Five stories in the news for Thursday, March 22 ——— SON OF IRANIAN-CANADIAN WHO DIED IN JAIL SPEAKS OUT The son of an Iranian-Canadian professor who died in a Tehran prison says he can’t grieve his father until his mother is released to Canada. Mehran Seyed-Emami says he and his …
Read More »Trudeau to meet with Gallant, attend roundtable during New Brunswick visit
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to visit New Brunswick today. Trudeau will conduct some early morning press interviews before stopping in Sussex where he is to meet with Premier Brian Gallant. The prime minister is then scheduled to take part in a roundtable discussion on rural economic …
Read More »Bahubali 2 all set to be released in China
India’s highest grossing movie to date, Bahubali 2 is all set to entertain Chinese audiences as it recently obtained the license to be released in China. Ever since its massive release in April 2017, the film has incurred the most box office collection worldwide, any movie has managed to collect …
Read More »‘God of War’ PS4 version reveals thrilling highlights
Sony’s promotions for an upcoming combat videogame “God of War” has a thrilling clip from the table of SIE Santa Monica Studio, the videogame developers behind this epic visual warfare. Here’s the glimpse into the zone of Greek mythology and seventh heaven visuals slated for an April 20 release for …
Read More »Sanjay Dutt sends legal notice on ‘unauthorised’ biography
Sanjay Dutt, the well known Bollywood star, is taking legal action against his biography. The actor says that he has never authorised anyone to make a film or write a biography on him. He says that legal action would be directed towards the writer and publisher of ‘The Crazy Untold …
Read More »Pakistan acquires powerful missile tracking system from China
HONG KONG: In what considered to be an unprecedented deal, China has sold Pakistan a powerful tracking system that could speed up the Pakistani military’s development of multi-warhead missiles, South China Morning Post reported Thursday. The report stated that the tracking system could allow Islamabad to speed up development of …
Read More »Two Americans, one Russian blast off for ISS
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Two astronauts, a cosmonaut and a ball set to be used in the forthcoming football World Cup in Russia blasted off Wednesday for a two-day flight to the International Space Station. NASA´s Drew Feustel and Richard Arnold lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month …
Read More »Peshawar Zalmi to face Islamabad United in PSL III final
LAHORE: Kamran Akmal’s scintillating half century (77 off 27 balls) helped defending champions Peshawar Zalmi humble Karachi Kings by 13 runs in the second eliminator of the Pakistan Super League III before a full house at Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday evening. With this triumph, Peshawar qualified for the final …
Read More »Former captain Moin says avoid players in draft who won’t travel to Pakistan
LAHORE: Last season, Quetta Gladiators made it to the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore without their first-choice overseas players, and the depleted side was bowled out for 90 by Peshawar Zalmi, eventually losing by a massive 58 runs. This season, Quetta made it to the first eliminator with the …
Read More »Rahat Ali, Mir Hamza rue their luck
LAHORE: Quetta Gladiators’ players expressed their disappointment at being knocked out of the tournament against Peshawar Zalmi, losing by just one run at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday. A repeat of last year’s final saw Quetta fall agonisingly close to the title, with Rahat Ali and Anwar Ali being …
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