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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WASHINGTON, DC: US intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday (Jun 26). Citing officials briefed on the matter, the Times said the United States determined months ago that […]
PARIS: France reported more than 1,500 new confirmed novel coronavirus cases on Friday (Jun 26), a spike unseen since May 30, while the number of additional fatalities linked to the virus rose by the highest amount in three days. French health authorities said in a statement the total of newly […]
LUBBOCK, Texas: As new coronavirus cases surged in Texas and Florida, officials in both states on Friday (Jun 26) ordered bars to once again close down and imposed tighter restrictions on restaurants, in a setback to efforts to open up their economies during the pandemic. Governor Greg Abbott gave bars […]
PARIS: Formula One on Friday (Jun 26) distanced itself from comments by the sport’s former CEO Bernie Ecclestone that Black people were often more racist than white people. “In lots of cases, Black people are more racist than what white people are,” Ecclestone said in an interview with CNN. “At […]
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 […]
NEW YORK: A total of 16 NBA players have tested positive for COVID-19 from 302 tests conducted last Tuesday, the league and its players union announced on Friday (Jun 26). None of the players or teams involved were revealed by the NBA in its two-sentence statement. The tests were required […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Friday (Jun 26) that a global initiative to speed up the development and production of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments will require more than US$30 billion over the next year. Providing details of the so-called ACT accelerator, launched in April and aimed at […]
LONDON: Former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers hailed his successor Jurgen Klopp’s achievement in securing the club’s first league title in 30 years as “an incredible moment in their history”. The 47-year-old Leicester manager saw his Liverpool team lose out by just two points to Manchester City in the 2013/14 season. […]
Novak Djokovic’s coach Goran Ivanisevic before his match during the Adria Tour in Belgrade, Serbia, Jun 13, 2020. LONDON: Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic is the latest to announce he has tested positive for COVID-19 following the ill-fated Adria Tour organised by Novak Djokovic. Ivanisevic, who is part of […]