MOSCOW, May 28 (APP/AFP): Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its troubled civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing. The plane, whose prototype was unveiled last June, flew for 30 minutes at a height of 1,000 metres and a […]
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New Russian jet takes to air in bid to rival Airbus and Boeing
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Canada’s Trudeau meets Italy quake survivors
ROME, May 28, (APP/AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the quake-hit Italian town of Amatrice on Sunday, where he met survivors before touring the “red zone” devastated by last year’s deadly disaster. The August 2016 quake killed nearly 300 people — including at least 16 foreigners, one of whom was Canadian — and […]
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Dutch Ambassador calls on Khalil Tahir Sandhu
LAHORE, May 28 (APP): Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said the Punjab government is employing all legal and administrative steps in order to protect human rights in the province. He said this while talking to Dutch Ambassador in Pakistan Ms Jeannette Seppen who met him at his office […]
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Pakistan to present evidences before ICJ on K. Jadhav: Ashtar Ausaf
ISLAMABAD, May 28 (APP): Attorney General of Pakistan, Ashtar Ausaf Sunday said Pakistan would present all evidences before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Kulbhushan Jadhav case. K. Jadhav was a Indian agent and we have important information against him, he said talking to a private news channel. He said Pakistan’s stance was not […]
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Leading Brazilian musicians stage protest concert in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 28 (APP/AFP): Several hundred people attended a concert by top Brazilian musicians in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in the latest protest demanding the resignation of President Michel Temer and calling for new elections. Caught up in serious corruption allegations, Temer is refusing to step down, hanging onto his office in […]
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Japan’s Miyazato blames mental slump for decision to quit
TOKYO, May 29, (APP/AFP) – Former women’s world number one Ai Miyazato said Monday that a crisis of confidence triggered her decision to retire from professional golf at the end of the current season. The Japanese 31-year-old, a nine-time winner on the American LPGA circuit, admitted her struggles dated back to 2012, when she claimed […]