MOSCOW, March 3, (APP/AFP) – Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said. The chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel called Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the […]
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Russia, NATO in first high-level military talks since freeze
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AIOU receives highest HEC’s funding for research work
ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP):Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has achieved the distinction of receiving highest funding in the recent two years for carrying out research-based community-welfare projects. This was a great acknowledgement of the University’s consistent efforts of promoting research culture in the country that linked with society’s well-being, said Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shahid Siddiqui here […]
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Campaign spokesman for French candidate Fillon quits
PARIS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – The spokesman for embattled French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon announced Friday he is leaving the campaign, the latest in a growing list of defectors. “I’ve decided to end my duties as Francois Fillon’s spokesman,” Thierry Solere said on his Twitter account.
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Football: AC Milan sale officially delayed
MILAN, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – The sale of AC Milan to a Chinese consortium was officially postponed Friday after their failure to meet financial demands by the agreed deadline of March 3. Berlusconi agreed in August 2016 to sell the club to Sino-Europe Sports (SES) in a deal that values the Serie A giants at 740 million […]
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Torres calls head clash a ‘scare’
MADRID, Mar 3 (APP/AFP): The clash of heads reverberated around the stadium, everyone watching feared the worse, but Fernando Torres insisted it was just “a scare.” The 32-year-old Spanish striker was rushed to hospital after being hit from behind by Deportivo La Coruna’s Alex Bergantinos five minutes before the end of the game. He hit […]
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Football: French football legend Raymond Kopa dies aged 85
ط PARIS, March 3, (APP/AFP) – French football legend Raymond Kopa, who won the European Cup three times with Real Madrid in the 1950s, died Friday aged 85 after a long illness, his family said. The French Football League announced that a minute’s silence would be observed before all weekend games in honour of the […]