Day: January 18, 2020
Disney drops ‘Fox’ name from 20th Century film studio: reports
New York, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Disney will rename 20th Century Fox to distance its legendary film studio from the assets of media ...Style legend Jean-Paul Gaultier retires from fashion
Paris, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier shocked the fashion world Friday by saying his next Paris haute couture show will ...‘Hundreds’ likely affected by virus: researchers
London, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers ...Global equities gain on trade deal, Chinese data
New York, Jan 17 (AFP/APP): Global equities rose on Friday, with Wall Street stocks ending at fresh records, as solid Chinese economic ...Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’
Washington, Jan 17 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump on Friday warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be “very careful with his ...Union Jack, special coins but no Big Ben on Brexit night
London, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of ...Pakistan FM, after visits, says Iran wants to de-escalate
Washington, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Pakistan’s foreign minister, who has shuttled between Washington and Tehran in the course of a week, voiced confidence ...CPEC an `outstanding example’ of South-South cooperation: Amb. Munir Akram
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.N., Munir Akram, has said the flagship, multibillion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) ...Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia
Sydney, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new ...Peace in S. Asia will remain ‘elusive’, FM Qureshi tells Pompeo
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (APP): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, highlighted the grave humanitarian situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir during his ...