DUBAI: An 82-storey residential skyscraper Marina Torch Tower caught fire in wee hours of Friday, blaze was later brought under control although cooling operations were underway, media reported. It is learnt that rescue workers evacuated residents from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings after fire erupted on its 9th floor on early Friday. While […]
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Fire engulfs 82-storey residential skyscraper in Dubai
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BMW sticks to cautious forecast as profits shift up
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Aug 3, (APP/AFP) – German carmaker BMW reported Thursday a leap in profits in the second quarter, but stuck to its cautious forecast for the full year as it spends on new models and research and development. Net profit at the group reached 2.2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) between April and June, […]
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Two drug pushers arrested
SIALKOT, Aug 3 (APP): Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two drug pushers and recovered 1.640 kg hashish and six bottles of liquor. According to police, Rizwan and Asghar were arrested and police registered separate cases against them.
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President Trump supports new Senate Bill to cut legal immigration to US
WASHINGTON, August 3,(APP): President Trump on Wednesday endorsed a new bill to cut the legal immigration by half by significantly changing the immigration system in place for half a century. The proposed RAISE Act (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment) moved in Senate by two Republican Senators is a modified version of an earlier bill […]
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US successfully tests ICBM following N. Korea missile launch
WASHINGTON, Aug 2, (APP/AFP): The US military conducted a test Wednesday of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile, officials said, just days after North Korea conducted its own ICBM launch. Tests at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California are typically scheduled weeks or even months in advance, but this one came at a time of soaring […]
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Floods in Thailand’s northeast kill 23
BANGKOK, Aug 2, (APP/AFP) – Heavy rains have brought some of the worst floods in years to Thailand’s rural northeast where 23 people have died over the past month, officials said Wednesday. Flash floods have disrupted air travel, inundated rail tracks and swallowed farmland across the rice-farming region of Isaan, affecting more than one million […]