Section: Pakistan
- Dunya TV (Pakistan) (1,451)
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- The Nation (Pakistan) (115)
The question of the South Asian ‘matriarchate’
– Book review – Widows and Daughters: Gender, Kinship and Power in South Asia by Anna Suvorova On Friday simultaneous ‘Aurat Marches’ took place in major cities all over the country to mark the International Day for Women. This becomes the second time in as many years that the march has been held to commemorate Women’s Day – a display...
Serena out-guns Azarenka to reach Indian Wells 3rd round
INDIAN WELLS (Agencies): Serena Williams out-gunned Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-3 in an electrifying clash of former world number ones on Friday to reach the third round at Indian Wells. The two raised the temperature on a cold, windy night in the California desert, trading shots from every corner of the court before Williams wrapped things up after...
Former Trump campaign chief to be sentenced, could face life in prison
WASHINGTON (AFP): US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort is to be sentenced for tax crimes and bank fraud on Thursday in a high-profile case stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manafort, who turns 70 in April, faces potentially spending the rest of...
Teen who defied parents to get vaccinated heads to US Congress
CHICAGO: A US high school student who had himself vaccinated despite his parents’ objections is set to testify on Tuesday before the US Congress about a surge in outbreaks of preventable diseases.Ethan Lindenberger says he grew up in an “anti-vax household,” but decided to go against his parents’ wishes to get vaccinated...
Ukrainian archbishop held in Crimea
SIMFEROPOL: The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Crimea said he was arrested on Sunday by authorities in the Russian-annexed peninsula.Father Kliment told AFP he was speaking by phone from a police station in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, where he had been arrested at a bus station. Police did not tell him why he was being held, he...
US destroyer caught between two Russian warships off Turkey
MOSCOW (Sputnik): Earlier, the Russian Black Sea Fleet promised to keep a close eye on the USS Donald Cook as it made its way into the waterway last week for a visit to the Ukrainian port of Odessa. The Tomahawk-capable USS Donald Cook destroyer was caught between two Russian warships shadowing it near the Dardanelles Strait, a military...
Measles cases soar worldwide, UN warns of ?complacency?
PARIS: Just 10 countries were responsible for three-quarters of a global surge in measles cases last year, the UN children´s agency said Friday, including one of the world´s richest nations, France.Ninety-eight countries reported more cases of measles in 2018 compared with 2017, and the world body warned that conflict, complacency and the growing...
As Russia Closes In On Crimea’s Energy Resources, What Is Next For Ukraine?
Ariel Cohen If you ask Stepan Kubiv, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, what the long-term economic losses will be as a result of Crimea’s annexation in 2014, he’ll tell you to look towards the sea. The Ukrainian Energy Ministry reports that “Ukraine has lost 80% of oil and gas deposits in the Black Sea and a significant part of the...
Nearly 50 per cent of transport pollution deaths linked to diesel: study
WASHINGTON: Some 385,000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study found Wednesday, which singled out diesel engines as the main culprit. Diesel vehicles were responsible for 47 per cent of the deaths, it said, but the figure jumped as high as 66 per cent in France, Germany, Italy...
Pak envoy greets Omani singing sensation
MUSCAT: Ali Javed, Ambassador of Pakistan to Oman, welcomed to his office last week the internationally renowned, 25-year-old singer, artist and composer Haitham Mohammad Rafi Ali Balushi, an eminent representative of Oman-Pakistan heritage, says a press release.The ambassador fondly recalled the Omani singing sensation’s live performance...
