Swedish film festival puts audiences under hypnosis
To add another dimension to the cinematic experience, Scandinavia's largest film festival introduced 20 minutes of hypnosis ahead of the featured movies.
"We have built this hypnotic…
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Neil Young-Spotify row underscores podcast disinformation issues
Neil Young's ultimatum to Spotify that it choose between his music and the controversial star podcaster Joe Rogan has become a flashpoint in the conversation over online disinformation and…
NCOC unveils new Covid curbs
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) in its meeting here Saturday, discussed the epidemic curve chart data, disease prevalence and proposed NPIs in wake of rising disease trends…
Govt to mull over school closure as Covid cases rise
ISLAMABAD: Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood and education ministers of other provinces will decide whether the current coronavirus situation warrants the closure…
Pakistan foreign policy must respond to shifting trends: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 : Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday said that Pakistan’s foreign policy must respond adequately to the shifting trends and must navigate through this external…
Omicron risk remains ‘very high’: WHO
The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week.
Omicron is…
Scrapped flights, resurgent Covid deliver Christmas gut punch
Holiday travel headaches and safety worries swelled Sunday with thousands of flights cancelled, events scrapped and new Omicron cases soaring, as people wrap up Christmas celebrations…
EU to decide on new Covid jab as Omicron rages
The EU's drug regulator was set to decide Monday whether to approve a fifth Covid jab as the US warned of a bleak winter with the Omicron variant spurring new waves of infections globally.…
OIC leaders laud Pakistan’s efforts, call for unified action on Afghanistan crisis
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 : The Muslim world leaders attending the extraordinary session of OIC countries’ foreign ministers, Sunday called for an immediate and unified action to avert the looming…
RESOLUTION: OIC agrees to set up Humanitarian Trust Fund; launch food security…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 : A specially convened meeting of the 57 member states of the OIC Sunday vowed to play a leading role in delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of war-torn…
Paris cancels New Year fireworks over Omicron fears
Paris on Saturday said it was cancelling its traditional New Year fireworks as Europe braced for tighter curbs to rein in the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus fuelling a…
Pakistan-West Indies ODI series called off over Covid cases
A one-day international series between hosts Pakistan and the West Indies starting this weekend was called off Thursday because of a Covid-19 outbreak among the visitors, officials from both…
Through OIC moot, Pakistan fulfilling responsibility to draw world attention on…
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 : Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said by holding the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Pakistan was fulfilling its…
Pfizer says Covid pill drastically reduces severe disease
Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its Covid pill -- a new type of treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with the Omicron variant -- drastically reduced…
Coronavirus: Pakistan reports first suspected case of Omicron variant
Pakistan reported its first suspected case of the Omicron variant of coronavirus Thursday, as per the Sindh Health Deparment.
A private hospital in Karachi reported the first case of the…