April, 2019

• 8 April

  RAMADAN AND SHAWWAL 1440 (2019)

  

  “O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.” Qur’an 2: 183 Assalamualaykum The Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) recognizes astronomical calculation as an acceptable Shar’i method for determining the beginning of Lunar months including the …

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• 8 April

  Home Use Beauty Devices

  

  by Fiza Nubani Lately more and more people are performing their beauty treatments at home instead of going to a doctors and professional spas. Beauty companies are continuously developing safe and easy to use products for home consumers. The result for consumers is great looking skin without the heavy price …

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• 8 April

  US attorney general pressed for evidence clearing Trump

  

  Two weeks after he exonerated President Donald Trump in the Russia meddling investigation, Attorney General Bill Barr faces mounting pressure to show the full evidence behind his decision. Allegations this week that the US Justice chief downplayed serious evidence of illegal obstruction by Trump in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final …

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• 8 April

  Fire breaks out in PM Secretariat

  

  ISLAMABAD: A fire broke out on the sixth floor of the Prime Minister Secretariat on Monday. However, Premier Khan was on the fifth floor with the CENTCOM chief at the time the fire broke out. Steps to counter the situation include evacuation of the building and emergency action by local …

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• 8 April

  Two-goal Deulofeu is Watford’s Cup hero in impressive fightback

  

  Watford produced one of the great FA Cup comebacks by coming from two goals down to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 after extra time of a memorable semi-final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Two-goal substitute Gerard Deulofeu proved Watford’s hero as they reached the FA Cup final for the first time …

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• 8 April

  International Minorities Film Festival 2019 in Karachi

  

  Aks, International Minorities Festival was held at T2f in Karachi from 6th to 7th of April 2019. The festival is designed to promote visibility and accessibility of the transgender community of Pakistan- proudly collaborating with their local partner organization Sub Rang Society which works to ensure the implication of rights …

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• 8 April

  Better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life

  

  Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life, with no limit to the benefit of aerobic fitness. Researchers retrospectively studied 122,007 patients who underwent exercise treadmill testing at Cleveland Clinic between Jan. 1, 1991, and Dec. 31, 2014, to measure all-cause mortality relating to the …

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• 8 April

  Dutchman concludes 95,000km ‘world’s longest electric car trip’

  

  A Dutchman completed an epic 95,000 kilometre (59,000 mile) journey by electric car in Sydney Sunday in a bid to prove the viability of such vehicles in tackling climate change. Wiebe Wakker drove his retrofitted station wagon nicknamed “The Blue Bandit” across 33 countries in what he said was the …

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• 8 April

  It’s a Booming Business: Trafficking Myanmar ‘Brides’ to China

  

  Nang Seng Ja was just 19 and living in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State when her aunt invited her on a trip to see her three cousins who live in China. About a month into the visit, Nang Seng Ja fainted. She awakened in a strange house surrounded by a Chinese …

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• 8 April

  NASA Cancels All-Women Spacewalk

  

  On Friday, March 29, the world was going to experience a watershed moment with NASA’s first all-female spacewalk in history. Unfortunately, it was cancelled a few hours ago due to the lack of properly-sized spacesuits. This small step for women would have been a gigantic step for womankind. When flight …

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