KARACHI: Two suspected criminals were killed in an alleged encounter with police in Wazeer Brohi Goth off Superhighway on Tuesday, as a pre-dawn raid on the city’s outskirt turned into a deadly gun battle, officials said. A senior official said that acting on intelligence reports about the presence of some criminals belonging to an organised […]
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KARACHI: The Sindh government has spent around $6 million, or nearly Rs1 billion, mainly for imports and procurement of key medical equipment, including ventilators, to build capacity of its healthcare system to meet coronavirus challenges and enhance its treatments facilities, which have been under serious criticism from its political opponents and experts, officials and sources […]
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WASHINGTON: America’s three top public health officials have gone into self-quarantine for two weeks after coming into contact with White House officials who tested positive for Coronavirus. America is the worst victim of this deadly respiratory disease which has spread from the streets of New York to the shores of California and has even entered […]
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ISLAMABAD: Taliban leaders searched their ranks, including in the much-feared Haqqani network, and on Sunday said they were not holding Mark R. Frerichs, a Navy veteran turned contractor who disappeared in Afghanistan in late January. “We don’t have any information about the missing American,” Sohail Shaheen, the Taliban’s political spokesman, told AP. A second Taliban official […]
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An Iranian warship was accidentally hit by a missile during exercises in the Gulf of Oman, killing at least 19, state television quoted the army as saying, amid tensions with the United States in the waterway. The friendly fire incident involving the Konarak vessel occurred on Sunday afternoon near Bandar-e Jask, off the southern coast […]
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Breast milk from coronavirus infected mothers may contain antibodies to the novel coronavirus that could be protective for babies, a recent study suggests. The study, which has not yet been peer reviewed, was designed on the hypothesis that there is some proportion of antibodies in human milk that comes from blood — making it likely that breast […]
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Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first cluster of infections since a lockdown on the central Chinese city was lifted a month ago, stoking concerns of a wider resurgence of the disease. The new infections sounded a note of caution amid efforts to ease coronavirus-related restrictions across […]
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricket captain Dimuth Karunaratne lauded the impact of relatively new head coach Mickey Arthur on Sunday and said his side must target a top-four spot in the world rankings for both the Test and 50-over formats. South African-born Arthur was appointed as Sri Lanka’s head coach on a two-year contract in December. […]
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LONDON: The resumption of sport will lift morale for people around the world during the Covid-19 crisis and cricketers owe it to fans to play behind closed doors if that hastens the process, former England captain Kevin Pietersen has said. The spread of novel coronavirus has brought sport across the world to a standstill over […]
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LONDON: The Premier League’s challenge of resuming during the coronavirus pandemic was underscored on Sunday when Brighton & Hove Albion announced a player had tested positive just as clubs prepare for fresh talks on how they can create safe conditions to play again. Brighton chief executive Paul Barber said the club’s Covid-19 case was a […]
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