Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb described the ongoing Middle East conflict as one of the largest supply shocks in recent history, comparable in scale to the demand shock experienced during COVID-19. Participating in panel discussion on “MENAP Economies Navigating War: Managing Shocks and Shaping the Future,” organized by the International Monetary […]
COVID-19
Early Covid-19 lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in England
LONDON: About 23,000 deaths in England could have been prevented if the first Covid-19 lockdown had been introduced earlier at the start of the pandemic, according to a public inquiry report released on Thursday. The 800-page second report from the independent inquiry criticised the UK government, led by Boris Johnson in 2020, for a “lack […]
Warren Accuses RFK Jr. of Restricting COVID Vaccines
Warren asked Kennedy to explain the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine recommendation. Kennedy said anyone can get the COVID booster shot. However, he added the shot is not recommended for healthy people. Warren pointed out that when the government does not recommend a vaccine, many states restrict access. She explained that insurance companies only cover […]
‘Massive gaps’ seen in countries’ plans to tackle climate change
‘Massive gaps’ seen in countries’ plans to tackle climate change. The latest pledges by countries to tackle global warming under the Paris Agreement are “woefully inadequate” to avert a rise in global temperatures that scientists say will worsen droughts, storms and floods, a report said on Wednesday. The 2015 pact launched at a U.N. global […]
UN experts: Wages and social benefits should rise with inflation
Countries must ensure that social benefits and wages rise with inflation, otherwise people could starve or freeze in their homes, the United Nations’ poverty expert insisted on Monday. “It is not hyperbole to say that unless governments increase benefits and wages in line with inflation, lives will be lost,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN […]
China imposes lockdowns as COVID-19 surges after holiday
Chinese cities were imposing fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions after the number of new daily COVID-19 cases tripled during a weeklong holiday, ahead of a major Communist Party meeting in Beijing next week. The latest lockdown started Monday in Fenyang city in northern China’s Shanxi province after a preliminary positive case was found in citywide testing the […]
Thailand may receive more than 10 mln foreign tourists in this year
Thailand may record slightly more than 10 million foreign tourist arrivals this year, the tourism minister said on Friday, as a vital industry has recovered from the impact of the pandemic. There have been about 5.8 million foreign arrivals since the start of the year, Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn told a seminar. According to a previous estimation […]
Australia Cuts Covid Isolation Time, Eases Mask Rules
Government of Australia cuts Covid isolation time. Australia announcement on Wednesday for mandatory Covid 19 isolation would be lessened five days. Mask requirements also lifted on domestic flights. The most significant easing of restrictions in months. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s statement for the country’s still stringent Covid rules relaxation from September 9, when isolation periods […]
23 fresh Covid-19 cases reported in capital
ISLAMABAD: Health officials on Friday said that 23 new Coronavirus cases were reported in the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), as many as nine cases were reported on Thursday while 19 cases were reported on Wednesday. He said so far 134,910 cases […]
Three decades ago world told to ‘act now’ on climate
Paris: With the planet facing the “potentially serious consequences” of global warming, UN experts writing 32 years ago urged an indifferent world to take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Planet-warming carbon pollution has increased ever since. In 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced the first trio of reports in a cycle […]