World’s largest Legoland opens to tourists in Shanghai
SHANGHAI,: Visitors were welcomed by a giant Lego man over 26 metres tall named Dada as they arrived at the new Legoland resort in Shanghai. The Legoland resort, which opened Saturday, is the first in China. It is the largest Legoland in the world and was built with 85 million Lego bricks. The resort […]
Indian-origin man arrested for fighting with co-passenger on US flight
NEW YORK,: An Indian-origin man was arrested for allegedly starting a fight with a co-passenger on board a flight to Miami from Philadelphia, local media says. Cellphone footage taken by a fellow passenger shows the two men, Keanu Evans and Ishaan Sharma engaged in a brawl on board the flight while others call them to […]
Pak security forces kill 30 terrorists trying to infiltrate from Afghanistan
KARACHI, : At least 30 terrorists were killed while trying to infiltrate from Afghanistan in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military media wing said on Friday. The security forces successfully thwarted infiltration attempts from across the Afghan border in the Hassan Khel area of North Waziristan district on Tuesday and Wednesday night, the ISPR […]
After decades of service, Taiwan retires its last F-5 fighter jets
HUALIEN : After decades in service, Taiwan’s Vietnam-era F-5 fighter jets are being retired as part of the island democracy’s transition to more advanced hardware. To keep pace with increased threats from mainland China, Taiwan has been upgrading both its manned and unmanned aerial assets, including purchasing 66 of the latest generation F-16V fighters and […]
Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of independence with UFC fight at White House
DES MOINES, : President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s thinking of staging a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence. “We have a lot of land there,” said Trump, a UFC enthusiast who has attended several of its mixed martial arts matches in […]
7 dead, 8 injured in building collapse in Pakistan’s Karachi
KARACHI, : A multi-storey residential building collapsed in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding eight others, media reports said. Efforts to rescue trapped individuals were underway at the building situated on Fida Hussain Shaikha Road in Lyari’s Baghdadi area in the city, Dawn newspaper reported, citing a […]
Pakistan, Russia to expand road, rail connectivity for access to warm waters
ISLAMABAD,: Pakistan and Russia have agreed to collaborate on establishing a robust rail and road network to link the South Asian country with Central Asia and Russia, providing landlocked states direct access to warm waters, a media report said on Friday. Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan and Russian Deputy Minister of Transport Andrey […]
Czech mountaineer Klara Kolouchova dies on Nanga Parbat
ISLAMABAD, : A renowned Czech mountaineer has died while climbing Nanga Parbat, amongst the 14 peaks that are over 8,000 metres in altitude, an official of the Alpine Club of Pakistan said here on Friday. Klara Kolouchova, 46, fell from a height between Camp I and Camp II in the early hours of Thursday, around […]
At least 20 people injured after gas station explodes in Rome
ROME, : A gas station exploded early on Friday in southeastern Rome, injuring at least 20 people, including eight police officers and a firefighter, local authorities and rescuers said. The explosion was heard across the Italian capital shortly after 8 a.m., sending up a huge cloud of dark smoke and fire visible from several areas […]
More than 20 are injured including 1 seriously when bus flips over in northeastern Germany
BERLIN,: A bus carrying travellers from Denmark to Austria skidded off a road in northern Germany and flipped over on Friday, injuring more than 20 people including one seriously, police said. The bus, operated by Flixbus, left the Autobahn motorway in the pre-dawn hours on an exchange leading to the city of Robel, about 140 […]
