Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's blasphemy laws are used and abused by extremist Islamic groups to persecute members of non-Muslim minorities and whoever tries to combat this religiously motivated instrumentalization is at risk of losing their lives, experts from a non-governmental organization with participatory status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council ( ECOSOC ) has said.
The experts were pa

Time for EU to question Pakistan's GSP status, say experts

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will next month travel to Singapore and Vietnam, "two critical Indo-Pacific partners," the White House confirmed on Friday.Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc first announced the visit on Thursday, as he met in Hanoi with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the first Biden administration Cabinet official to visit Vietnam.White House Senior Adviser and Chief Spokespe

Harris Will Be First US Vice President to Visit Hanoi

Brussels [Belgium], July 30 (ANI): A Brussels press club conference on Thursday condemned Pakistan's highly controversial blasphemy laws and equated the legislation to ethnic cleansing.
Under the auspices of the Alliance, internationale pour la defense des droits et des libertes, Pakistan's blasphemy law which purportedly protects Islam and the religious sensitivities of the Muslim majority of Pakistan was widely condemne

Brussels conference condemns Pakistan's blashphemy laws

New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Amid disruptions in parliament proceedings by the opposition over its allegations of surveillance using Pegasus spyware, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) told Rajya Sabha on Thursday that it does not issue decryption orders under the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Interception, Monitoring, and Decryption of Information) Rules, 2009.
Unio

IT Ministry does not issue decryption orders, says minister

BEIJING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- China's space agency has released the online database of the second batch of the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 probe. Researchers and the public can access the Lunar and Deep Space Exploration Scientific Data and Sample Release System via the website www.clep.org.cn, where they can apply for data and samples, according to the China National Space Administration. 

China publishes second batch of lunar sample data online

July 21, 2021To view the full announcement, including downloadable images, bios, and more, click here.Key Takeaways:The median survival of GBM in newly diagnosed patients with the best available treatments is 20.5 months.GBM is the most common and most complex bra

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New DNS Name Server Hijack Attack Exposes Businesses, Government Agencies Dark Reading

New DNS Name Server Hijack Attack Exposes Businesses, Government Agencies

Israel on July 30 blamed Iran for an attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker off Oman that killed two crew members.London-based Zodiac Maritime, part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer's Zodiac Group, said that the Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned tanker Mercer Street was attacked late on July 29.It did not provide more details about the nature of the attack, which left one Romanian and a UK national dead.<

Israel Blames Iran For Attack On Tanker That Killed Two Crew

An attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman killed two crew members Thursday night, according to the ship's management company, Zodiac Maritime."With profound sadness, we understand the incident onboard the M/T Mercer Street on July 29, 2021, has resulted in the deaths of two crew members onboard: a Romanian national and a UK national. We are not aware of harm to any other personnel," Zodiac said in a state

Attack Kills 2 on Israeli-managed Oil Tanker in Indian Ocean

&copy; Provided by Xinhua Canada's total economic activity was approximately 2 percent below the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level in February 2020.OTTAWA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Canada's real gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.3 percent in May, f

Canada&#039;s GDP continues down in May

CHONGQING, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Chen Anjian, 62, an oil painting teacher at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, has frequented the Chongqing Communications Teahouse for more than 20 years. Founded in 1987, the Communications Teahouse is now the only old teahouse in Chongqing that has kept the style of the 1970s and 80s. It is one of the key cultural landmarks of Chongqing, and visited by many tea lovers every day.<p

GLOBALink | The painter and the tea house

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Due to the spread of the Covid Delta variant, the United States will not lift the existing travel restrictions preventing foreigners from entering the country, the White House confirmed this week.The decision was made during a White House meeting last Friday, and will continue to bar much of the world's population from the United States."Given where we are today ... with the Delta varian

U.S. keeps travel restrictions citing Delta variant, White House says

U.S. extends closed borders as Covid variant surges

Jump in Covid variant forces U.S. to keep borders closed to visitors

PARIS, France: With European countries scrambling to contain new virus outbreaks with a litany of constantly-changing and last-minute rules, the region's travel and tourism industry is bracing for another bad summer.Travelers to France were left in a bind last week after the country announced that visitors to cultural and tourist sites would need to obtain a special COVID-19 pass proving they are fully vaccinat

Covid variant, changing rules dampen summer travel reopening in Europe

Changing rules, Covid variant prevents reopening of European tourism

After initial optimism, summer travel season in Europe remains low

LONDON, England: London's Heathrow Airport is not recovering passenger traffic as quickly as other airports in Europe and has urged the British government to open up air travel to vaccinated passengers.Heathrow officials noted that they have suffered losses of over $4 billion due to the pandemic.Heathrow had been Europe's busiest airport prior to the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.Passenger traffic 

Heathrow tells UK to open up travel following $4 billion pandemic loss

After $4 billion Covid loss, Heathrow tells UK to reopen travel

Lagging behind other airports, Heathrow tells UK to reopen travel

TORONTO, Canada: Air Canada is projecting increased domestic and U.S.-bound flight bookings by this winter as travel restrictions ease.At the same time, the airline reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday."We are seeing steadily increasing bookings for the domestic, trans-border and Atlantic markets, and to sun destinations for the coming winter," Chief Executive Michael Rousseau told a

