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10-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: As some countries report signs of progress in the coronavirus battle, including the slowing down in the number of hospitalizations in parts of the US, authorities urged caution and called for continued observance of measures that …
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‘Almost entire Saudi royal family becomes coronavirus victim’
09-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l Monitoring Desk + Bureau Reports + Agencies RIYADH/ NEW YORK/ DUBAI/ DOHA: Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a news report said. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz …
Read More »Pak researchers explore presence of natural mutation resistant to corona in human genes
09-04-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) KARACHI/ MELBOURNE: Pakistani researchers at country’s top ‘Dow University of Health Sciences’ (DUHS) have identified two naturally occurring mutations, which can withstand the novel coronavirus, are found in the human gene. The coronavirus, due to these mutations in the human gene can be …
Read More »America beats entire world with 10,600 deaths
07-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l Monitoring Desk + Bureau Reports + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The United States passed a grim milestone Monday, as the death toll from coronavirus surpassed 10,600 and confirmed infections from COVID-19 exceeded 347,000. On Sunday, Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned this week would be “the hardest …
Read More »Top Australian court quashes cardinal’s sexual abuse convictions
07-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Cardinal George Pell will be freed from jail after Australia’s highest court overturned his convictions for child sexual abuse. The ex-Vatican treasurer, 78, had been the most senior Catholic figure ever jailed for such crimes. In 2018, a jury …
Read More »India holds lights-off vigil as Modi calls for unity
06-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports NEW DELHI BANGALORE/ BOMBAY: Indians have turned off their lights for a nationwide candle-lit vigil, heeding a call for unity as the country battles coronavirus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked India’s 1.3 billion citizens to observe nine minutes without electricity at …
Read More »18 countries still without Covid-19
05-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports LONDON/ MELBOURNE: There are 193 countries which are members of the United Nations. As of 2 April, 18 countries had not reported a Covid-19 case, according to a tally using data from Johns Hopkins University. On 12 January – less than …
Read More »‘A lot of death’ ahead in US fight against COVID-19: Trump
70m Iranians screened, 56,000 traced COVID-19, 3,452 died, 20,000 recovered 0.4m Americans screened, 3,56,710 traced COVID-19, 8,994 died 11,102 recovered 05-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk + Agencies + Bureau Reports TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: American President Donald Trump has warned the United States is entering what could be its …
Read More »UNO calls for global ceasefire to fight coronavirus
03-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk + Agencies + Bureau Reports NEW YORK/ GENEVA/ WASHINGTON/ LONDON: In a live briefing on Friday, United Nations Organization (UNO) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn …
Read More »Journalist Shoukat appeals PM Modi to bring back pilgrims from Iran
03-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk + Agencies + Bureau Reports CANBERRA/ NEW DELHI/ TEHRAN/ HYDERABAD: Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat (NAS), an international renowned journalist and the President of the Markazi Anjuman Matami Grouhan Hyderabad Telangana State has valued the steps of central government towards 1142 pilgrims in …
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