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PAKISTAN REPORTS 12 MORE COVID-19-RELATED DEATHS


October 20, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 12 more lives in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 28,312. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 554 more people got infected with the viral disease, lifting the nationwide tally of confirmed infections to 1,266,204. A total of 42,126 samples were tested, out of which 554 turned …

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DENGUE DEATH TOLL REACHES FIVE, 79 NEW CASES REPORTED IN KP


October 20, 2021

PESHAWAR: As many as 79 new cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the past 24 hours. According to the provincial health department, at least 79 people have been diagnosed with dengue today. The province has so far recorded up to 4,365 dengue cases, whereas, a total of five people have died of the …

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PUNJAB WHIPS UP EFFORTS TO STOP DENGUE WHICH INFECTS 412 NEW PEOPLE TODAY


October 20, 2021

LAHORE: The provincial dengue cases in Punjab have raised alarms as Wednesday saw 412 new infections of the mosquito-borne virus in the past 24-hour period. The provincial health secretary, Imran Sikandar Baloch, has said the administration has hiked arrangements to fight off the ongoing trend of dengue that has claimed 21 people in across Punjab, he said. According to yesterday’s …

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UK MONITORING ‘SUBVARIANT’ OF CORONAVIRUS DELTA STRAIN


October 20, 2021

Britain on Tuesday said it was monitoring a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus, which has been seen in a growing number of cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said the government was keeping a “close eye” on the AY.4.2 variant but said there was no evidence it spreads more easily. “As you would expect, we are monitoring it closely …

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BUS EXPLOSION IN SYRIAN CAPITAL LEAVES 13 REPORTEDLY KILLED, MANY INJURED


October 20, 2021

DAMASCUS: At least 13 people have reportedly died on Wednesday in a blast inside a bus carrying soldiers near the President Bridge, Syrian state media reported. There are no updated numbers on the casualties yet since it’s a developing story but the agencies have reported the bus suffered two bombs. Pictures on the state TV channel’s account showed the gutted …

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RUSSIA HOSTS TALIBAN FOR TALKS


October 20, 2021

Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Wednesday, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State fighters which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan. The talks, which draw officials from 10 countries including China and Pakistan, are one of the Taliban’s most significant international meetings since seizing power in …

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‘THE BATTLE AT LAKE CHANGJIN’: CHINESE-MADE WAR EPIC TOPS GLOBAL BOX OFFICE


October 20, 2021

A Chinese-made Korean War epic ‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ has topped the global box office, tapping a vein of rising patriotism in China and prompting moviegoers to post videos of themselves eating frozen potatoes to emulate the hardships endured by soldiers in the conflict. “The Battle at Lake Changjin”, released to coincide with China’s Oct. 1 national holiday, had …

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Biden nominates Middle East expert Donald Blome as new US ambassador to Pakistan


October 20, 2021

United States President Joe Biden is nominating Donald Armin Blome, an expert on Middle East affairs, as his new ‘Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’, the White House announced on Tuesday. Donald Armin Blome, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service belonging to the class of minister-counselor, is currently the US ambassador to Tunisia. Prior to that, …

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Facebook plans to change its name: report


October 20, 2021

Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28, but it could be unveiled sooner, the Verge reported. In response, Facebook said …

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