Saturday, November 6th, 2021
Thousands rally in rainy Glasgow for COP26 climate action
Thousands of protesters set off from a Glasgow park Saturday to march through the city hosting the UN climate conference and demand bolder global action. Students, activists and climate-concerned citizens bundled up against the damp cold, linking arms as they moved west from the city’s Kelvingrove Park toward the central George Square. Carrying red flags and banners reading “Capitalism is killing the planet,” an energetic crowd of youths – some with bullhorns – blamed companies for the climate crisis and chanted calls in favour of socialism while punching their fists in the air. Elsewhere in theRead More
Moscow, Tehran support restoring nuclear deal to original form
MOSCOW, NOV 6: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian both expressed support for restoring a 2015 nuclear deal to its original form, the RIA news agency reported on Saturday, citing Russia’s foreign ministry. Under the 2015 deal between Iran and six world powers, Tehran curbed its uranium enrichment programme in return for the lifting of U.S., U.N. and European Union sanctions. President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday Iran would not back down “in any way” in the defence of its interests, after the sides announced that nuclear talks would resume on Nov. 29.
Iran, Pakistan agree to revive talks on free trade agreement
ISLAMABAD, NOV 6: Iran and Pakistan have agreed to revive talks on a free trade agreement (GTA) and reaffirmed their commitment to raise the volume of annual trade to $5 billion. The decision was taken during the 9th joint trade committee meeting between the two sides in Tehran on Saturday, co-chaired by Iran’s Commerce Minister Reza Fatemi-Amin and Pakistani premier’s commerce and investment adviser, Abdul Razak Dawood, Anadolu Agency learnt. The two countries had finalized the draft of the FTA in Dec. 2017 after several rounds of talks but reinstatement of sanctions on Iran by the former USRead More
OIC envoy on Kashmir due in Islamabad tomorrow
ISLAMABAD, Nov 06 (DNA): The Special Envoy of the Organization ofIslamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General for Jammu and KashmirAmbassador Yousef M. Al Dobeay is scheduled to arrive here on a six-dayvisit from (Sunday) Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarians Affairs Tariq Bakheet ofSudan will accompany him, besides a six-member delegation. After hisarrival on Sunday morning, the envoy is likely to meet the leadership ofAll Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) during his visit from November7-12, 2021. Ambassador Yousef M. Al Dobeay will also meet the top leadership ofPakistan besides Mushaal Mullick, the spouse of KashmiriRead More
No facility for dengue testing in IIOJK, 21 found positive
ISLAMABAD, NOV 06 (DNA) – At least twenty one people in Kashmir Valley Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) all returning from outside, had been found to be infected with Dengue virus. According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the absence of a testing mechanism in the public sector is creating hurdles in timely testing and surveillance of the vector-borne disease. A senior health official said that since Dengue fever is quite rare in Kashmir, the current surge in cases has necessitated more frequent testing of suspected cases. He saidRead More
Chinese spy convicted of plotting to steal U.S. aviation trade secrets
WASHINGTON, NOV 6: A spy for the Chinese Ministry of State Security has been convicted by a federal jury of plotting to steal trade secrets from several U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, the Justice Department said on Friday. Yanjun Xu, the first Chinese operative extradited to the United States for trial, was convicted of two counts of conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage, in addition to a count of conspiracy to commit trade secret theft and two counts of attempted theft of trade secrets. The ruling means Yanjun could face up to 60 years in prison total for allRead More