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Pakistan reports over 3,689 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Pakistan reported fresh 3,689 cases of COVID-19, after 61,128 tests of COVID-19 were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours, according to...
Biden takes steps to vaccinate rest of America
US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a series of steps, including issuing several executive orders and taking a few punitive measures, aimed...
The Testing Grounds: Can the Taliban govern Afghanistan?
By announcing a caretaker government, the Taliban have temporarily unified their bickering factions. The interim setup, however, remains problematic...
Post-Pandemic Life: China might have to live with COVID
How lucky I was born in China,” a young Chinese scholar declared last month in his WeChat. He was proud: Following the worst domestic COVID-19...
Brave New World, Next food frontier: Fish made from plants, or in a...
The chef Tsang Chiu King is preparing a subtle-but-significant change to his menu: He’s replacing the fish in some dishes with a plant-based...
Medical experts urge SL couples to delay pregnancies for at least a...
Amidst 40 deaths and 5,500 Covid-19 infections among expectant mothers, Sri Lankan medical experts have urged couples to delay pregnancies at least by...
North Korea shows off civil defence units in toned-down parade
Soldiers, civil defense forces and troops wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits paraded in North Korea’s capital overnight in a celebration of the...
Smoke detected in Russian service module on space station: Roscosmos
A smoke alarm was activated in a Russian service module on the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday,...