COPENHAGEN: Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people. The mutation “could pose a risk that future (coronavirus) vaccines won’t work the way they should,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a …

ROME: Italian officials agreed on Wednesday to impose a night-time curfew, joining a slew of European nations in ramping up restrictions to reverse a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases.Governments in Europe are struggling to get a hold of a pandemic that has now infected more than 11 million on the continent. Wednesday saw Russia announce nearly 20,000 new infections and …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union on Wednesday agreed to commence their bilateral security dialogue from next year. Pakistan and the EU “agreed to hold the first meeting of the new EU-Pakistan Security Dialogue in 2021, including on the fight against terrorism”, said a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the fifth round of their bilateral strategic dialogue, which …

• Imran, Dzaferovic discuss trade, growing Islamophobia • MoU on scientific, technological cooperation inked ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday signed a bilateral readmission agreement paving the way for repatriation of nearly 3,000 illegal Pakistani migrants. The agreement was signed during a two-day visit of the Chairman of the Tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic. The Bosnian …

US President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he slipped behind Democrat Joe Biden in the hunt for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. The new filings, joining existing Republican legal challenges in Pennsylvania and Nevada, demand better access for campaign observers to …

RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday formed a committee of five members to finalise the proposal to begin the Leh Expressway project, under which another road will be developed to connect Rawalpindi and Islamabad along with a flood channel. The committee will be led by Adviser to the Punjab Chief Minister on Finance Dr Salman Shah. Railways Minister Sheikh …

LAHORE: Protesting farmers and the Punjab government agreed to come to negotiating table after the former were baton-charged and arrested by police when they reached The Mall here on Wednesday and tried to block the road for traffic. “We decided to postpone our protest and go for talks when the government agreed to form a committee for discussing ways and …

LAHORE: The senior police officers recently surrendered by the Punjab government to the Establishment Division, Islamabad have been given a go-ahead by the prime minister for their new postings/appointments. Two of them — BS-21 police officer B.A. Nasir and BS-20 officer Zulfiqar Hameed — had served as Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO). Interestingly, most of the police officers who …

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has expressed concern over upsurge of Covid-19 cases, especially in Chitral, Hazara and Dir, and has asked the relevant departments to put in place elaborate measures to cope with the second wave of the pandemic already started in the province. Presiding over a meeting of the provincial task force on Covid-19 here on Wednesday, he …

RAWALPINDI: The financial restructuring of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), a new fleet of aircraft, staff training and new flight destinations are being prioritised, PIA Chief Executive Air Marshal retired Arshad Malik said on Wednesday. Mr Malik was speaking during a visit to the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI). He was accompanied by Chief Commercial Officer Ali Tahir, Regional …