Pakistan World News
Wed, 03 Feb 21 10:51:44 +0500China to provide 10 million vaccine doses to COVAX initiative
Backed by the WHO and GAVI vaccine alliance, the scheme is due to start rolling out vaccines this month
Thu, 04 Feb 21 09:52:34 +0500India tells Twitter to comply with order to block accounts - sources
“Twitter unilaterally unblocked accounts, tweets despite the government’s order” said minister
Thu, 04 Feb 21 07:18:24 +0500US, Australia discuss China and Myanmar in first leaders call, White House says
The strength of the US-Australia alliance “remains an anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific and the world,”
Thu, 04 Feb 21 09:44:16 +0500US should delay complete troop pullout in Afghanistan - report to Congress
Trump administration conceded too much to the insurgents in a bid to end America’s longest war
Wed, 03 Feb 21 19:21:58 +0500Pakistan to get 17.2m doses from Covax programme
Countries will receive doses in proportion to population size, with most going to India (97.2m) followed by Pakistan
Thu, 04 Feb 21 06:08:43 +0500Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny's wife tells allies: we'll win anyway
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s wife thanked his supporters for protesting in the case
Thu, 04 Feb 21 08:44:51 +0500McKinsey to pay $573 million to settle claims over opioid crisis role: source
The settlement is with 43 states, the District of Columbia, and three territories
Thu, 04 Feb 21 06:49:06 +0500US expels dozens of Haitian asylum seekers to Mexico
US authorities returned dozens of Haitians to the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez from El Paso, Texas
Thu, 04 Feb 21 06:21:23 +0500Myanmar junta blocks Facebook to shut down dissent as West increases pressure
International pressure grows to accept the results of November elections won by Suu Kyi
Tue, 02 Feb 21 15:13:57 +0500In Nagorno-Karabakh, a village split in two by a ceasefire struggles to get by
The accord split Taghavard village, having a pre-war population of over a thousand ethnic Armenians
Tue, 02 Feb 21 10:23:22 +0500Three killed in wave of bomb attacks in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters the Kabul explosions “had nothing to do with us”
Thu, 04 Feb 21 05:28:52 +0500Australia puts 500 tennis players, staff into coronavirus isolation
Australian Open was likely to go ahead though “there were no guarantees”, says Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews
Wed, 03 Feb 21 07:30:11 +0500With social media solidarity, protesting Indian farmers win global attention
Prominent Western activists support the months-long campaign against agriculture reforms
Wed, 03 Feb 21 11:20:58 +0500Tiny houses: Turkish tourism thinks small in Covid era
Their prices range from $17,000 (125,000 lira) to $30,000
Wed, 03 Feb 21 06:35:18 +0500Sinopharm's Covid-19 vaccine remained active against S.Africa variant, effect reduced - lab study
The activity reduction “should be taken into account for its impact for the clinical efficacy of these vaccines”
Tue, 02 Feb 21 10:36:51 +0500How Iran lured a dissident from France to execution
He was also receiving an increasing number of threats, which prompted French police to give him protection
Wed, 03 Feb 21 16:53:35 +0500Vaccines may protect against severe disease even as variants evolve, Oxford's Pollard says
Says the virus is much more about the virus being able to continue to survive, rather than trying to cause harm to us
Wed, 03 Feb 21 13:22:03 +0500Myanmar police file charges against Aung San Suu Kyi after coup
The military takeover cut short Myanmar’s long transition to democracy and drew condemnation from all over the world
Wed, 03 Feb 21 15:18:11 +0500GSK, CureVac team up to develop vaccine against Covid-19 variants
Both GSK & CureVac have teamed up in 150 million euro ($180 million) deal to develop a vaccine targeting new variants
Wed, 03 Feb 21 15:40:07 +0500Missile fired at Israeli drone over south Lebanon
One of the sources said the missile did not hit the aircraft, which then returned across the border.
Wed, 03 Feb 21 17:24:41 +0500WHO team probing Covid-19 visits Wuhan lab, meets 'Bat Woman'
Experts spent about 3.5 hours at the heavily-guarded Wuhan lab, which has been centre of Covid-19 related conspiracy
Wed, 03 Feb 21 14:45:37 +0500World Insights: US return to Iran nuclear deal faces standoff
Former President of the United States Donald Trump pulled Washington out of the JCPOA in May 2018
Wed, 03 Feb 21 14:15:51 +0500Pandemic's second wave threatens to derail Dubai's tourism surge
Dubai has yet to impose the toughest restrictions after record daily infections in the UAE