Australia continues to back its coal industry as many Western nations have turned their back on the dirtiest fossil fuel, approving a third coal mine extension in a month and bolstering partnerships for long-term coal exports.We already know the demand is there, with China requiring increasing coal to bridge its fuel demand gap, but Australia is one of the few remaining nations outside of Asia t

Australia is making the most out of the COAL BOOM

Carlos Correa provided a signature moment on Friday with both his bat and a gesture.

The Houston shortstop belted a go-ahead homer with two outs in the seventh inning, fueling the host Astros to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

Correaimmediately dropped his bat after his blast against Hansel Robles (0-1) and pointed to his wrist to signify that the postseason is

Carlos Correa powers Astros past Red Sox in ALCS opener

Carlos Correa belted a go-ahead homer with two outs in the seventh inning, fueling the host Houston Astros to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

Jose Altuve launched a two-run homer in the sixth inning and added a key insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the Astros, who host Game 2 on Saturday.

Correa, who joined teammate Chas McCormick i

Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve lead Astros past Red Sox in ALCS opener

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): After Pakistan cancelled the national carrier's flights between Islamabad and Kabul, a key route out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan was cut off on Thursday.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national carrier of Pakistan, has accused the Taliban authorities of interfering with the flight operations by repeatedly changing regulations muddling permissions and limiting the n

Key route out of Afghanistan cut off after Pak cancels flights

&copy; Provided by Xinhua Fully-vaccinated international visitors from 19 countries with a COVID-19 positivity rate of less than 5 percent have been allowed to come to Indonesia. They should have health insurance as well as proof of booking accommodations

Indonesia reopens door for int&#039;l visitors from 19 countries: minister

London [UK], October 14 (ANI): The County Championship will return to two divisions next season following a vote by the chairs of the 18 First-Class Counties on Thursday.
The return to a two-division County Championship, after two Covid-affected seasons, will see the competition move to the 10:8 structure that was agreed by the First-Class Counties prior to the pandemic.
"Counties will play in two divisions. There will be

County Championship to return to two divisions in 2022

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Following the successful completion of the disinvestment of Air India, the government expects to carry out the divestment of BPCL in the current financial year. The government will also come up with Initial Public offerings (IPO) of Life Insurance Company (LIC) during the last quarter of this financial year.
Speaking to ANI, Secretary of Department of Investment and Public Asset Manage

After Air India, govt to disinvest BPCL, float LIC IPO by last quarter of FY22

Bangalore, [India], October 13 (ANI/ PRNewswire):"We are pleased to report yet another outstanding quarter of all-round performance," said Debashis Chatterjee, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mindtree. "Our revenues in the second quarter were $350.1 million, up 12.7% sequentially and 34.1% year-over-year, which was our highest YoY growth for a quarter in a decade. We maintained EBITDA margin at 20.5% while 

Mindtree Reports Strong All-Round Performance in Q2 FY22

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI/The PRTree): One of India's most affordable cab services, Obey Cabs has extended its utilities to the city of Lucknow. The brand received a funding amount of INR 10 crore from The Virtual Group and has already established its roots in the city of Kolkata, Guwahati, Jorhat, Bulandshahr, Lucknow, Bilaspur, Korba, and Dhubri.
Obey Cabs have 35000 cabs servicing people around 8 cities all ov

Obey Cabs brings its affordable cab services to Lucknow

Singapore/ Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Cloud4C, a global Cloud managed services company of CtrlS group, has announced appointment of Debdeep Sengupta as President and Chief Revenue Officer.
Debdeep is an industry veteran and has established benchmarks and sustainable growth standards in the Indian Information technology industry, led businesses to peak performance, creating enviable shareho

Cloud4C announces appointment of Debdeep Sengupta, previous MD of SAP India as President and Chief Revenue Officer

Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): The Biden administration is launching a new government initiative to deliver accessible and actionable information to individuals and communities that are being hit by flooding, drought, wildfires, extreme heat, coastal erosion, and other intensifying climate impacts, the White House said on Tuesday.
According to the White House statement, administration officials announced a launch of a

Biden administration launches new initiative to counter climate crisis

Washington [US], October 11 (ANI): Actor Granville Adams, best known for his work on the prison drama 'Oz', passed away at 58 after a prolonged battle with cancer.
News of his death was shared on Instagram on Sunday by the HBO series' executive producer and showrunner Tom Fontana, as per Fox News.
"Goodnight, sweet prince/and flights of angels sing thee to they rest," producer-screenwriter Fontana wrote along with a photo

'Oz' star Granville Adams dies at 58

The LV= Insurance County Championship will return to a two-division structure from next season, reverting back to the split that was due to come in before the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The decision, voted for by the first-class counties after discussions with the ECB, means that Nottinghamshire will go into Division Two next year - despite finishing third overall in 2021 and missing out on the t

County Championship to return to two divisions from 2022

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for more efforts to implement the national strategy of proactively responding to population aging and promote high-quality development of old-age programs and industries. Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in an instruction to a national con

