Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Kremlin slams White House over Putin corruption claim
The Kremlin on Friday lashed out at the White House after it backed up an allegation from the US Treasury that President Vladimir Putin is corrupt. US Treasury acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Adam Szubin said in a BBC documentary aired Monday that Putin was a “picture of corruption”. White House spokesperson Josh...
Stimulus hopes pump oil, stocks higher
World stock markets and oil prices rallied Friday, building on the previous day’s recovery sparked by European Central Bank hints of more eurozone stimulus. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index got the markets off to a positive start, surging nearly six per cent following a report in the Nikkei business daily that the ank of Japan was considering...
Ukraine truimph to go level at the top of World Cup standings
Winter Olympic champions Olena Pidhrushna and Valj Semerenko helped Ukraine to biathlon 4.6km relay World Cup victory in Ruhpolding, Germany on Sunday. With compatriots Iryna Varvynets and Yiliia Dzhima completing the quartet, Ukraine clocked 1 hour 16 minutes 14.2 seconds to clinch victory. Hosts Germany had to settle for second place as Karolin...
Djokovic, Nadal to meet for 47th time in Qatar Open final
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will meet for the 47th time and play their 24th final against each other after both won their Qatar Open semi-finals on Friday. World number one Djokovic progressed through to Saturday’s final after overcoming Tomas Berdych in a bruising encounter, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3). Earlier Nadal also won in two sets but in a...
Global economy to accelerate modestly to 2.9pc
Despite the weak growth among the major emerging market in South Asia, Pakistan’s GDP is expected to accelerate to 4.5 per cent against the growth of 7.8 per cent of its neighbouring country India, according to the World Bank’s January 2016 Global Economic Prospects released on Thursday. “For fiscal year 2016-17, India, the dominant...
Television giant Netflix comes to Pakistan
Streaming pioneer Netflix said Wednesday it had significantly expanded its global footprint to 190 countries, making its Internet TV service available in 130 new markets including Pakistan and India — but not China. The Netflix Pakistan website says users can watch TV shows and movies for $7.99 a month, with a free month offer. California-based...
Serena Williams withdraws from Hopman Cup
World number one Serena Williams suffered an early season injury setback as she withdrew from her opening Hopman Cup tie with inflammation in her knee. Williams, 34, was scheduled to play Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles on Monday morning in Perth, Australia, but she pulled out just minutes before the start. The match...
Putin names US among threats in new Russian security strategy
A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years. The document, “About the Strategy of National Security of Russian Federation”, was signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve. It replaces a...
AFP’s person of the year: Angela Merkel
AFP journalists have chosen Angela Merkel as the most influential figure of 2015 after the German chancellor stamped her mark on the European migrant and Greek financial crises. The vote by editorial staff from all services and languages across the world put Russian President Vladimir Putin as number two on a list of people who most influenced...
Russia opens new Stalin museums, grapples with his legacy
A bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is said to have stayed the night on his only visit to the front during World War II. Inside, the museum director, a sturdy woman armed with a wooden pointer, takes a group of pre-teen students around the two-room house where...
