the majority of the 298...
Kidnapping of Czechs may be tied to detained Lebanese
ANSAR (AFP) – The kidnapping of five Czech citizens in Lebanon last week may be linked to a Lebanese man detained in Prague, whose family said Monday his lawyer was among those abducted.The five went missing in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon on Friday, with security services confirming they had been kidnapped along with a Lebanese...
About 200 Ukrainians gather at MH17 crash site on anniversary
GRABOVE (AFP) – Around 200 Ukrainian villagers gathered Friday on a field that was cleared of the scattered charred remains and personal belongings of 298 people killed aboard Flight MH17 one year ago.The locals — nearly all of them bused in by pro-Russian separatists who control parts of eastern Ukraine — waved flags of the...
