Saturday, July 31st, 2021
Israel blames Iran for attack on ship, seeks harsh response
Israel accused on Friday Iran of having carried out an attack off Oman on a tanker managed by an Israeli-owned company and said a harsh response was needed. In a statement, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said he had told Britain’s foreign secretary of the need for a tough response to the attack in which two crew people, one British and the other Romanian, was killed. “Iran is not just an Israeli problem, but an exporter of terrorism, destruction and instability that harms us all. The world must not be silent in the face of Iranian terrorism that also harms freedom of shipping,”Read More
Turkey wins 1st-ever Olympic medal in archery, Gazoz claims gold
ANKARA, JUL 31 – Turkish archer Mete Gazoz won the gold medal in men’s individual archery final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and brought his country its first-ever Olympic medal in archery on Saturday. Previously, the Turkish archer faced Japan’s Takaharu Furukawa, won the semifinal match 7-3 to reach the final. World no. 4 Mete Gazoz has two individual Archery World Cup championships, one gold medal in recurve man at Mediterranean Games and has two gold medals in individual at European Youth Championships throughout his career.
Pakistan leads South Asia in BRI infrastructure development
BEIJING, July 31 (DNA): Despite the unexpected shock from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Pakistan has elevated one place to the 5th in infrastructure development, against the trend of an overall decline in the South Asia region, according to the annual report on the Development of Belt & Road Infrastructure Development Index (2021). According to China Economic Net (CEN), 71 countries was covered in the report, including 63 nations involved in the BRI and 8 Portuguese-speaking countries. Among the Seven Regions, Southeast Asia ranked No.1, with Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and VietnamRead More