ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan’s News and Current Affair Channel (NCAC) will launch a weekly ‘Special Sports Programme’ covering upcoming Cricket World Cup.
Besides daily sports, the one hour weekly special programme wil
Ward-Prowse extends Saints stay
LONDON: Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse is to stay at St Mary’s after signing a new five-and-a-half-year deal, the English Premiership club announced Friday.
Born in Portsmouth, the home of Southampton’s bi
Petroleum ministry contradicts Imran Khan’s statement
ISLAMABAD: The spokeperson of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources taking exception to the statement of Imran Khan has said that the statement made by him about petroleum prices in Pakistan is devoid of facts.
Death toll in Shikarpur blast rises to 49
SUKKUR: The death toll in the blast in Shikarpur Imam Bargah has risen to 49 while 55 others were injured on Friday.
This was informed by Deputy Commissioner Shikarpur (DC) Haadi Bux Zardari.According to SSP Shikarp
Minibar Offers On-Demand Booze Delivery In 13 Cities
(GA Tech) The snow is piled high and frozen on the New York City streets. Joshua and Amanda sit on their couch for the fifth night in a row, bored out of their minds but unwilling to bundle up, venture into the winte
Blinq Enhances Your Favorite Messaging Applications With Extra Information
(AsiaTimes.ga/Tech) A new mobile application called Blinq is launching today into public beta to add a layer of contextual information to your favorite mobile messaging applications. Founder Yossi Ghinsberg, who’s be
Canon 5DS Leaked Specs Reveal A High Megapixel DSLR Geared For Color Accuracy
(AsiaTimes.ga) Canon’s announcing a new pro-level DSLR camera next week, according to CanonRumors, and now specs have leaked that reveal what we can expect. The 5DS (and 5DS R, a variant with the low pass filter remo
Uber Sued In California For Fraud, Negligence Following New Delhi Rape
(AsiaTimes.ga) Nearly two months ago, a young woman was allegedly raped by her Uber driver in New Delhi, India. The incident led to the banning of the service in India and a full-scale investigation there, but the vi
U.K. Telco BT Sets Out ‘500Mbps’ Broadband Plan By 2025
(AsiaTimes.ga) As the U.K.’s political parties sweat their policy wonks to come up with voter-friendly manifestos ahead of the General Election in May, incumbent telco BT has dropped a reminder that broadband upgrade
Google Settles With UK’s Information Commissioner And Will Change Its Privacy Policy
While Google continues to work through implementing Right To Be Forgotten legislation in Europe, there are some more developments around how Google handles consumer data and privacy. The search giant has reached an a
Singtel, Sony And Warner’s New Video Streaming Service Beats Netflix To Asia
(AsiaTimes.ga) Telecom giant Singtel is planning to beat Netflix to the punch in Asia after it announced it has partnered with Sony Pictures and Warner Brothers to introduce a video streaming service in the region.
India’s Mad Street Den Raises $1.5M To Bring The Benefits Of AI To Apps And Services
(AsiaTimes.ga) Mad Street Den, a one-year-old artificial intelligence startup based in Chennai, India, has closed a $1.5 million seed round to bring technology developed in the labs to consumers in a useful way.
Res
UPDATE 2-Brazil's swelling budget gap compounds dire 2015 for Rousseff
* Worst fiscal result in more than a decade
* Overall budget gap doubles to 6.7 percent in 2014
* Minister says numbers are "honest" (Adds comment by cabinet minister)
By Silvio Cascione and Luciana Otoni
BRASILIA
IFR-Big three bond raters still hold sway over mortgage market
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (IFR) - Call it old-school thinking but despite all the regulatory scrutiny and public slamming of the top three global rating agencies for their roles during the last real estate bust, their rating ca
IMF sees growth momentum for Canada despite lower oil
Jan 30 (AsiaTimes.ga) - Canada's economy will retain its momentum this year, despite a sharp drop in oil prices, thanks to exports to a recovering United States that will offset declines in domestic consumption and inv
Egypt's Sisi cuts short Ethiopia visit after 32 killed in Sinai
(AsiaTimes.ga) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi cut short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit on Friday after Islamic State's Egyptian wing claimed the killing of at least 30 soldiers and police
Islamic State attacks Kurdish outposts across Iraq
(AsiaTimes.ga) - Islamic State militants struck at Kurdish forces southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, while bombs in Baghdad and Samarra killed at least 21 people.
Islamic State has frequently battled I
Qatar Airways takes $1.7 billion stake in British Airways: owner IAG
(AsiaTimes.ga) - Qatar Airways has bought a stake worth about 1.15 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in the owner of British Airways and Iberia, aiming to forge closer links to a group with two major European hubs and st
Woman fires machinegun at Istanbul police post, no casualties: TV
(AsiaTimes.ga) - A woman opened fire with a machinegun on a police post in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Friday, Turkey's NTV television reported.
Initial reports suggested there were no casualties, as televisio
OPEC oil output rises in January as key members stand firm: survey
(AsiaTimes.ga) - OPEC's oil supply has risen this month due to more Angolan exports and steady to higher output in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf producers, a Reuters survey showed, a sign key members are standing firm
