China launches Pak’s remote sensing satellite
Beijing, Oct 19: China on Sunday launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite along with two of its own onboard a single rocket, further deepening space cooperation between the two all-weather allies. A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites — Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04 satellites — was launched from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone in northwest China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The satellites were successfully placed in the planned orbit, it said. (PTI)
Driver crashes into b’day party; 9 kids injured
BLADENSBURG, Oct 19: A hit-and-run driver slammed into an outdoor birthday party in suburban Washington, DC, injuring nine kids and two adults on Saturday evening, police said. A girl and a toddler had critical injuries from the crash in Bladensburg, Maryland, according to statements from the city’s police department and the Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department. Video of the scene posted on social media showed a white tent with its front torn off on a lawn outside a home. Seven other kids and two adults had serious but not life-threatening injuries, officials said. The children ranged in age from 2 to 9 years old, Bladensburg Police said in a statement. The driver got out of the vehicle and ran away, authorities said, and has not been found. Investigators have not determined what caused the vehicle to run off Maryland Highway 450 at around around 10:15 pm Saturday. (PTI)
2 cops among three killed in Pakistan clash
PESHAWAR, Oct 19: Three people, including two police personnel, were killed on Sunday in an exchange of fire in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The clash occurred in Paniyala area of Ghazni Khel tehsil, Lakki Marwat district. Two personnel of the Counter-Terrorism Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police were conducting a raid on an armed suspect. The suspect resisted during the operation, leading to the clash between the two sides. Police have launched a search operation to nab the accomplices of the suspect. (PTI)
Trump says US will end aid to Colombia
Palm Beach, Oct 19: President Donald Trump said Sunday he would slash US funding to Colombia because the country’s leader “does nothing to stop” drug production, in what is the latest sign of friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America. In a social media post, Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “an illegal drug dealer” who is “low rated and very unpopular.” He warned that Petro “better close up” drug operations “or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely.” Trump, while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, wrote on his Truth Social platform that Petro is “strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields” across Colombia, which the Republican president spelled as Columbia. (PTI)
