Archives for November 6, 2016
China boosts space programme with new heavy rocket launch
BEIJING: China has launched its new Long March-5 heavy rocket, state media said, sending its payload into orbit in the country's latest step in advancing its space exploration programme. The…
Corolla, Toyota’s car for the masses, turns 50
TOKYO: This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Corolla, one of the world's best-selling cars. Since the first model went on sale in Japan on Nov. 5, 1966,…
CM Sindh takes serious notice of target killing in East, Central districts
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah taking serious view of the last two days incidents in District Central and East of the city has issued explanations to the…
Two terrorists, cop killed in KP exchange of fire
SWABI: Two terrorists and a policeman were killed in an exchange of fire in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on late Saturday night. Official sources said gunmen attacked a police…
Allama Mirza Yousuf Hussain arrested
KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies arrested Allama Mirza Yousuf Hussain in a pre-dawn raid on Sunday, sources said. The prominent Shia scholar was taken into custody from Nazimabad area of the…
Ten bodies found in dinghy off Libyan coast
ROME: Ten bodies were recovered on Saturday from a rubber dinghy off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard said, adding that 2,200 other migrants were rescued during the day. Sixteen…
Three days out, Trump and Clinton add emergency campaign stops
Wilmington: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton raced to add last minute campaign stops Saturday, scrambling for votes in the final three days of a White House race that has the…
British PM warns MPs against blocking Brexit
LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers on Sunday not to block Brexit, after the High Court ruled that she cannot start the process of leaving the European Union…
Trump rushed off stage at rally
Reno: White House hopeful Donald Trump was bundled off stage by security officers Saturday during a campaign appearance in Reno, Nevada. The 70-year-old Republican tycoon reappeared several minutes later to…
For American women, Clinton could end a very long wait
WASHINGTON: Estelle Liebow Schultz, who is 98, was born before her fellow countrywomen had the right to vote. Now she has proudly cast a ballot for the candidate she hopes…