Beijing, July 26 (AFP/APP): Beijing urged Washington to stop “demonising” China on Monday as rancour marked the start of talks with the highest-level US envoy to visit under President Joe Biden’s administration. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to the northern city of Tianjin is the first major meeting between the world’s leading economies […]
Read MoreSAO PAULO, July 26 (Xinhua/APP) –: Brazil has registered 476 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 549, 924, the health ministry said on Monday. Meanwhile, the total caseload rose to 19, 688, 663 after 18, 129 new cases were detected, the ministry said. Brazil currently has the […]
Read MoreBrussels, July 26 (AFP/APP): Belgium on Monday launched a programme to vaccinate foreign sailors at its bustling ports against Covid-19, with officials saying medical teams would board ships to give inoculations. Some 80, 000 sailors on more than 5, 500 vessels are estimated to arrive at the country’s major North Sea ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge […]
Read MoreTehran, July 26 (AFP/APP): Dozens demonstrated on Monday at a rally in the Iranian capital Tehran against power cuts amid a drought, the state television website reported, with some people chanting “political” slogans. The demonstration follows protests over water shortages that began more than 10 days ago in the southwest, where at least four people […]
Read MoreTunis, July 26 (AFP/APP): Tunisian police on Monday closed the office of Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera television in the capital Tunis, its bureau chief said. “Around 15 policemen, some in uniform others in civilian clothes, entered our offices and asked us to leave, ” Al Jazeera director in Tunis Lotfi Hajji told AFP. He said […]
Read MoreSEOUL, July 26 (Xinhua/APP) –: South Korea reported 1, 318 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Sunday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 190, 166. The daily caseload was down from 1, 487 in the prior day, but it hovered above 1, 000 for 20 straight days. The […]
Read MoreNEW YORK: Legendary actor and literary figure , Zia Mohyeddin, captivated a large gathering of Pakistani-Americans as he read, in his inimitable style, humourous works of his own and those of other celebrated Urdu writers — Patras Bokhari and Krishan Chander — in New York on Sunday afternoon. The occasion was an “Eid Milan Extravaganza” […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued its seasonal awareness and alert letter (SAAL) for epidemic-prone infectious diseases in Pakistan. According to NIH, the main purpose of SAAL is to alert all concerned health authorities and professionals at all levels for timely and efficient responses to outbreaks or epidemics. This letter has been […]
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