2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record
The six years since 2015 are the six warmest ever registered, as are 20 of… Read More
4 years ago
Year
2019 was hottest year on record for Russia
Weather records have been kept since 1879 in Moscow and since 1891 in Russia as… Read More
5 years ago
Oil claws back some losses; US crude set for steepest fall in a year
AMSTERDAM: Oil prices rose 1 percent on Thursday, clawing back some of the losses made… Read More
7 years ago
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
GENEVA: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the… Read More
8 years ago
2016 – The world in pictures
The year 2016 has been a turbulent year to say the least as the world… Read More
8 years ago
Uber lost at least $1.27 bn in first half of year: report
SAN FRANCISCO: The on-demand car ride service Uber lost at least $1.27 billion in the… Read More
8 years ago
2015 set to be hottest year on record: UN
PARIS: The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather… Read More
9 years ago
Wall Street posts biggest rally of the year
Wall Street posted its sharpest rally of the year on Tuesday, as investors snapped up… Read More
9 years ago
June 21 — longest day of the year today
As mercury in Karachi soaring above 40 centigrade coupled with menace of power outages and… Read More
10 years ago
Saudi 'gang' leader 44th beheaded this year
RIYADH: The beheading of a gang leader in Saudi Arabia on Thursday raised the number… Read More
10 years ago
76,000 killed in Syria's deadliest year yet
BEIRUT: More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria's brutal conflict in 2014, making it… Read More
10 years ago
Global violence inflict $8 trillion loss a year, worse than war: study
OSLO: Domestic violence, mainly against women and children, kills far more people than wars and… Read More
10 years ago
Cyber crime costs global economy $445 billion a year: report
LONDON: Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage… Read More
11 years ago
NATO to keep around 12,000 troops in Afghanistan next year – US official
WASHINGTON: A NATO-led training mission in Afghanistan next year is likely to total about 12,000 soldiers, including… Read More
11 years ago
Govt misses tax collection target this year
ISLAMABAD: The government failed to meet tax collection target in the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14,… Read More
11 years ago