Cafe Aylanto gets sealed for serving alcohol
A well-known food outlet in Lahore was sealed on Saturday for allegedly violating the ban on the serving and sale of alcoholic beverages, police said. Police arrested 13 people and filed a criminal case against the outlet’s administration, SP Malik Imran said. On the basis of a tip-off, the commissioner had tasked Assistant Commissioner Revenue […]
Australian charged US$68,000 for a beer in Britain
SYDNEY: An Australian cricket journalist in Britain for the Ashes test series is claiming to have drunk “the most expensive beer in history” after being charged nearly A$100,000 ($68,120) for the tipple. Peter Lalor, chief cricket writer for the Australian newspaper, said he stopped for a drink at a bar in Manchester, northwest England, on […]
Actor Sofia Mirza denies allegations of money laundering
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday launched an investigation into money laundering charges against actor and model Sofia Mirza. An official confirmed that an investigation had been launched into the charges against Ms Mirza after an inquiry was referred to it by the NAB. A couple of days back, Ms Mirza, in a tweet, […]
French first lady is ‘truly ugly,’ says Brazilian minister
A Brazilian government minister said French first lady Brigitte Macron was “truly ugly” Thursday, only days after the country’s president appeared to endorse an attack on her appearance. Brazil’s economy minister Paulo Guedes said he agreed with President Jair Bolsonaro’s comments about Macron’s looks. “The president said it — it’s true,” he said to applause […]
Man shot dead as Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clash in Portland
One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said. It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by protesters […]
11-year-old’s head severed as car topples 3 times in Delhi
NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy head got severed when the automobile he was travelling in toppled a number of times in Dwarka Sector 22. The incident occurred on Thursday night when the Swift Dzire vehicle hit the divider due to over speeding and toppled three times, according to local police. The deceased […]
Bear checks out products at Supermarket in North California; pictures surfaces
Bear checks out merchandise at Supermarket in North California; footage surfaces In a weird incident, a bear made a particular look in a grocery store in North California. The prospects on the Kings Beach Safeway by Lake Tahoe had been shocked and stunned to see this ‘particular’ customer on the store. “We were just calmly […]
Trump visits Kenosha, calls violence ‘domestic terrorism’
President Donald Trump stood at the epicenter of the latest eruption over racial injustice Tuesday and came down squarely on the side of law enforcement, blaming “domestic terror” for the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and making no nod to the underlying cause of anger and protests – the shooting of yet another Black man by […]
Covid-19 plunges Australia into first recession in nearly 30 years
Australia fell into its deepest economic fall on record last quarter as coronavirus curbs paralyzed business activity, while fresh outbreaks threaten to upend any immediate recovery, piling pressure on the government to keep fiscal taps open. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed the country’s A$2 trillion ($1.47 trillion) economy shrank 7% […]
Charlie Hebdo to reprint Prophet Mohammed cartoons as terror trial begins
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is republishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, which unleashed a wave of anger in the Muslim world, to mark the start of the trial of alleged accomplices in the deadly attack against it in 2015. The decision to republish the cartoons was seen as a renewed provocation by a magazine […]
