COVID-19 cases in U.S. top 600,000: Johns Hopkins University
Apr 15, 2020, at 12:28 pm
New Yor/Xinhua/UNI: The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 600,000 Tuesday evening, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Halting funding for WHO during a health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds:Gates
Apr 15, 2020, at 11:30 am
Washington/IBNS: Hours after US President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his administration to stop US funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday said halting such a fund during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds.
Donald Trump directs administration to halt US funding for WHO
Apr 15, 2020, at 09:36 am
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his administration to stop US funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), which he accused of grossly mismanaging and covering up the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Japanese gov't to begin cash handouts to households in May due to COVID-19
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:51 pm
Tokyo/Xinhua: The Japanese government on Tuesday laid out its plan to provide cash handouts to households whose income has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak will begin in May.
COVID-19: Chaos in distribution centre in Pakistan leaves woman dead
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:44 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Highlighting the poor condition of implementation of mechanism to combat COVID-19 in Pakistan, a septuagenarian woman waiting for cash handouts died outside a school in Multan region, media reports said.
COVID-19: Minority communities in Pakistan alleges discrimination by Imran Khan govt
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:41 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Showing the troubles faced by minority communities in Pakistan at a time when the nation is dealing with COVID-19 outbreak, many people belonging to the Christian community have been removed from their jobs, leaving them to an uncertain future ahead.
India issues strong demarche to Pakistan over Kupwara ceasefire
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has issued a strong demarche to Pakistan over the killing of three Indian civilians, including a child, during unprovoked ceasefire violation from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:32 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Failing to keep its promise, locals have claimed that the Pakistan government did not provide enough supply of essential commodities in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) during the lockdown implemented in the region to combat COVID-19 outbreak.
Pakistan secret agencies are backing criminals to target civilians in Balochistan, activists claim
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:28 pm
Quetta/Islamabad/IBNS: Apart from improper implementation of system by the government needed to contain COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan, political activists are now alleging that the secret agencies are constituting criminal gangs and providing them weapons to target civilians and activists in Balochistan province.
Pakistan: Death toll due to COVID-19 touches 100 amid defiance by mosques
Apr 14, 2020, at 07:07 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amid reports of improper implementation of policies by PM Imran Khan-led government, mistreatment of doctors and defiance of many clerics running mosques, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Pakistan touched 100 on Tuesday.
Bangladesh: COVID-19 positive cases touch 1000 mark
Apr 14, 2020, at 04:48 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Surging ahead with the progression of days, the number of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh have touched 1000 mark.
COVID-19: Israel registers 282 new cases over past 24 hours
Apr 14, 2020, at 03:22 pm
Moscow/UNI: Israel has registered 282 more Coronavirus cases over the past day, bringing the total number of those infected to 11,868, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
COVID-19 isolation threatens life-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:47 pm
New York/IBNS: As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children risk missing out on measles vaccines, two UN agencies warned in Geneva on Tuesday.
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:46 pm
New York/IBNS: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of social distancing, testing, contact tracing and isolation, will be crucial to further curb the spread of the new coronavirus already devastating much of the globe.
During this coronavirus pandemic, ‘fake news’ is putting lives at risk: UNESCO
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:45 pm
New York/IBNS: Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to the new avalanche of misinformation that’s accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘disinfodemic’.
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Apr 14, 2020, at 01:44 pm
New York/IBNS: Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, calling for their urgent release.
Imran govt. slow in reacting to tackle Coronavirus pandemic: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Apr 14, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a key politician in the country, on Tuesday attacked Pakistan PM Imran Khan-led government and said it was very slow in tackling the threat of coronavirus.
Secretary of State Pompeo says US will hold those ‘responsible’ for COVID-19 accountable
Apr 14, 2020, at 09:46 am
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The US will hold those ‘responsible’ accountable for the global COVID-19 pandemic that has already caused the deaths of more than 119,000 people worldwide, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview with the German newspaper Bild.
Xi Jinping govt faces diplomatic crisis after reports of mistreatment of Africans in China surfaces
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:08 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China is facing a major diplomatic crisis in Africa as several nations have now voiced their concerns amid reports that African nationals are facing COVID-19 related racial discrimination in the East Asian country.
Sailor from USS Theodore Roosevelt dies of COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020, at 08:18 pm
Washington/Sputnik: A sailor from the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has died of COVID-19, the US Navy said in a statement on Monday.
COVID-19: Supreme Court directs Imran Khan govt to remove PM's Advisor on Health Dr Zafar Mirza
Apr 13, 2020, at 08:08 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: In a major blow for PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, the country's Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, media reports in Pakistan said.
Experts believe Gilgit-Baltistan, PoK are turning into COVID-19 epicentres, blame Imran Khan govt
Apr 13, 2020, at 08:03 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Experts are claiming that Pakistan's Gilgit Baltistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) are fast emerging into COVID-19 hotbeds of the country and even the PM Imran Khan-led government is slowly turning blind eye to the suffering of the people in the region.
Spanish leader slams China for misinformation regarding COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020, at 07:30 pm
Beijing/IBNS: A senior Spanish member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman of the Conservatives Group, Herman Tertsch, has hammered China for spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19 outbreak which has claimed lives across the globe in recent times.
Hindu national forcefully converted to Islam in Karachi
Apr 13, 2020, at 07:16 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: When the world is busy fighting COVID-19 outbreak, radical Islamists in Pakistan continued to convert by force, the latest being a Hindu national in Karachi city.
Mujib killer Abdul Majed, who was hiding in Kolkata for 23 yrs, hanged, buried in Dhaka
Apr 13, 2020, at 01:07 pm
Dhaka/IBNS: Abdul Majed, the convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, who was hiding in Kolkata in West Bengal for nearly 23 years, was hanged in Dhaka on Sunday. He was later buried at the family graveyard of his in-laws in Hosenpur under Sonargaon area in Narayanganj on the same day.
Saudi-led coalition accuses Yemen's Houthis of violating cease-fire
Apr 13, 2020, at 12:07 pm
Riyadh//Xinhua/UNI: Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen accused on Sunday the Houthis militia in Yemen of violating the cease-fire, Al Akhbariya local TV reported.
387 new COVID-19 cases reported in UAE, 4,123 in total
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:53 am
Dubai/Xinhua/UNI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday announced 387 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 4,123.
Italy Records Lowest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll in 3 Weeks - Official
Apr 13, 2020, at 11:51 am
Rome/ Sputnik/UNI: Italy has recorded 431 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, which is the smallest overnight increase in the country in three weeks, Angelo Borrelli, the head of the National Civil Protection Department, said on Sunday, adding that the total number of COVID-19 fatalities stood at 19,899.
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UN ready to support Pacific countries devastated by Tropical Cyclone Harold
Apr 13, 2020, at 10:24 am
New YorK/IBNS: The United Nations stands ready to support four Pacific island nations devastated by the passing of Tropical Cyclone Harold last week.
Apr 12, 2020, at 10:59 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Amidst coronavirus epidemic, Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region appears to have been forgotten by the country's government after a prominent lawyer of Astore, one of the ten districts of the belt, exposed how the PM Imran Khan-led regime had forgotten the area and have declined to provide even the basic minimum essentials to its people.