Chinese premier urges high-quality aging population work

BRUSSELS, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission is tackling an exceptional rise in energy prices with a "toolbox" of short and medium-term measures to help citizens and businesses get through the winter. The toolbox is part of a "Communication on Energy Prices", adopted on Wednesday, and aims to address the immediate impact of current price increases, and further strengthen resilience against future shocks

EU Commission presents toolbox to counter energy price spike

FRANKFURT, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- German stocks rose on Wednesday, with the benchmark DAX index up 102.51 points, or 0.68 percent, to close at 15,249.38 points. International pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier Sartorius won the most among the blue chips, with its shares up 4.19 percent. Multinational software corporation SAP and multinational E-commerce company Zalando gained by 3.90 percent and 3.49 

German shares gain 0.68 pct Wednesday

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's money supply logged the second-highest monthly growth in August amid the near-record-low policy rate, central bank data showed Wednesday. The M2, or broad money, amounted to 3,494.4 trillion won (2.93 trillion U.S. dollars) in August, up 50.5 trillion won (42.3 billion U.S. dollars) from the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). It marked the second

S.Korea&#039;s money supply logs 2nd-highest growth in August

by Hayati Nupus JAKARTA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian resort island of Bali is waiting in excitement for international tourists as it will reopen on Thursday. As many as 8,000 rooms in 35 three- to five-star hotels are ready to be occupied both for quarantine and accommodation when international tourists are on the island, the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association's Chairperson Hariyadi Sukamd

Roundup: Indonesia&#039;s Bali ready to reopen to int&#039;l travelers

Opt-out option for Washington&#39;s long-term care tax begins Oct. 1 KING5.com

LTC insurance- What is the long-term care tax in Washington state

US FDIC Said to Be Studying Deposit Insurance for Stablecoins CoinDesk

US FDIC Said to Be Studying Deposit Insurance for Stablecoins

Mobile (Alabama) [US], October 16 (ANI): Atleast four people were hospitalised including one critically injured on Friday (local time), after having been shot in United States' Mobile city in Alabama state at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, local media reported.
The people who are injured include two juveniles, said Paul Prine, Chief, Mobile Police.
The incident happened at around 9:56 PM (Local Time) during the closing minutes of 

US: 4 hospitalised, including 1 critically, during football match in Alabama

By Siddharth SharmaNew Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Slamming Centre's National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) scheme, interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said the country's social goals are in jeopardy because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's single-point agenda of "Becho, Becho, Becho" (sell, sell, sell).
Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, the party chief said, the e

Social goals in jeopardy due to Modi govt's single-point agenda of "Becho, Becho, Becho": Sonia Gandhi at CWC

An Ethiopian farmer has been talking about how avocados have transformed the lives of not just his family but also of people living in his community.Bogale Borena set up an avocado nursery in Yirgalem in the south of Ethiopia, and has been so successful with the venture that he was named as one of 17 <a data-mce-href="http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-heroes/en" href="http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-

Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer&#039;s transformational crop

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 16 (ANI): Pakistani government on Saturday increased the prices of petrol and diesel in the country amid rising inflation, local media reported.
The price of petrol has been hiked by Pakistani Rs 10.49 per litre and high-speed diesel by Rs 12.44 per litre, Geo TV reported.
Along with this, the price of kerosene oil also has been hiked by Rs 10.95 per litre, while light diesel was hiked by Rs 

Pakistan hikes petrol price amid rising inflation

BANGKOK, Thailand: Officials in Thailand say fully vaccinated travelers from 10 low-risk countries, including the UK, China, Germany and the U.S., will be exempt from COVID-19 quarantine requirements beginning 1st November."This decision comes with some risk," said Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, but it is considered a key step to reviving the country's tourism sector, as reported by the BBC.Some 33 p

Thailand to accept some vaccinated tourists in November

Thailand opens to vaccinated US, China, German tourists on Nov 1

Thailand to reopen tourism to vaccinated tourists from 10 countries

PHOENIX, Arizona: Some 1,800 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled nationwide from Saturday to Sunday.Airlines officials blame the cancellations on weather, as well as air traffic controller weather procedures.Southwest is the nation's largest domestic airline.As of 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Southwest had canceled 27 percent of the the airline's scheduled flights, the highest of any U.S. airline.

Southwest Air cancels 1,800 flights during weekend

U.S. passengers scurry as Southwest Air cancels 1,800 weekend flights

Weather, procedures blamed for Southwest Air canceling 1,800 flights

NEW DELHI, India: On Friday, the Indian government announced mega-conglomerate Tata Group will buy back Air India for $2.4 billion, 89 years after founding the airline as Tata Air and fifty years after its nationalization.The purchase marks the end of a long-term effort to privatize the heavily-indebted flag carrier, which has been funded with $14.7 billion of public money since 2009."Welcome back, Air 

For second time, Tata Group purchases Air India

Tata Group purchases troubled Air India from government

Tata Group buys back Air India from government

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): Taliban on Thursday held Pakistan International Airline (PIA) country manager hostage for two hours.
According to sources, the country manager was released following the intervention of senior officials, including the defence attache, reported 24NEWS HD TV.
PIA country manager was held hostage on exit from Pakistani embassy, sources confirmed. The country manager was held hostage ove

PIA country manager held hostage by Taliban for 2 hours

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): Ariana Afghan Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Kam Air, Afghanistan's first private commercial airline, have resumed flights, agreeing to lower ticket prices, Afghan Transport Ministry announced on Friday.
This comes a day after PIA, the national carrier of Pakistan, had suspended its operation in Kabul citing "security reasons".
"Ariana, PIA and Kam Air are resumi

Ariana, Pakistan International Airlines, Kam Air resume flights in Afghanistan

Three-time Champions Tour victor Scott Parel put together a string of three straight birdies and added four more on the back nine to take a one-shot lead after one round at the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C.

