ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national airline is taking heavy flak after it emerged that nearly a third of its pilots were holding fake or dubious licences, with some observers wondering if the struggling national carrier can survive the scandal. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) this week said it would immediately ground 141 of […]
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GLASGOW: Scottish police on Friday (Jun 26) shot dead the suspect in a multiple stabbing at a Glasgow hotel housing asylum seekers that wounded six people, including an officer. Police Scotland said the incident at the Park Inn hotel in the city’s centre was not being treated as terror-related and […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has asked Singapore to consider allowing Malaysians working there to commute daily between both countries, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Friday (Jun 26). Mr Muhyiddin said he spoke to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a telephone conversation discussing the possible reopening of the two […]
WASHINGTON, DC: The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new US financial sanctions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday (Jun 24). A […]
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government announced a widespread easing of coronavirus lockdown measures on Wednesday (Jun 24) that will allow outdoor gatherings, group restaurant visits and regular public transport services from Jul 1. After the summer, soccer matches will be opened to the public, but crowds will have to adhere to […]
PARIS: Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic, raising concern that microplastics pollution has already “deeply” entered the world’s most remote land-based food systems. While the infiltration of microplastics throughout the oceans is well-known, researchers said their findings provided the first […]
CARACAS: Venezuela’s defence minister Vladimir Padrino on Wednesday (Jun 24 )called a Tuesday incident in which a US Navy ship navigated near the South American country’s coast an “act of provocation.” The US Southern Command on Tuesday said the missile destroyer Nitze conducted a “freedom of navigation” operation off Venezuela’s […]
PARIS: Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday (Jun 23) that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak. Children from poorer communities as well as girls, the disabled, immigrants […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday (Jun 22) announced it would hold a “very limited” Haj this year, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual as it moves to curb the biggest coronavirus outbreak in the Gulf. The decision marks the first time in Saudi Arabia’s […]
SINGAPORE: Employment agencies in Singapore will have to meet new licence conditions to strengthen fair hiring practices, announced the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday (Jun 22). The nearly 3,900 employment agencies licensed by MOM must not in any way abet discriminatory hiring by their clients, such as by withholding […]