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Pak PM calls for universal access to vaccines, financial support to combat COVID-19

Pak PM calls for universal access to vaccines, financial support to combat COVID-19

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday demanded universal access to coronavirus vaccines and financial support by the rich nations to help the world fully recover from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. He made a keynote address to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. First, universal and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccine […]

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Delta variant ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving new spike in cases, death: WHO

Delta variant ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving new spike in cases, death: WHO

United Nations/Geneva: The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, warning that the variant, now in over 104 countries, is expected to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, he […]

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Pakistan monitoring changing situation in Afghanistan: Information minister

Pakistan monitoring changing situation in Afghanistan: Information minister

Islamabad: Pakistan said on Monday that it was monitoring the changing situation in Afghanistan and assured its people that it would not allow the looming chaos in the war-torn nation to spillover borders to cause any kind of disturbance in the country. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s remarks came in the midst of Taliban militants seizing […]

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Xi expresses frustration over officials waiting for his instructions to implement policies: CPC book

Xi expresses frustration over officials waiting for his instructions to implement policies: CPC book

Beijing: President Xi Jinping, who assiduously built the image of being “core” leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is frustrated with the officials for waiting for his instructions before acting, according to a recently published book by the ruling party. The book, published by the CPC Central Party Literature Press last month, for the […]

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Afghan Taliban says it sees China as a ‘friend’, promises not to host Uyghur militants from Xinjiang: Report

Afghan Taliban says it sees China as a ‘friend’, promises not to host Uyghur militants from Xinjiang: Report

Beijing: The Taliban has said it sees China as a “friend” of Afghanistan and assured Beijing that it would not host Uyghur Islamic militants from the volatile Xinjiang province, which is a major worry for the Chinese government, according to a media report. The comments came as the Taliban made territorial gains in the war-torn […]

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US adds to blacklist in China’s abuses of Muslim minorities

US adds to blacklist in China’s abuses of Muslim minorities

Washington: The Biden administration added 14 Chinese companies to a trade blacklist on Friday over their alleged role in that country’s abuses of its Uyghur civilians and other Muslim ethnic minorities. The Commerce Department said in a statement that the electronics and technology firms and other businesses helped enable Beijing’s campaign of repression, mass detention and […]

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US State Secretary discusses Afghanistan issue with Pakistan FM

US State Secretary discusses Afghanistan issue with Pakistan FM

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday underscored the importance of bilateral relations with Pakistan in a telephonic conversation with his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, amidst a rapid withdrawal of American and NATO troops from neighbouring Afghanistan. The conversation took place in the backdrop of reports that the Taliban has made huge territorial […]

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Biden says US war in Afghanistan will end August 31

Biden says US war in Afghanistan will end August 31

Washington: President Joe Biden on Thursday said the US military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31, saying speed is safety as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war. We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build, Biden said in a speech to update his administration’s ongoing efforts to wind down […]

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Reports: Taliban seize key Afghan border crossing with Iran

Reports: Taliban seize key Afghan border crossing with Iran

Herat (Afghanistan): The Taliban on Thursday seized another key Afghan border crossings, this time with Iran, according to an Afghan official and Iranian media. The seizure is part of a Taliban surge as American troops complete their pullout from Afghanistan. It was the third border crossing the insurgents have taken in the past week, after previously […]

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Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate

Washington: The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant. The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half, as compiled from official sources by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the number of […]