Pak PM’s open-heart surgery successful

London: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday underwent an open-heart surgery at a British hospital which, his party said, was "successful", the Premier's second cardiac procedure in five years. Sharif had gone to London on May 22 for a regular medical check-up but was diagnosed with a heart complication by doctors at Princess Grace Hospital, who suggested surgery. Sharif's daughter Maryam tweeted after the operation: "Surgery successful by the grace of Almighty. The Prime Minister is off the pump now. Will be shifted to ICU in the next 60 mins or so." pti

Village prefers £200,000 fine than 10 refugees  
London: A super-rich village in Switzerland, one of the wealthiest in Europe, has chosen to pay a fine of 200,000 pounds instead of accepting 10 refugees under the country's newly imposed quota system. Residents in the picturesque Oberwil-Lieli village with 300 millionaires in a population of 22,000, voted 'no' in a referendum. The vote has resulted in a division in the town and led to people slamming residents for being "racist". But Andreas Glarner, village mayor, denied they were being racist: "Language barrier would be an issue." Switzerland had recently announced to take in about 50,000 refugees, to be distributed in the country’s 26 counties. pti

NASA spots giant coronal hole on Sun 
Washington: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory has spotted a giant dark area on the upper half of the Sun known as a coronal hole. Coronal holes are areas on the Sun where the solar magnetic field extends up and out into interplanetary space, sending solar material speeding out in a high-speed stream of solar wind. Scientists study these fast solar wind streams because they sometimes interact with Earth's magnetic field, creating what is called a geomagnetic storm, which can expose satellites to radiation and interfere with communications signals. pti