Expo 2020 Dubai has revealed the calendar for its ‘Programme for People and Planet,’ a schedule of events, experiences, thought-leadership and public conversations that aims to find solutions for some of the most pressing problems facing our world. Designed with and for the global community, the programme will harness the connecting power of World Expos to catalyse a legacy of …

The United Nations panel on climate change told the world on Monday that global warming was dangerously close to being out of control – and that humans were “unequivocally” to blame. Already, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if not centuries, the report from the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on …

More than half a million Tunisians received vaccinations on Sunday as part of a national campaign to control the outbreak of COVID-19 after the country received more than 6 million vaccine doses from Western and Arab countries. The slow pace of vaccinations and the handling of the pandemic caused a wave of protests against the government of Prime Minister Hichem …

TOKYO: The Inter­national Olympic Com­mittee gave itself more power on Sun­day to remove sports from the Olympic programme. The IOC voted in the new powers amid prolonged issues with the leadership of weightlifting and boxing. Both sports already had their quota of athletes cut for the 2024 Paris Olympics and weightlifting could be dropped entirely. The Olympic Charter was amended …

Here are some steps you can take to ensure your end-to-end encrypted WhatsApp chats and data remain protected without any malware breaching your security and privacy on the app. These are the steps everyone has at their disposal but we ignore them and get scammed sometimes. 1- Verify end-to-end encryption While your chats are already encrypted by default, but when …

LAHORE: Pakistan’s domestic cricket schedule for 2021-22 is ready and the Pakistan Cricket Board just announced what it it will be. The season will start with the T20 tournaments, followed by red-ball versions of the game before culminating with the 50-over Pakistan Cup. Matches in the 2021-22 season will be held in Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Muridke, Quetta, …

TOKYO: Britain’s Olympic chief has said the staging of the Tokyo Games in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has proved the doubters wrong while a former IOC executive claims it was a “miracle”. The first Olympics ever to be postponed took place a year late and in stadiums where spectators were largely banned by the Japanese authorities. Yet the …

Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Monday criticised the United Kingdom for its “feeble excuse” for retaining Pakistan on its travel ‘red list’, adding that the British government had never asked for the country’s Covid-19 data. The United Kingdom operates a “traffic light” system for international travel, with low-risk countries rated green for quarantine-free travel, medium risk countries rated …

TOKYO: Eliud Kipchoge produced a marathon masterclass and the United States edged China at the top of the Tokyo Olympics medals table as the curtain fell on the biggest sports event since the pandemic on Sunday. After Kipchoge’s marathon win for Kenya, the United States scored victories in volleyball, track cycling and basketball to top the tally with 39 gold …

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has urged the public representatives and government to come up with policy guidelines for competition-based development and expansion of national grid and new residential gas connection in view of the expiry of monopoly of the two gas companies — Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited. “Please be …