LAHORE: CNN anchor and columnist Fareed Zakaria thinks that after the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the world has greatly moved to digital economy with an explosion in online shopping and viewing of movies, Amazon taking market shares each day from other companies, and book sales going up. Elaborating his point further, he said Amazon had 30 per cent of the market …

Internet sensation Dananeer Mobeen is continuing her ‘pawri’ — the unofficial substitute for the word party these days — with one million followers on Instagram. Till 10 days ago, many people were not aware of this teenage content creator from Islamabad/Peshawar. Then came the shorter than 10-second video and the pawri has continued unabated since then. We understand that expression. Dananeer has …

Nasa scientists on Friday presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance, including a selfie of the six-wheeled vehicle dangling just above the surface of the Red Planet moments before touchdown. The color photograph, likely to become an instant classic among memorable images from the history of spaceflight, was snapped by a camera mounted on …

vac JERUSALEM: Israel paid Russia $1.2 million to provide the Syrian government with coronavirus vaccines as part of a deal that secured the release of an Israeli woman held captive in Damascus, according to Israeli media reports on Sunday. The terms of the clandestine trade-off orchestrated by Moscow between the two nations remained murky. But the fact Israel is providing …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has urged the United States to play its role in persuading India to engage with Islamabad for bringing peace and stability to the South Asian region. “Pakistan is committed to a peaceful neighbourhood, the onus is now on India to create the right conditions,” said the country’s US envoy, Asad Majeed Khan. “We urge the US to play …

DENVER: A United Airlines plane suffered a fiery engine failure on Saturday shortly after taking off from Denver for Hawaii, dropping massive debris on a residential area before a safe emergency landing, officials said. A video shot from inside the aircraft — which had 231 passengers and 10 crew onboard — showed the right engine ablaze and wobbling on the …

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Monday the United States and China could work together on issues like climate change and the coronavirus pandemic if they repaired their damaged bilateral relationship. Wang, a Chinese state councillor and foreign minister, said Beijing stood ready to reopen constructive dialogue with Washington after relations between the two countries sank to their lowest …

PARIS: The mayor of the French city of Nice called on Sunday for a weekend lockdown in the area to stop the flow of visitors, saying tourists are welcome in normal times, but the city needs to focus on battling a sharp spike in coronavirus infections. The Nice area has the highest Covid-19 infection rate in France, with 740 new …

TEHRAN: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Sunday that Iran would begin offering its inspectors less access, but would still allow the agency to monitor its atomic programme. Rafael Grossi made the comments on arrival in Vienna from Tehran. He was careful to say that there still would be the same number of inspectors, but there …

GUJRAT/LAHORE: Shifting from its earlier stand of fresh ballot in 53 polling stations in NA-75 (Daska), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded re-election in the entire National Assembly constituency while the ruling party claimed victory and said people of Daska had rejected the narrative of Nawaz Sharif. Daska became a centre point of national politics after violence and alleged vote …