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Author: Associated PressID: 1599548019950281000Tue, 2020-09-08 06:51 PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Rescue crews using heavy machinery pulled eight more bodies on Tuesday from a collapsed marble mine in northwestern Pakistan, raising the death toll from the incident to 16, officials said. The cause of the cave-in was not known. Mining accidents are common in ...

LONDON: The East India Company’s name has been synonymous with the colonial exploitation of South Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, since the 16th century. Today, in one of the great ironies of history, it is owned by an Indian. Founded in London in 1600 to trade spices, the East ...

LONDON: The rise in COVID-19 infections in Britain is “concerning,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday, but he added that the government was still in control of the pandemic.The daily number of cases of COVID-19 jumped on Sunday to 2,988, the highest daily rise since May.“The rise in ...

ISLAMABAD: Education officials in Pakistan say authorities will start reopening schools from Sept. 15 amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.Schools were closed in March when the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Authorities lifted curbs on most of the businesses in ...

ISLAMABAD: Education officials in Pakistan say authorities will start reopening schools from Sept. 15 amid a steady decline in coronavirus deaths and infections.Schools were closed in March when the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Authorities lifted curbs on most of the businesses in ...

Author: Zaynab KhojjiID: 1599334156099122800Sat, 2020-09-05 22:48 NEW DELHI: Ahmed Toweb says his life has taken a turn for the worse since Aug. 31 last year, when his name was left off the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a 7-year-old program to identify “genuine” citizens in India’s eastern state of Assam. “I’ve ...

NEW DELHI: Ahmed Toweb says his life has taken a turn for the worse since Aug. 31 last year, when his name was left off the National Register of Citizens (NRC), a 7-year-old program to identify “genuine” citizens in India’s eastern state of Assam.“I’ve faced rejection in three marriage ...

Author: By KATHY GANNON | AParticle author: APID: 1599310748407407800Sat, 2020-09-05 12:34 Islamabad: Taliban officials say a senior delegation returned early Saturday to Qatar, paving the way for the start of peace talks with the Afghan government that are expected to take place in the tiny Gulf state. The officials spoke on condition ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines, the Islamic nation’s flag carrier, will not appeal against a six-month ban imposed on its lucrative flights to European locations, three officials said, in a blow to the ailing airline’s pre-pandemic turnaround plans.The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) banned PIA from flying to the ...

MAKKAH: More than 500 million birds representing 500 species migrate across Saudi Arabia every year through the Red Sea, according to an expert in the Kingdom.Dr. Mohammed Shubrak, a Saudi Wildlife Authority adviser, said that birds migrating from their habitats to other habitats reflected biodiversity, since most species were ...