Air Canada sees higher bookings as COVID-19 travel curbs ease

Air Canada sees steady return to normal bookings

Air Canada remains in red, but sees brighter future for air travel

&copy; Provided by Xinhua The so-called core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index jumped 3.5 percent in June from a year ago, the largest 12-month increase since 1991, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.WASHINGTON, Ju

Key U.S. inflation gauge surges again in June

The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on Cuba's police force and two of its leaders following recent protests on the island against the communist government.U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday before meeting with Cuban American leaders at the White House that more sanctions were coming "unless there is some drastic change in Cuba, which I don't anticipate."Biden also said he had directed the Tre

US Sanctions More Cuban Officials for Suppressing Protests

New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Friday said that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai along with all the MPs of the State presented important memorandums regarding issues related to water and drinking water to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Speaking to ANI, Surya said, "Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai along with all the MPs of the State prese

'Presented memorandums regarding water issues'

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): A recent survey of 574 bank customers in India from Momentive.ai (the research company of SurveyMonkey), commissioned by embedded insurance leader Cover Genius, sought to understand how customers of banks, neobanks and other fintech apps would react to embedded insurance offers based on real time transaction data.
It asked the following:Suppose your bank, with your per

Indian Bank customers ranked top

A long-delayed Russian laboratory module docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, but hours later the Russian lab knocked the orbiting station out of position when the lab's thrusters accidentally fired.It took mission controllers nearly an hour to reposition the ISS, which had been bumped 45 degrees out of alignment. Ground controllers fired Russian thrusters on other Russian elements at the sta

New Russian Module Knocks Space Station Out of Position

Bill to encourage development of smaller airports passed by LSNew Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021 without a debate amid ruckus created by opposition members over their demands including on Pegasus row and farm laws.
The bill seeks to amend the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008.
It proposes to amend

LS passes bill on development of smaller airports

New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021 without a debate amid ruckus created by opposition members over their demands including on Pegasus row and farm laws.
The bill seeks to amend the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008.
It proposes to amend the definition of "major airport" so as extend its scope to d

LS passes bill to encourage development of smaller airports

New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed two bills amid protests by the opposition over their demands including a probe into allegations of surveillance through Pegasus spyware.
Lok Sabha passed The Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 and The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2021.
The opposition again forced adjournments in the House on Thursday.
After the House began its p

Lok Sabha passes two bills amid opposition protests

&copy; Provided by Xinhua The increase in revenue was largely due to strong commercial aircraft deliveries, which grew by 51.5 percent to 297 aircraft.PARIS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- European aviation group Airbus on Thursday reported a 30-perc

Airbus reports revenue increase in first-half results

Tokyo Olympics organisers dismissed any link to rising coronavirus cases in Japan on Thursday after reporting 24 infections among Games participants, the highest yet.At least 193 athletes, media and Olympic employees and contractors have now tested positive for the virus, according to Tokyo 2020 figures that do not include some cases at airports and in training camps.On Wednesday, Japan r

Olympic organisers defend coronavirus measures as cases rise

The return date for a liquidation application for state-owned regional airline SA Express was again extended on Wednesday, this time to 11 January 2022.This was primarily because two unions are bringing an application in the Constitutional Court to try to save the airline. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA and the SA Cabin Crew Association want the Constitutional Court to compel the National Assembly to d

SA Express liquidation hearing postponed - again

Washington [US], July 29 (ANI): There is bad news for fans anticipating the release of 'Blonde', which is Netflix's fictionalized telling of Marilyn Monroe's life starring Ana de Armas, as the streamer has now slated the film for a 2022 release.
According to Variety, 'Blonde', which is being directed by Andrew Dominik, who adapted the film from the novel by Joyce Carol Oates, was one of the year's most anticipated films b

Marilyn Monroe biopic 'Blonde' gets 2022 release

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Amid the continued resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the country, Pakistan Railways decided to stop salaries of employees who refused to inoculate themselves against the virus by August 31.
A notification was issued by the country's Railways Ministry in this regard, ARY News reported. Pakistan Railways has also issued directives to all divisional headquarters regarding vaccination o

Pakistan railways announces to stop salaries of unvaccinate

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], July 29 (ANI): International air passenger demand in Asia Pacific region remained suppressed in June by ongoing tight border restrictions, preliminary traffic figures released on Thursday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed.
Many countries recorded a surge in Covid-19 transmissions caused by new variants with limited vaccine supplies hampering vaccination progress.
The region

Border restrictions suppress air travel demand in A-Pac

California [US], July 29 (ANI): Some proof-of-concept HIV vaccines in early human trials generate antibodies that actively hinder protection by degrading the vaccine's payload, suggests a new study from Scripps Research.
Their study was published in the journal Science Advances. While scientists have had rapid success engineering vaccines against the pandemic coronavirus in less than a year's time, HIV, the virus responsi

HIV vaccine efforts are undermined by off-target antibodies

&copy; Provided by Xinhua In commercial airplane programs, Boeing delivered 79 aircraft in the second quarter, an increase of 295 percent from 20 aircraft in the same period of last year.SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Boeing Compan

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