Friday, July 30th, 2021
Tour de France champion Pogacar extends UAE contract until 2027: team
Paris, July 30 :Tadej Pogacar, who won the Tour de France this year for the second time, has extended his contract with UAE Emirates until 2027, the team said on Friday. The 22-year-old Slovenian, who recently also won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics has signed “one of the longest contracts in the history of professional cycling,” it said in a statement. “I’m really happy to be able to commit my future to the team and stay here for the next years,” Pogacar said in the team statement. “IRead More
UNODC committed to bring human traffickers to justice: Jeremy Milsom World Day against Trafficking in Persons observed
ISLAMABAD: Under the EU funded Global Action to Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT – Asia and the Middle East), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), commemorated World Day against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency during a seminar held on Friday. “Victim’s Voices Lead the Way” is this year’s World Day against TIP theme. It’s a theme that puts victims of human trafficking at the centre and highlights the importance of listening to and learning from survivorsRead More
COVID-19 claims 68 more in Cuba
BOGOTA, Colombia :Coronavirus claimed 68 people in the last 24 hours in the island nation of Cuba, officials said on Friday. The Cuban Health Ministry said the latest fatalities pushed the death toll from coronavirus up to 2,628. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country grew by 8,607 in the last 24 hours to 366,985, the ministry said. Meanwhile, more than 3 million Cubans have received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccines. Cuba also announced that its homegrown coronavirus vaccine Abdala will be administered to pregnant womenRead More
Small but proud’: San Marino shooter makes Olympic history in Tokyo
Tokyo, July 30 :A tearful Alessandra Perilli described San Marino as “a small country but very proud” after the shooter won its first Olympic medal ever with bronze in Tokyo. With a population of about 34,000, the independent micro-state surrounded by Italy is the smallest Olympic member to bag a Games medal. The 33-year-old Perilli is the woman who made history for San Marino, whose first Games was back in 1960, after she finished third in the trap final. “I am very proud because we worked to get here,” saidRead More
Three killed, seven injured in Khanewal road accident
KHANEWAL, Jul 30 :At least three persons including a minor girl were killed and seven others sustained injuries in a collision between passenger van and trailer near Makhdoom Pur Interchange on Motorway (M-4) on Friday. According to rescue officials, a passenger van was going to Karachi from Swabi it collided with a trailer near Makhdoom Pur Interchange Kabirwala area, as a result three persons namely Shabana Saleem, Ahmad and one-year-old Noor Fatima died on the spot. Rescue 1122 shifted the dead bodies and injured to Civil hospital. The injured wereRead More