Parel averaged 296.5 yards per drive (good for seventh in the field) to finish at 7-under 65.

"I drove the ball good," Parel said. "I don't think I hit anything super close, so I made a bunch of 12-, 15-footers. I h

Scott Parel fires 7-under to lead at SAS Championship

Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The United States will allow entry only to those foreign nationals who have been fully immunised with a coronavirus vaccine that has been approved either by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the World Health Organization (WHO), the State Department informed on Friday.
This comes after the White House had informed that foreign travellers, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19,

US to allow entry to those fully vaccinated with WHO, FDA-approved shots

Ankara [Turkey], October 15 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Ankara, which has previously run Kabul airport, can take similar steps in the future, along with Qatar and Afghanistan, if the three countries can reach a deal, reported Anadolu Agency.
While speaking to media after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Erdogan said that during a recent visit to Turkey, the Taliban had asked for humanitari

Turkey may take steps on running Kabul airport, says President Erdogan

Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Foreign travellers, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, will be able to enter the US from November 8, the White House said on Friday.
Kevin Munoz, White House Press Secretary, said that this announcement applies to both international air travel and land travel.
"This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent," he further wrote in a tweet.
According to CNN, the s

Fully vaccinated foreign travellers can start entering US from Nov 8: White House

Zurich [Switzerland], October 15 (ANI): FIFA on Friday confirmed that following complex negotiations, it has, with the support of Qatar, evacuated almost 100 members of the football family from Afghanistan, including female players.
FIFA, the football's world governing body, had been working closely with the Qatar government to coordinate the evacuation of players from Afghanistan.
In a statement released on Friday, FIFA 

100 members of football family from Afghanistan, including female players evacuated: FIFA

&copy; Provided by Xinhua GUIYANG, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The rapid development of digital technologies is prompting a shift in China's traditional transportation industry.Achieving a fuel consumption of 27.75 liters per 100 km, Jiang Zhili, a 39-year-old tru

China uses digital technologies to cut carbon emissions in transportation

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 15 (ANI): The Taliban has warned the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Afghanistan's Kam Air to reduce the fares of Kabul to Islamabad flights or they would be banned from landing in Afghanistan, local media reported on Friday.
"Pakistan's PIA and Afghanistan's Kam Air will be banned to conduct flights from Kabul to Islamabad if they do not charge the same price as they did prior to th

Taliban warns Pakistan International Airlines to reduce fares or face ban

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): After Tata Sons won the bid to acquire national carrier Air India, the acting Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the national carrier has issued an order for the management to control the expenses, till the divestment exercise is complete.
Aviation secretary Rajiv Bansal, who is currently the acting CMD of Air India, in order, asked the employees to control the daily expenses and 

Air India asks employees to 'control expenses' till divestment completes

Damascus [Syria], October 15 (Sputnik): The Syrian military decided not to use air defense systems at the time of the Israeli aviation attack on Wednesday, since there were two civil aircraft in the affected area, Rear Adm. Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said on Thursday.
"On October 13, from 23:35 to 23:39, four F-16 tactical fighters of the Israeli Air 

Syria used no air defense at Israel's F-16s due to 2 civilian planes nearby: Russia

Om Birla condoles demise of Shekhawat's motherJodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], October 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav visited the Jodhpur residence of Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to express their condolences over the demise of his mother.
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal also paid his tributes.
The Speaker paid 

Om Birla visits Jodhpur, condoles demise of Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's mother

By Shalini BhardwajNew Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that India is expected to achieve 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations around October 18 or 19, adding that big events have been planned to celebrate the achievement.
His remarks came at the launch of 13 videos on COVID-19 warriors and a Coffee table book on "Sentinels of the soil".
"Announcements will be made at se

India set to achieve 100 crore vaccination mark by next week

India set to achieve 100 crore vaccination mark by next week, says Mandaviya

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national carrier of Pakistan, on Thursday said it has immediately suspended its operation in Kabul citing "security reasons".
Abdullah Khan, the national carrier's spokesperson, confirmed the development, saying that Kabul operations of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will remain suspended until further notice, Dawn reported.
The spok

Pak airline suspends operation in Kabul citing 'security reasons'

Kabul [Afghanistan] October 14 (ANI): The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) called on PIA and Kam Air airlines to bring down the fares of Kabul-Islamabad flights back to the pre-August 15 rates, Tolo News reported.
The ACAA also threatened to stop flights between Kabul and Islamabad if the airlines do not comply, Tolo News reported.
The PIA and Kam Air are some carriers operating flights to Afghanistan.
In anoth

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