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Syria’s Assad re-elected for 4th term with 95pc vote


May 28, 2021

Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as the president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations that the polls were neither free nor fair. The controversial vote extending Assad’s stranglehold on power was the second since the start of a decade-long civil conflict that has killed more than 388,000 people, displaced millions and battered the …

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21pc of Islamabad’s target population vaccinated against Covid-19: Asad Umar


May 28, 2021

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Friday that 21 per cent of Islamabad’s target population had been vaccinated against Covid-19. Addressing the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce in the capital, Umar said the city had reached a point in terms of vaccinations where the “first rays of sunlight had started to appear”. He said the …

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HPD investigating shooting death of 18-year-old in east Houston


May 28, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-year-old is dead following a shooting in east Houston. At around 4 p.m. Thursday, HPD posted on Twitter a photo of crews responding to the 13200 block of Indianapolis. Northeast officers are at a homicide scene 13200 Indianapolis. 18 year old male deceased at the scene. 202 pic.twitter.com/hPRZykBWUf — Houston Police (@houstonpolice) May 27, 2021 According to …

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High Court suspends notification of Gomal University VC’s ​removal


May 28, 2021

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended the government’s notification of the removal of Gomal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Iftikhar Ahmad and sought the response of the relevant officials to the violation of a stay order issued on the matter lately. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan Chamkani and Justice Syed M Attique Shah declared that the impugned …

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People urged to get crucial second dose of Covid-19 vaccine


May 28, 2021

KARACHI: Over 100,000 people, who received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, have not reported back to the government-run adult vaccination centres for their second vaccine dose, leaving them very vulnerable to the disease, health department officials stated on Thursday. According to health department sources, a total of 405,673 people have been scheduled for the second vaccine dose till date …

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Lowest positivity rate of Covid reported since March 9


May 28, 2021

ISLAMABAD: While coronavirus continues to infect masses across the country, Pakistan has reported the lowest positivity rate since March 9. According to the data issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Thursday, 2,726 cases and 75 deaths were reported in a single day. As many as 502 patients were on ventilators and the number of active cases …

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Dallas police officer arrested on domestic-violence charge


May 28, 2021

A Dallas police officer has been arrested on a domestic-violence charge. James Reese Moore(Dallas County Sheriff’s Department) Officer Trainee James Reese Moore, 25, turned himself in Wednesday at the Dallas County jail on a misdemeanor count of family-violence assault. He was later released on $2,500 bond. Police said the incident occurred in Dallas, and court records indicate that it happened …

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Harris County Pct. 4 Constable’s Office launches task force to tackle surge in repeat offenders


May 28, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Low bond amounts are an ongoing source of tension within the local criminal justice system and beyond, and now another law enforcement figure is taking up that familiar cause. Repeat offenders are the focus of the new Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office initiative. Constable Mark Herman called a press conference Thursday to announce an anti-crime …

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