BEIJING (Reuters): China on Friday announced a slew of additional tariffs and restrictions against US goods as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump. The Finance Ministry said it would impose additional tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10. Beijing also announced controls on exports of medium and […]
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take decisive action against those responsible for the rising number of attacks on humanitarian workers in conflict zones, calling for sanctions and legal accountability for the perpetrators. These actions will no longer remain exempt from punishment, according to Ambassador Asim’s statement, who
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s cricket team has been penalized five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second ODI against New Zealand in Hamilton on Wednesday. The sanction was imposed by Jeff Crowe, a member of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, after Captain Mohammad Rizwan’s team
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MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In a momentous achievement, Saghir Khan, a Pakistani of Kashmiri origin, became the first Pakistani and Kashmiri to receive the esteemed Community Service Award in New York on Thursday. This distinguished award acknowledges Khan’s exceptional achievements in community service, cementing his position in history. Saghir Khan from Charrhoi town in Azad Jammu
KUALA LUMPUR (Kashmir English): The authorities have suspended the latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as it is “not the season”, according to Kuala Lumpur’s transport minister. The search has been suspended more than a decade after the plane went missing just to resume the operation at the end of the year. “They
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KARACHI (Kashmir English): President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation, according to an official statement issued by the President House on Wednesday. The confirmation came after his personal physician, Dr Asim Hussain, conducted a series of medical tests that established the diagnosis. Dr Hussain stated that President Zardari
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BANGKOK (Kashmir English): Rescuers found a woman alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar three days after a massive earthquake hit the South-Asian nation. The massive earthquake killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced against time to find more survivors. The woman was pulled from the rubble alive after
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BEIJING (Kashmir English): A joint Pakistan-China research study by SBBU and YAAS has developed new disease-resistant cultivation techniques for roses and marigolds that could boost tourism and floriculture in Pakistan. Researchers from Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University in Pakistan joined forces with Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China to develop novel agricultural practices which improve
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RIYADH (Kashmir English): The United Arab Emirates and several other gulf countries are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervor today on Sunday. The grand congregations for Eid prayers were held at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Earlier, the Saudi Supreme Council confirmed the sighting of the Shawwal moon after which a
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YANGON (Kashmir English): The death toll in Friday’s earthquake, among the biggest to jolt Myanmar in the last century – surpassed 1600 as the country’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue workers to start rescue operation. The 7.7 magnitude quake crippled bridges, airports, and highways amid a civil war that has a
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