Attock Refinery shuts main unit citing oil smuggling concerns
- 23-Apr-2024
Attock Refinery Limited has shut down its main crude distillation unit, ARY News reported on Tuesday, citing an official letter. As per details, the main unit has been closed due to high stocks of diesel, which have not been lifted because of rampant fuel smuggling in the domestic market. “We have shut down our main […]
Washington shuts US govt offices due to threatening weather
- 08-Aug-2023
WASHINGTON: US government offices in the Washington D.C. area closed early on Monday because of threatening weather as forecasters warned people across the eastern US of possible tornadoes, damaging winds and large hailstones. Fast-moving thunderstorms and powerful winds toppled trees and knocked out power for nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in neighboring Maryland and Virginia, […]
Apple temporarily shuts California stores in virus surge, some in UK after new curbs
- 20-Dec-2020
Coronavirus cases are increasing in the United States and the United Kingdom, with the US having had over 17.4 million infections and about 314,000 deaths.
Eiffel Tower shuts as workers strike over long visitor queues
- 02-Aug-2018
PARIS: Staff at the Eiffel Tower walked out on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over lengthening queues at the Paris landmark, forcing it to close during the peak summer tourist season. Talks between the CGT trade union and the tower’s management over a new access system – which according to workers was responsible for […]
Italy shuts ports to migrant boat, asks Malta to open its doors
- 11-Jun-2018
ROME: Italy will refuse to let a humanitarian ship carrying more than 600 migrants dock at its ports and has asked the Mediterranean island of Malta to open its doors to the vessel, government officials said on Sunday. Malta brushed off the request, saying it had nothing to do with the rescue operation, opening the […]
Starbucks shuts 8,000 stores for anti-bias training
- 29-May-2018
Starbucks appealed to customers for forgiveness in a row over racial profiling on Tuesday, saying its behaviour towards two black American customers last month had been reprehensible as it closed 8,000 stores for anti-bias training. The company has settled privately with the two men after the incident in a Philadelphia store on April 12 and […]
Abhishek shuts up troll who said Aaradhya is not having a ‘normal childhood’
- 06-Dec-2017
The Bachchan family seems to be over-sensitive about the only child of Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan as the minor is these days in news for one reason or the other. Social media is a platform where people troll celebrities only to be overlooked by the latter, but it was hard for the junior Bachchan to […]
YouTube-mp3.org shuts after music business suits
- 07-Sep-2017
NEW YORK: The most popular “streamripping” site, in which millions of users have converted YouTube videos into audio files, shut down Thursday faced with a legal campaign by the music industry. YouTube-mp3.org, a site in Germany started in the bedroom of computer science student Philip Matesanz, was inaccessible on Thursday with no further message. The […]
China shuts "obscene and lascivious" dating websites
- 17-Feb-2015
BEIJING: China's Internet regulator has shut 65 dating and other match-making websites after accusing them of spreading obscene content and allowing registration with false names, Xinhua state news agency said on Tuesday.
China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts
- 13-Jan-2015
BEIJING: China has closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to "publishing political news without a permit", Beijing's cyberspace watchdog said on Tuesday.