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Great fall of China sinks world stocks, dollar tumbles

LONDON: Alarm bells rang across world markets on Monday as a near 9 percent dive… Read More

Disappointing business surveys intensify world growth fears

LONDON: Signs China's economic slowdown is deepening and weak growth in Europe and the U.S.… Read More

Three Pakistani mosques placed in list of world’s beautiful mosques

ISLAMABAD: A foreign travelogue has included three Pakistani mosques in its list of world's beautiful… Read More

World's famous explorer Mike Horn shares his experience of ongoing K2 expedition

ISLAMABAD: The World’s famous explorer Mike Horn is in Pakistan to climb all 8,611m of… Read More

Six-year-old Pakistani boy becomes world’s youngest MS PowerPoint specialist

LONDON: A six-year-old British Pakistani boy has set a record by becoming the youngest person… Read More

India bends it like Modi on first World Yoga Day

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hailed the first International Yoga Day as a "new era… Read More

Five Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World

Reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think. Some of the… Read More

Gay marriage around the world

IRELAND: Ireland will hold a referendum on Friday on whether to legalise same-sex marriage and… Read More

Nuclear deal can make Iran region’s ‘No.1’ energy power

TEHRAN: A nuclear agreement will allow Iran to become the number one energy player in… Read More

Ebola end in sight

DAKAR: The two African countries still battling Ebola have both recorded weekly infections in single… Read More

Karachi ranked 7th largest urban area of the world

By Azhar Khan Karachi has been declared the seventh largest urban area of the world… Read More

Experts call for zero-carbon world by 2050

LONDON: A group of top international experts on Wednesday urged governments to stick to their… Read More

Japan’s maglev train breaks new world speed record

TOKYO: Japan's state-of-the-art maglev train clocked a new world speed record Tuesday in a test run near… Read More

How the Dutch became the world’s tallest people?

PARIS: The Netherlands is the land of giants: on average, its women stand almost 1.71… Read More

Iran says nuclear deal will open ‘new page’ with world

TEHRAN: Iran vowed to stand by a nuclear deal with world powers Friday as President Hassan… Read More

Bill Gates still world's richest man, Forbes says

NEW YORK: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates kept his spot as the world's richest man, a… Read More

eBay to cut 2,400 jobs

NEW YORK: Online retail giant eBay will slash 2,400 jobs -- seven percent of its… Read More

More than 212 million people will be jobless by 2019

GENEVA: Unemployment will rise by 11 million in the next five years due to slower… Read More

Historic Paris march against extremism draws massive crowd

PARIS: Hundreds of thousands of people and dozens of world leaders marched together through Paris Sunday… Read More

Solar plane to leave Switzerland ahead of round-the-world trip

PAYERNE: A sun-powered plane was loaded onto a cargo carrier in Switzerland late Monday heading… Read More