NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday said the member countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) had unanimously decided to hold the next summit level meeting in Islamabad. According to FM Qureshi, Prime Minister Imran Khan would chair the next SAARC summit to be held on mutually convenient dates as proposed by Pakistan, adding that He …

KARACHI: A video of children being assaulted at the Pakistan International Airlines day care centre went viral again, creating panic among female staffers about the safety of their children. In the video, a female staffer can be seen assaulting kids at the day care centre. Following which, the staff members rushed to the centre to check on their children. According …

WASHINGTON: NASA on Monday earmarked almost $3 billion to Lockheed Martin to build three Orion capsules, to allow US astronauts to return to the moon by 2024. The megadeal calls for a first phase including three capsules for $2.7 billion, for Artemis missions III to V — to take astronauts back to the moon. Each capsule can carry four astronauts. …

LUXEMBOURG: Europe’s top court will on Tuesday rule whether US search giant Google must apply worldwide a ruling that it comply with requests to remove online links, or whether the “de-referencing” should be limited to just EU domains. The landmark case, stemming from a legal battle waged by France to impose a “right to be forgotten” on the web, will …

Luxembourg: Google is not required to apply an EU “right to be forgotten” to its search engine domains outside Europe, the EU’s top court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision. The European Court of Justice handed victory to Google in the case, seen as crucial in determining whether EU online regulation should apply beyond Europe’s borders or not. The US …

TOKYO: Nintendo is set to bring one of its most successful franchises to mobile for the first time on Wednesday with the global launch of Mario Kart Tour, in a test of the gaming firm’s strategy to drive growth beyond consoles. Mario Kart Tour will feature gameplay familiar to longtime Nintendo fans but with controls optimized for mobile devices. Players …

Right after Apple launched the iOS 13, iPhone users could not hold their excitement for the bundle of new features that were in store for them. However, there was one feature that was widely anticipated by all –the Memoji Stickers. The characters brought to life on Apple devices have thus far been regarded as one of the favourites by all …

Washington, Sept 20, 2019 (AFP) -The former head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, warned Thursday that global growth is “fragile” and “under threat” and policymakers should work to reduce manmade vulnerabilities. Policymakers should work together to “try to reduce the fragility and … resolve the uncertainty,” facing the global economy, she told AFP in an interview. Lagarde, who …

NEW YORK: A rally on hopes for progress in the US-China trade war fizzled late Friday, sending Wall Street into the red after bourses elsewhere had drifted higher earlier in the day. A delegation of Chinese officials on Friday abruptly canceled hastily-scheduled visits to farms Nebraska and Montana. While mid-level trade talks continued uninterrupted in Washington, the visits´ sudden cancelation …

ISLAMABAD: Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has pointed out that the investors of Rs 40,000 prize bonds have withdrawn Rs 152 billion by August 31, out of total stock of Rs 259 billion investment from CDNS after the federal government decided to discontinue the specific bond. The National Savings is expecting that total amount to be drawn by the investors, …