Monitoring Desk Iran has started the process of enriching uranium to 60% fissile purity at an above...
Top Stories
S.Korea, U.S. raise concerns over Japan’s decision to...
Monitoring Desk South Korea raised concerns over Japan’s decision to release contaminated...
US, China vow urgent cooperation on climate crisis
Monitoring Desk SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest...
Global
The Czech Republic expels 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions...
Monitoring Desk The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian...
British warships will sail for Black Sea in May amid rising...
Monitoring Desk British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May amid rising tensions between...
More than 23,000 prisoners released by Myanmar Junta to mark the...
Monitoring Desk YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s junta on Saturday released more than 23,000...
Business
GM and Toyota lock heads on electric roads in China
Monitoring Desk Toyota (7203.T) pioneered the world’s most successful hybrid car but when...
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency...
Monitoring Desk (Reuters) – Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency...
Nissan to show off its green-car strategy for China at the...
Monitoring Desk Japan’s financially challenged Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) is expected...
Power companies urge Biden to implement policies to...
Govt must convince IMF to soften loan terms as further...
Wall St Week Ahead Tech retakes market lead as...
China’s post-Covid economy shows 18.3% growth
As investors eye yields, Tech retakes market lead in...
Fed data shows that fewer than 200,00 U.S. businesses...
Editorial
Guantanamo Bay and US
A group of US Senators mostly Democrats addressed a letter to President Biden and urged to shut...
SPI Index and government
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on April 15, for the...
US, Russia and World
The US lashed heavy assault on Russia by imposition of new economic sanctions against it...
Pakistan
FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi visits Pakistan pavilion at World Expo...
Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD, Apr 18 (APP): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday...
COVID-19 claims 112 lives, infects 4,976 more people
ISLAMABAD (APP): The national tally on Saturday of total active COVID-19 cases recorded 79,108 with...
Court extends interim bail of Jehangir Tareen, son till May 03
LAHORE (APP): A special court of banking offence on Saturday extended interim bail of prominent...
Prime Minister’s Sindh package is an eye wash: Nasir...
World attracts to business opportunities in Pak : FM
Nothing to do with sugar mafia, rising price of...
Kundi: Gilani’s success in senate polls forced PM to...
Declaration of TLP proscribed organization an internal...
36 more people died from Corona in KP
Afghanistan
Germany offers refuge to military helping Afghans
Morning Desk As Germany prepares to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the country’s...
Istanbul meeting brings hopes for Afghanistan, summit will help...
Monitoring Desk KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistani and Afghan foreign ministers on Sunday said the...
Afghanistan divided over US withdrawal plan
KABUL (Agencies): Reactions in Afghanistan have been mixed towards the US decision to withdraw all...
Troops withdrawal will plunge Afghanistan into civil...
Afghan forces break a Taliban jail in raid, 20...
Brief increase in US troop levels likely
US spies doubt reports of Russian ‘bounties’ for troops
Arts exhibition highlights Afghan people’s lives
Pentagon calls US withdrawal from Afghanistan “scoped...
Entertainment
Nomadland: Nobody gets an easy ride with Nora Ephron, including...
Monitoring Desk Two years after she died in 2012, a book was published containing much of her best...
Kareena Kapoor shares pictures of she prefers to spend her...
F.P. Report MUMBAI: Indian actress Kareena Kapoor Khan shared an adorable picture of how she...
From WandaVision to Framing Britney Spears and Call My Agent...
Monitoring Desk From WandaVision to Framing Britney Spears and Call My Agent, Hugh Montgomery and...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth steps into debate over...
Turkish actress Esra Bilgic aka Halime Sultan shows...
Nurse gets stuck in mud feeling the way so many have...
Sir Anthony Hopkins wins best actor for The Father, 27...
Bafta Film Awards 2021 being split over two days for...
South African artists struggle with Covid theatre...
Articles
What’s missing from US Intel’s 2021 threat assessment
Barry Pavel & Ronald Marks The Director of National Intelligence’s Threat Assessment for 2021...
Reading between the lines of the US intelligence community’s...
Mathew Burrows In recent days the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has released two key...
Will Evo Morales’ lithium dream finally come true under Bolivian...
Ekaterina Blinova The Bolivian government is preparing to re-launch the lithium industrialization...
Arts & Literature
In this age of social media, books are really judged by their...
Monitoring Desk Social media is now a vital platform to promote new titles. And that means jacket...
The Third Pole by Mark Synnott
Monitoring Desk Mark Synnott’s The Third Pole transport readers to Mount Everest during the 2019...
The art of Self-Diversification
Monitoring Desk We often see our jobs as a defining detail of who we are, yet too closely tying our...
Sports
Messi fires Barca to win the trophy for a record-extending 31st...
Monitoring Desk Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Athletic Bilbao 4-0 in the Copa del...
