Tokyo Olympics Postponed Over Coronavirus Pandemic
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.…
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Troops deployed in Pakistan to combat coronavirus as cases near 900
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar says it is time to take hard decisions at common, individual and societal level as the outbreak of coronavirus could be…
Spanish soldiers find bodies in retirement homes
Spanish soldiers deployed to help fight the new coronavirus outbreak have found elderly patients abandoned, and sometimes dead, at retirement homes, as an ice rink inside a Madrid shopping…
Iran reports 127 new coronavirus deaths
Iran on Monday announced 127 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,812 in one of the worst hit countries along with Italy, Spain and China.
Health ministry…
Pompeo visits Kabul amid multiple crises
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a pool report said, amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taliban insurgency and rising coronavirus…
India to ground domestic passenger flights because of virus
India will ground all domestic passenger flights from Wednesday to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government said, as more states ordered lockdowns.
India has already…
PCB converts Karachi high performance centre into temporary sanctuary for paramedics
The Pakistan Cricket Board, on a request from the Sindh Government, has agreed to convert its Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre as a temporary living area for paramedic staff working at…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa confirms seven new coronavirus cases
PESHAWAR: Seven new cases have been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the last 24 hours.
According to data shared by the provincial health department on Twitter, Khyber…
Tokyo 2020 Games delay looms as Canada, Australia quit
Major sporting nations Australia and Canada quit the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday as organizers faced global pressure to postpone the Games due to the coronavirus crisis for the first time…
Windows of hope: Life in Europe under lockdown
Rome - From the elderly Italian woman who routinely lines up the glasses of water she sets herself to drink every day, to the British composer leading a virtual orchestra, life for Europeans…
Coronavirus: CM Buzdar announces 14-day Punjab lockdown
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has announced that Punjab will go into a 14-day lockodown starting from March 24.
The announcement comes a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan…
Pakistan minister Saeed Ghani tests positive for coronavirus
KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani has been diagnosed with novel coronavirus.
The provincial minister, who has been leading the fight against the disease in Sindh, took to…
Enforce coronavirus lockdown to protect people, economy: Atif Mian urges Pakistan
Noted Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian on Saturday warned that coronavius was on an explosive trajectory in Pakistan and proposed a series of steps to contain it.
His message came as…
Mosques face up to pandemic as Friday prayers bring coronavirus risk
The coronavirus stopped communal Muslim prayers for the first time in living memory in many mosques from Indonesia to Morocco on Friday, but in some places believers have defied medical…
Warning of long battle as Africa’s virus numbers rise
Johannesburg (AFP) - Sub-Saharan Africa recorded its second coronavirus death on Friday as infections rose in South Africa, where the government warned bluntly of a long haul in the fight…