More than half of UK employers intend to recruit staff in the next three months, according to new research. The human resources body, the CIPD, said it was the first positive signs for employment prospects it had seen in a year.   About 56% of 2,000 firms surveyed planned to …

BBC WhatsApp users who do not accept its updated terms and conditions by the 15 May deadline will be unable to receive or send messages until they do so. Their account will be listed as “inactive”. And inactive accounts can be deleted after 120 days. Calls and notifications will still …

Oman has suspended the entry of people coming from 10 countries for two weeks as the Sultanate steps up efforts to curb the resurgence of coronavirus in the country. The move, which comes into effect from 12 a.m. on Feb. 25 (Thursday), was taken by the country’s supreme committee to …

Canada’s parliament passed a non-binding motion on Monday saying China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region constitutes genocide, putting pressure on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to follow suit. Canada’s House of Commons voted 266-0 for the motion brought by the opposition Conservative Party. Trudeau …

MoU between Pakistan’s Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) and UAE’s Tawazun signed. Pakistan said on Monday it wants to enhance the level and scope of military engagements with the UAE. General Nadeem Raza, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan, stated that after attending the ceremony …

Touch-free flying has officially taken wing in the emirate. After a successful completion of the trial phase, Dubai airport has now officially rolled out the ‘smart travel’ system that enables passengers to travel without using their identification papers. The integrated biometric contactless pathway at Dubai International Airport (DXB), which was …

Yallacompare study declares data based on customer nationality. The UAE roads became safer in 2020 and Pakistani drivers were declared to have been involved in the least number of accidents, revealed the findings of Yallacompare’s insurance comparison platform. Examining the data by customer nationality revealed that Pakistani drivers were found …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said political divisiveness contributed significantly to the “stunning” U.S. COVID-19 death toll, which on Monday surpassed 500,000 lives lost. The country had recorded more than 28 million COVID-19 cases and 500,054 fatalities as of Monday afternoon, according to a Reuters tally …

The wife of Joaquin ”El Chapo” Guzman, the imprisoned former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested on Monday over her alleged involvement in international drug trafficking, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, a regular attendee at her husband’s trial two years ago, was arrested …

President Joe Biden led Americans in observing a moment of silence on Monday to commemorate the grim milestone of 500,000 U.S. deaths from COVID-19, urging Americans to set aside partisan differences and fight the pandemic together. “Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone – 500,071 dead. That’s more Americans …