Ko wins 14 times in her first 81 starts of Lotte Championship...
Monitoring Desk KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Lydia Ko is golfing like she is a kid again. In other words...
Ehsan Mani satisfied with team’s performance
Monitoring Desk LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s chairman Ehsan Mani applauded the national...
Anthony Joshua wants Wembley to host Tyson Fury fight
T20 World Cup: BCCI gets visa assurance for Pakistan...
West Ham suffer top-four blow in defeat at Newcastle
Pakistan will hold 51st AGM and Conference Squash...
Dan Evans reaches semi-finals in Monte Carlo Masters
Fakhar Zaman, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali hand Pakistan...
Technology
Founder of Adobe, Charles “Chuck” Geschke dies at age 81
Monitoring Desk LOS ALTOS, Calif. (AP) — Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major...
Electrical problem suspends dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets from...
Monitoring Desk An electrical problem that led to dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets being suspended...
SpaceX wins $2.9 billion moon lander contract
Monitoring Desk NASA awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX a $2.9...
Facebook to buy renewable energy in India from a local...
Dell spin off its 81% stake in VMware up to $9.7...
France plans to allow cameras into courtrooms as part...
More than 200 people witness fireball passing...
The future of work: Switch’s pay-by-the-minute...
Gmail “more secure” than parliament’s email...
News in Picture
Health
Pfizer agrees to supply additional COVID-19 vaccines to Japan
Monitoring Desk Pfizer (PFE.N) CEO Albert Bourla has agreed to Japanese Prime Minister...
Alzheimer’s disease risk may depend on where you live
PESHAWAR (Agencies): Past research and a deadly pandemic have pointed to how living in a...
Control of third wave of Coronavirus: KP Home issued fresh...
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Home Department of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Saturday issued fresh...
Travel
In the ancient Mississippian settlement, vast social events were...
Monitoring Desk Pity the event planners tasked with managing Cahokia’s wildest parties. A...
Air Force One subcontractor GDC countersues Boeing seeking at...
Monitoring Desk Air Force One subcontractor GDC Technics countersued Boeing Co (BA.N) on...
Ramazan harvest starts in Saudi Arabia’s city of roses
TAIF (AFP): Every spring, roses bloom in the western Saudi city of Taif, turning pockets of the...
The stunning 225-million-year-old fossils of Petrified...
Volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent...
Alaska offers COVID-19 vaccines to the tourists
Historic ship gets a second life as a protective...
Tales of mysterious ruins that have long enchanted...
Study finds that ancient cave painters may had...
Kids Corner
The debate over Instagram for kids reignites debate among experts
Monitoring Desk Facebook is working on a new version of its popular app that’s targeted at children...
Best coloring apps in the app store
Monitoring Desk Coloring apps — which let you color images as if on a coloring book page while...
Matchbox redesigns toy cars with an eco makeover to inspire...
Monitoring Desk LONDON (Reuters) – Matchbox is launching a new series of toy cars based on...
Food
Why are there increasing numbers food allergies?
Monitoring Desk NHS figures reveal the number of people admitted to hospital as a result of...
After decade of experimenting, Malaysian farmers grow prized...
Monitoring Desk After more than a decade of experimenting, a trio of Malaysian farmers say they...
Five delicious recipes for a fulfilling iftaar
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Ramazan Mubarak to the fellow Muslim community. In Ramadan, the greatest...
Environment
The iceberg that was for a time the biggest in the world is no...
Monitoring Desk A68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 6,000 sq km (2,300 sq miles) when...
The race for rare earth minerals and electric vehicle revolution
Monitoring Desk China dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology...
$851 mln deal signed between Australia’s federal govt and South...
Monitoring Desk Australia’s federal government and the state of South Australia have signed a A$1.1...
The sweet melancholy of spider’s web music
Scientists discover only 3% of land areas unblemished...
Cultivating the immense power of Australian kelp
Big business wants world leaders at climate summit to...
A study finds that China needs to halve emissions by...
Nasa scientists uses a phone app to cope rising...
e-Gaming
“Lord of the Rings” announced by Amazon’s...
Monitoring Desk Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) video game division has canceled an...
Sony’s newly filed patent could forever change...
Monitoring Desk Esports have exploded in popularity in recent years with games...
Chinese internet and social media giant Tencent to raise $4...
Monitoring Desk HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese internet and social media giant Tencent...
Personalities
Daniel Kaluuya: the Camden Town kid making the news all over
Monitoring Desk Daniel Kaluuya was just nine years old when he wrote a play put on by Hampstead...
Raúl Castro: Six decades of revolution
Monitoring Desk Raúl Castro has stepped down as first secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party...
Laura Garcia Velez: A climate scientists who is swaping...
Monitoring Desk LONDON (Reuters) – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth...
