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MANILA (Web Desk) — A renewed focus on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be essential as countries seek to rebuild from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, says ADB’s first report showcasing its contributions to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “Achieving the SDGs will require vast sums of finance to be mobilized...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - At least 15 people were shot and wounded, two of them fatally, at a "pop-up" party in a Chicago garage in the early hours on Sunday, police and local media reported. The event was held at a tow company premise converted for parties on the city s South Side, police said.

DHAKA: A news channel in Bangladesh has made history by hiring the first-ever transgender news anchor in the country. After 29-year-old Tashnuva Anan Shishir was given a chance to read the news for the first time, she got so emotional, she could not hold back her tears. Tashnuva said that throughout...

THE HAGUE (AFP) - The Netherlands began three days of voting Monday in one of the first major tests of a European government’s coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte expected to win another term in office. With the country under its tightest Covid-19 restrictions including an overnight curfew, polling stations opened at 7:30...

BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing was cloaked in thick yellow smog on Monday with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China’s capital from the Gobi desert. City residents used goggles, masks and hairnets to protect themselves from the choking dust and sand, with landmarks including the...

JAKARTA: A bus carrying school children and some parents returning from an excursion plunged into a ravine on the Indonesian island of Java on Wednesday night, killing 27 people, the country’s transportation ministry said. The search and rescue agency said in a statement on Thursday that the driver of the bus lost control shortly...

LONDON: Well-known British-Pakistani Momin Saqib, a former student, has been named a Commonwealth Youth COVID-19 Hero at the Commonwealth Youth Awards 2021. The Commonwealth Youth Awards recognise young people who are actively involved in bringing about meaningful change and are integral to creating a more innovative and interconnected future.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday will take up the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) plea seeking cancellation of post-arrest bail granted to PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case. A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Asjad Javed Ghural...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police receive approximately 2,700 fake calls each day, which is badly affecting the police response system, Inspector-General Qazi Jamilur Rehman said Sunday. The police chief appealed to the masses to avoid making hoax calls as it may put someone's life in danger. “If we are sent to a...

Pakistan on Monday joined the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the observance of the first-ever ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia'. In line with Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision, Pakistan had presented a resolution to designate March 15 as ‘International Day to Combat Islamophobia’, at the 47th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign...