As sales boom, Chile’s ‘green gold’ is blamed for water shortages
Walking along a cracked earth path in Chile?s Petorca province, Catalina Espinoza points to a barren hill littered with dried shrubs and cacti ? and to a nearby dry waterway. In Petorca, in Chile?s Valparaiso region, local people and small avocado farmers say the arrival of big commercial avocado companies more than a decade ago has led to increasingly ...
Airlines scramble to overcome polluter stigma as ‘flight shame’ movement grows
Greenwood, who grew up enthralled by the possibilities offered by plane travel, is part of a growing group of environmental activists in Northern Europe who are shunning flights as concerns about global climate change increase. ?It?s a tough pill to swallow, but when you look at the issues around climate change, then the sacrifice all of a sudden becomes ...
Miley Cyrus groped and forcibly kissed by a fan in Barcelona
(Web Desk) ? Miley Cyrus was groped and forcefully kissed by a random stranger, while walking to her car with husband Liam Hemsworth. In the video, the singer can be seen walking through a sea of fans and paparazzi in Barcelona. Miley and Liam married last year on December 23, after years of dating.
For US anti-abortion activists, clinics are battle’s front line
?Free pregnancy test, free ultrasound,? reads the sign on a bus parked in the US city of St. Louis, close to the only clinic still authorized to carry out abortions in the state of Missouri. Linda, who did not want to give her surname, said she ?wants to save the lives of the unborn.? She and her fellow congregants came ...
Running dry:competing for water on a thirsty planet
UN data shows 2 billion people ? a quarter of the world?s population ? now are using water much faster than natural sources, such as groundwater, can be replenished.
Shehbaz Sharif to return to Pakistan on June 8 from London
Shehbaz Sharif was arrested in the Ashiana Housing case on October 5, 2018, and released on bail in February by the Lahore High Court. The PML-N president left for London in April to visit his grandchildren and to undergo a medical check-up, following which doctors advised him not to travel.
In Jamaica, a scientist in search of lost ganja
Amid mangos, lychees and other jackfruit, Dr Machel Emanuel has planted a field of cannabis plants measuring dozens of square metres ? cannabis cultivated in the open, in greenhouses or in his lab in the botanical garden of the Biology Department at the University of the West Indies in Kingston. ?In the ?50s, ?60s and ?70s, Jamaica was known ...
مصدق ملک کی فواد چوہدری کے موقف کی حمایت
مسلم لیگ کے سینیٹر مصدق ملک نے وفاقی وزیر سائنس اینڈ ٹیکنالوجی فواد چوہدری کے موقف کی حمایت کردی۔ جیو نیوز کے پروگرام کیپٹل ٹاک میں میزبان حامد میر کے ساتھ گفتگو میں فواد چوہدری نے خیبرپختونخوا حکومت پر شدید تنقید کی۔ انہوں نے آج سرکاری طور پر صوبے میں عید منانے پر خیبرپختونخوا حکومت پر ناراضی کا اظہار کیا۔ فواد چوہدری نے ...
Thai Muslim family keeps silk weaving heritage alive
Over the click-clack of the teak loom, Niphon?s family laments the lack of apprentice weavers at his Bangkok silk shop, as modernity lures young Muslims away from a trade their community has dominated for generations. Thompson?s house is one of the most visited tourist sites in Bangkok today, but it was across the canal in Baan Krua where he ...
German coalition, in question amid SPD crisis, must regain trust fast: BDI
?The government has lost a lot of trust,? BDI President Dieter Kempf said, pointing to the heavy losses suffered by Merkel?s conservatives and the co-governing Social Democrats (SPD) in last month?s European elections.
World Cup 2019: Pakistan, South Africa players celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom: South Africa cricketers Hashim Amla and Imran Tahir attended Eid prayers at a Southampton mosque on Tuesday ahead of their team?s crucial World Cup clash against India. Top-order batsman Amla, 36, missed the team?s second World Cup game against Bangladesh on Sunday after being hit on the head by a bouncer in the tournament opener against ...
Eidul Fiter Congregations To Be Held In Over 900 Places In Hyderabad
Eidgah , Bagh-i-Mustafa Latifabad, Qadam Gah Moula Ali (RA), Eidgah Hussainabad, Eidgah Cantt, Eidgah Amani Shah Colony and Masumeem in Tando Agha are among the places where largest congregations will be organized.
Stoltenberg Says Discussed With Zelenskyy Situation In Eastern Ukraine
"We also discussed the situation in eastern , including 's attempts to give passports to Ukrainian citizens," he said. And I commend your commitment to end the conflict in a peaceful way," Stoltenberg said.
Senate Passes Bill To Deny Visas To Foreigners Accused Of Interfering In US Elections
"The US passed the bipartisan 'Defending Elections against Trolls Enemy Regimes (DETER) Act,'... in order to prevent foreign governments exploiting our immigration laws to advance their efforts to undermine our ," the release said. The bill defines improper interference in US elections as conduct by an alien that violates , voting rights or campaign finance ...
Judges Case: SJC will hear, pronounce verdict, says Dr Firdous
LAHORE (Dunya News) ? Special Assistant to prime minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday said that the judiciary in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) will hear the complaint and announce verdict against judges. ?Media persons have always supported Imran Khan on matters of national interest for changing the old system,? she said and added the ...
22 Sugar Stalls Set Up In District Multan
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Amir Khattak during his to different stalls here on Tuesday said that sugar stalls have been set up to facilitate masses by providing them sugar at Rs 55 per kg.
US Ends Visas For Group Educational Trips To Cuba - Treasury
"In accordance with the newly announced changes to non-family to , OFAC [Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control] is amending the regulations to remove the authorization for group people-to-people educational travel," the Treasury said in a press release.
Wadi Namar — a desert oasis that attracts picnickers
The beautiful valley that runs down to Wadi Hanifah, another popular picnic spot in Utaiqah district, has separate amenities for its male and female visitors, including washrooms with ablution facilities and places marked for prayers with prayer mats available. More than 520 palms were planted across the pedestrian walkways, while the heart of the valley received more than 9,500 ...
ریئر ایڈمرل زاہد الیاس نے سنٹرل پنجاب کی کمانڈ سنبھال لی
ریئر ایڈمرل زاہد الیاس نے کمانڈر سنٹرل پنجاب کی ذمہ داری سنبھال لی۔بطور کمانڈر سنٹرل پنجاب، وہ بہاولپور سے وزیرآباد تک پاک بحریہ کے تمام یونٹس اور اسٹیبلشمنٹس کے کمانڈر اور پاکستان نیوی وار کالج لاہور کے کمانڈنٹ ہوں گے۔ ریئر ایڈمرل زاہد الیاس نے 1988میں پاک بحریہ کی آپریشنز برانچ میں کمیشن حاصل کیا۔وہ اپنے کیریئر کے دوران مختلف امتیازی ...
HBO show success drives tourism boom
One Chernobyl tour agency reported a 40 percent rise in trip bookings since the series, made by HBO, began in May and which has attracted outstanding reviews. Sergiy Ivanchuk, director of SoloEast tours, told Reuters the company saw a 30 percent increase in tourists going to the area in May 2019 compared with the same month last year.
