With #KuToo, Japan Women Kick Back At High-heels At Work
Tokyo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 3rd Jun, 2019 ) :A group of Japanese Monday submitted a petition to the to what they say is a de-facto requirement for female staff to wear high heels at work. The #KuToo campaign, a play on words the Japanese word "kutsu" -- meaning shoes -- ...
EU Expects Russia To Cancel Expansion Of List Of EU Citizens Banned From Entry - Official
BRUSSELS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) The has been notified that has expanded its list of EU representatives banned visiting the country and it qualifies this move as groundless and expects the decision to be canceled, an EU spokesperson told Sputnik on Monday. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday ...
Kremlin Calls On Kiev To Stick To Minsk Agreements To Settle Donbas Crisis - Spokesman
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) The Kremlin is calling on to abstain inventing new steps to settle the crisis in the eastern Ukrainian breakaway region of Donbas and to stick to the agreements instead, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
Iraq death sentences a ‘disgrace’ for France: lawyers
The execution of nine French on death row in Iraq would be a disgrace for France and leave an ?indelible stain? on the mandate of President Emmanuel Macron, a group of prominent French lawyers said Monday. ?We have taken a historic risk, which, if it is realised, will leave an indelible stain on the mandate of Emmanuel Macron,? said ...
Philippine President Invites Japan's Emperor To Visit Country
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has invited 's new Emperor Naruhito to pay an official to the , the president's office said in a statement on Monday. "The President likewise conveyed the wishes of the Filipino people to Emperor Naruhito's to the throne adding that it would be ...
Trump Criticizes London Mayor For Doing 'Terrible Job' During Office
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) US President , who landed in on Monday for his three-day state , has slammed City Mayor for doing a "terrible " while in office. Two days ahead of the , Khan wrote in an editorial for The Guardian that was one of the most "egregious ...
UK Police Arrest Man For Attempt To Attack People At London Mosque With Hammer
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) arrested a early on Monday after he tried to charge at people at a in west with a hammer before being promptly subdued by the worshipers, the Metropolitan Service said, adding that no injuries were reported. The happened at around 4:30 a.m. ...
World's 15 hottest places are in India, Pakistan as heat builds
NEW DELHI, June 3 (Reuters) - India warned of severe heat in northern and central areas on Monday, following similar extreme weather on Sunday. Churu, a city in the west of the northern state of Rajasthan, recorded the country?s highest temperature of 48.9 Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) on Monday, according to the Meteorological Department. Churu has issued a heat wave ...
Russian Embassy In Sudan Says Operates Normally Amid Tensions, Got No Evacuation Requests
CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) The Embassy in the Sudanese capital of , where military started earlier on Monday dispersing a sit-in near the headquarters, operates in a normal mode, since Russians residing there have not requested the embassy to evacuate them amid tensions, the press attache of the embassy told Sputnik.
Putin, Azerbaijani Leader Discussed Bilateral Cooperation By Phone - Kremlin
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) President discussed Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation and upcoming contacts with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev by phone, the Kremlin said in a statement Monday.
Bus With Civil Servants Hit By Magnetic Bomb In Kabul - Ministry Of Interior
KABUL (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) A magnetic bomb targeted a bus of employees in 's Darul Aman area, District six, the Ministry of Interior confirmed to Sputnik on Monday. "Today at around 1:30 PM [9:00 GMT], a magnetic bomb targeted a bus carrying employees of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil ...
Trump Hits Back At Old Foe Khan On UK State Visit
London, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 3rd Jun, 2019 ) :US President lashed out at Mayor on Monday as he arrived for a three-day state to Britain, reviving a long-running enmity between the two politicians.
Chinese Customs Arrest 12 For Diesel Smuggling
BEIJING, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 3rd Jun, 2019 ) : customs have busted a gang suspected of smuggling over 49 tonnes of diesel through two fishing boats and three refueling ships.
7 Taliban Militants Killed In S.Afghanistan
KABUL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 3rd Jun, 2019 ) :Seven were killed in a cleanup operation in 's southern province of Helmand on Friday, the said Saturday. "
US Ambassador confirms Trump lining up US-UK post-Brexit trade deal
On the eve of his UK state visit, US President Donald Trump vowed to ?go all out? to swiftly secure a free between the UK and US within months of Britain exiting the EU. He said: ?I think the fact that it?s on?the President?s desk on?day one, the minute that you leave, and we can negotiate.? ?We are already ...
Senior Russian Lawmaker Says Moscow Can Welcome 'New US Offer' On Syria
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) can welcome the US proposal to recognize the legitimate standing of president Bashar Assad in for agreeing to contain 's influence in , Konstantin Kosachev, the chair of the upper house's foreign policy committee, said Monday.
Russian Rostec Says Media Reports Overestimate Its Presence In Venezuela By Dozens Times
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) reports overestimate numbers of state-owned conglomerate Rostec's staff working in "by dozens times," Rostec press service told Sputnik on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an unnamed source, on that had withdrawn key defense experts of Rostec , thus allegedly bringing the ...
Protests Over Muslim Politicians Grip Sri Lankan City
Colombo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - APP - 3rd Jun, 2019 ) :Demonstrations by several thousand people gripped 's pilgrim city of on Monday as Buddhist monks demanded the sacking of three politicians over the Easter bombings. Also present was Galagodaaththe Gnanasara, a firebrand monk released on a presidential pardon late last ...
Trump lashes London mayor, brings Brexit advice on UK state visit
US President Donald Trump arrived on his state visit to Britain on Monday in combative mood, following up his weekend interventions over Brexit with a broadside against London's "loser" mayor. The president's plane had not even touched down when he tweeted that Sadiq Khan, who has been highly critical of the red-carpet welcome laid on for Trump, had done ...
US Companies To Participate In SPIEF, Such Events Cannot Be Boycotted - Kremlin Spokesman
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) US companies will participate in the upcoming International Economic Forum (SPIEF), since such events cannot be boycotted, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview for RT's SophieCo program hosted by Sophie Shevardnadze. They are accredited and the majority of them have confirmed and reconfirmed their participation," Peskov said, ...
