London: More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and human consumption, a study published recently found. A team of international researchers reported that some of
Beijing: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin-ul-Haque has inaugurated Pakistan Week in Sichuan, where for a week, May 18-25, the picturesque Lidui Park, would be hosting Pakistani handicrafts and ornaments, along with a photo exhibition. The Pakistan Week, hosted by Sichuan People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign
Rabat: Moroccan security forces stopped some 150 Sub-Saharan African migrants from crossing early on Friday into Spain’s Ceuta enclave, the Interior Ministry said. The operation resulted in 70 arrests of migrants while 14 members of the Moroccan security forces and six migrants were injured and transferred
Geneva: One billion people in 43 countries are at risk of cholera — a “pandemic killing the poor” — despite prevention and treatment being relatively straightforward, the United Nations warned on Friday. The UN branded the outlook bleak, saying it did not have the resources to
Jeddah: Years after the deadly civil war which led to the expulsion of Syria from the Arab League, President Bashar al-Assad received a warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS) Friday at the summit in Jeddah. "We are pleased today by the attendance
Yangon: The death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145 in Myanmar, its junta said Friday, with most of the dead from the persecuted Rohingya minority. Mocha brought lashing rain and winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour) to Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh
Beijing: China’s economic growth is forecast to increase by 5.3 percent in 2023, said the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs in its mid-2023 report on economic expectations. Global economy is expected to grow by 2.3 percent in 2023, up 0.4 percentage points from a
Srinagar: China and Turkey are unlikely to attend the controversial G20 meeting on tourism in Srinagar in a move that would be seen as some diplomatic victory for Pakistan, which is opposing Indian attempts to portray the normalcy in the disputed region. India, the current president
Paris: The James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers detect the first chemical signs of supermassive stars, ‘celestial monsters’ blazing with the brightness of millions of Suns in the early universe. So far, the largest stars observed anywhere have a mass of around 300 times that
Xian, China: Central Asian heads of state converged in China's historic city of Xian on Thursday for one-on-ones with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of "enduring" friendship, paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing. The bilaterals