Burberry replaces creative chief Riccardo Tisci with Daniel Lee
London, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): Burberry said Wednesday that Italian designer Riccardo Tisci will step down this week as creative director, and will be replaced by Briton Daniel Lee who was…
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles on eve of Harris trip
Seoul, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Seoul’s military said, just days after Pyongyang’s last test and ahead of a visit to South Korea…
US Secretary of State defends sale of F-16 maintenance package to Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (APP): Antony Blinken, America’s top diplomat, Tuesday stoutly defended the sale of the F-16 aircraft maintenance package to Pakistan, as India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who…
Chinese EV battery parts maker gets 30-year tax break in U.S. Michigan
CHICAGO, Sep 28 (XINHUA/APP): Three government boards in Big Rapids of the U.S. state of Michigan have approved a 30-year property tax exemption for a battery parts facility of a…
UN voices concern over outbreaks of diseases in flooded Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (XINHUA/APP): The United Nations on Tuesday voiced concern over the outbreaks of vector-borne and water-borne diseases in flooded Pakistan. The outbreaks of vector-borne and water-borne diseases…
One killed in Belgium anti-terror raids
Brussels, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): One person died on Wednesday in a shootout with Belgian police during raids on a suspected extreme-right group, prosecutors said.The operation, targeting a dozen addresses around…
Emergency UK aid shipped to flood-ravaged Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP): Thousands of emergency shelters, water purifiers, and hygiene kits from the UK shipped to flood-ravaged Pakistan from Dubai. The aid items by the British government as…
Putin expects a ‘record’ 150-million-tonne grain harvest in 2022
Moscow, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday his country expected a record-high grain harvest in 2022 as Moscow blames Western sanctions on Ukraine for preventing its exports,…
Top US ski mountaineer missing on world’s 8th-highest peak
Kathmandu, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): Renowned US ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson has gone missing on Nepal’s Manaslu mountain, on the same day that an avalanche killed a Nepali climber on the…
Egypt plans to bid for hosting the 2036 Olympics
Egypt has announced plans to host the 2036 Summer Olympics, said Sports Minister Ashraf Soby yesterday during a reception in Cairo for International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. “President…