Pakistan World News
Fri, 08 Jan 21 07:18:36 +0500Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area as COVID-19 cases surge
Japan has seen 267,000 cases and nearly 3,900 deaths
Fri, 08 Jan 21 07:11:24 +0500Australia sets COVID test for travellers as Brisbane locks down
Australia has detected several cases of the new variant
Fri, 08 Jan 21 06:48:52 +0500Beijing raises guard as COVID-19 cases rise in Hebei province
The closings were implemented to help stem a new COVID-19 wave
Fri, 08 Jan 21 07:07:27 +0500Raging COVID-19 cases are expected to have restrained U.S. labor market in December
There is optimism that the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will be better coordinated under the new government
Fri, 08 Jan 21 06:42:56 +0500New lockdowns in Europe delay fuel demand recovery
Europe is now under strictest restrictions
Thu, 07 Jan 21 17:11:04 +0500Trump pledges 'orderly transition' as Congress certifies Biden win
Outgoing US president while refusing to concede, reiterates allegations of election fraud
Fri, 08 Jan 21 06:51:54 +0500Singapore PM receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Singapore has so far only approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine
Fri, 08 Jan 21 09:23:41 +0500North Korea's Kim vows to comprehensively expand diplomacy at party congress
Amid a prolonged gridlock in negotiations aimed at dismantling N.Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes
Fri, 08 Jan 21 06:37:28 +0500Trump faces calls for removal, possible impeachment after Capitol chaos
A handful of Republicans joined calls for Trump’s removal
Mon, 04 Jan 21 09:49:04 +0500Tractors to Twitter: India's protesting farmers battle on highway, online
Demonstrators also battle a social media campaign by the Hindu-nationalist BJP of PM Modi
Tue, 05 Jan 21 14:47:08 +0500A Covid-19 shot for $150? Online scams surge as slow vaccine rollout frustrates
Scams include emails, robocallers promising entry to supposedly secret lists for early vaccine
Thu, 07 Jan 21 19:04:18 +0500'Bargaining tools': Saudi speeds up trials before Biden era
Riyadh is accelerating trials of dissidents, who fear becoming bargaining tools in a potential showdown with Biden
Thu, 07 Jan 21 09:13:48 +0500Beijing freezes as temperature hits five decade lows
Yet there was no snow and little ice as the atmosphere over the city was extremely dry
Fri, 08 Jan 21 08:54:53 +0500Factbox: Bombings, shootings, beatings - US Capitol's history of violence
Hundreds of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and occupied the building for hours
Thu, 07 Jan 21 15:46:44 +0500Chinese city of 11 million stops people leaving in bid to contain Covid
Authorities in Shijiazhuang, home to 11 million people, have launched mass testing drives and banned gatherings
Thu, 07 Jan 21 16:24:24 +0500FM Qureshi hails positive developments in Gulf
FM discusses regional, bilateral cooperation with Saudi, Qatari, Bahraini counterparts
Thu, 07 Jan 21 14:24:11 +0500Explainer: Can Trump be removed from office before his term ends on January 20?
A US president can be removed from office through 25th Amendment of US Constitution and impeachment by Senate
Thu, 07 Jan 21 15:58:44 +0500‘India moves sizeable troops from IIOJK to China border’
Former Indian army chief says rules of game have changed.... China is now primary front
Thu, 07 Jan 21 17:18:29 +0500Facebook, Instagram to block Trump's account for rest of his presidential term
The move intents to silence US president for at least next two weeks until presidential transition is completed
Thu, 07 Jan 21 19:31:11 +0500Elon Musk leaves behind Amazon's Bezos to become world's richest person
Musk had a net worth of more than $188.5 billion, $1.5 billion more than Bezos, according to Bloomberg
Tue, 05 Jan 21 09:09:45 +0500Italy imposes post-holiday Covid-19 curbs to keep lid on infections
The infection rate has vacillated, with many hundreds dying each day
Thu, 07 Jan 21 15:29:52 +0500'US electoral system is archaic': Russia
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says US electoral system 'does not meet modern democratic standards'
Thu, 07 Jan 21 19:45:09 +0500Ignore us at your peril, protesting India farmers warn government
Tens of thousands of farmers have held sit-ins on key roads into New Delhi over laws deregulating their industry