Day: September 7, 2019
Business Community Expresses Concern Over Continued Lockdown in IOK
Islamabad (7th Sept, 2019): Business community in a meeting at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) expressed concern over the ...Antitrust probe of Facebook may be first step against Big Tech
Washington, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):A coalition of US states unveiled on Friday an antitrust investigation of Facebook, the first of what is expected ...Rashid’s five wickets put Afghanistan on top
Chittagong, Bangladesh, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Rashid Khan completed his second five-wicket Test haul to hand Afghanistan a big advantage in the one-off series ...North Korea names artillery commander as new military chief
Seoul, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Pyongyang has named an army general with expertise in artillery as its new military commander, North Korean state media ...AFP joins BBC initiative to fight misinformation
Paris, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):A dozen international media organisations, including AFP, have signed up to a new initiative launched by the BBC to ...English to be Written in Japanese Format Claims Japanese Education Minister
Tokyo (7th Sept, 2019): Education Minister for Japan, Masahiko Shibayama, decides to maintain Japanese language format for the English language as a ...India loses contact with Moon lander
Bangalore, India, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):India’s space program suffered a huge setback Saturday after it lost contact with an unmanned spacecraft moments before ...In Russia, forgotten plight of jailed grassroots activists
Reutov, Russia, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):When anti-corruption activist Yevgeny Kurakin went to make an official complaint about authorities destroying a park in his ...Poverty, strife-hit Madagascar welcomes Pope Francis
Antananarivo, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):True to his reputation as “pope of the poor”, Pope Francis begins a visit Saturday to Madagascar, one of ...At least five dead in US from vaping-related lung disease
Washington, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):At least five people have died in the United States after vaping, officials said Friday, in an outbreak that ...