BENGALURU: Three Muslim students in India were thrown out of class after wearing headscarves to college. “When we got at the classroom entrance, the instructor informed us we couldn’t enter because we were wearing the hijab,” one of the pupils told Al Jazeera. “She requested that we take it down.”Read More →
WASHINGTON: A senior White House official said Saturday that the US is prepared to discuss the two countries’ missile systems and military exercises in discussions that could start as early as Sunday in Geneva. Diplomats from the United States and Russia are meeting in Switzerland to attempt to ease tensionsRead More →
KOLKATA: The Indian government has approved the late Catholic nun Mother Teresa’s charity to receive international cash, weeks after initially denying it, according to the organisation. The Narendra Modi government shut off foreign funding to the Missionaries of Charity on Christmas Day, refusing to renew the organization’s licence under theRead More →
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – In the latest indication of the tech industry’s epidemic boom, Apple became the first US business to achieve $3 trillion in market value, briefly approaching the milestone on Monday. Near 1845 GMT, the iPhone maker set a new high, reaching $182.88 per share, beforeRead More →
(Web Desk) – The United States, China, Japan, and Germany account for more than half of the world’s economic production in terms of gross domestic product, with the US GDP alone exceeding the combined GDP of 170 countries (GDP). Pakistan is also one of the world’s top 50 donors toRead More →
PARIS, France (AFP) – On Saturday, France will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union, giving President Emmanuel Macron the opportunity to pose as the EU’s de facto leader in the run-up to national elections in April. The 44-year-old has made no secret of his desire to beRead More →
ALMATY According to Russia’s space agency, a Japanese millionaire returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station filming everyday chores like brushing his teeth and going to the restroom. Along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, online fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his aide YozoRead More →
LONDON (AFP) – European stocks fell sharply in early trading on Monday, following widespread losses as countries sought to contain the spread of the Omicron coronavirus type. In early trading, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 1.9 percent to 7,133.15 points, compared to Friday’s close. In the eurozone, the CACRead More →
WASHINGTON: On Saturday, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors authorised $195 million in funding to assist Pakistan in strengthening power distribution and implementing energy sector reforms to improve customer service quality. The Electricity Distribution Efficiency Improvement Project (EDEIP), according to a statement issued by the international financial institution, willRead More →
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Meta, Facebook’s parent company, blacklisted a number of “cyber mercenary” companies and began warning around 50,000 people who were presumably targeted by the corporations suspected of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists throughout the world. Meta apparently pulled down 1,500 Facebook and Instagram profiles related toRead More →
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