ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 has killed four more people in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 28,898. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 322 more people were infected with the coronavirus. A total of 47,811 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 322 […]
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COVID-19 kills two people, infects 359 more
ISLAMABAD: Covid-19 has killed two more people in Pakistan during the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 28,894. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 359 more people were diagnosed with the coronavirus. A total of 46,564 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, out of which 359 turned […]
At least 30 dead or missing in India floods: reports
At least 30 people are dead or missing after flash floods hit southern India, reports said Saturday, with three buses washed away in one incident. Rescue teams pulled out a dozen bodies after three buses were washed away in Andhra Pradesh state on Friday. At least 18 other people were still missing, media outlets reported. Analysts […]
9 dead after floods in Sri Lanka, southern India
Nine people are dead and two others missing after floods in Sri Lanka and parts of southern India caused by more than a week of pounding rains. Nearly half of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts have been hit by the deluge, with the worst affected areas in and around the island’s tea-growing Central Highlands. “Five […]
Deadly fire in Karachi chemical factory kills 15 labourers
KARACHI: At least 15 labourers have lost their lives in a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Karachi. According to the rescue sources, more labourers are still stuck in the wretched chemical factory premises actively engulfed by the fire. The operation to rescue stuck people is underway. About 20- […]
15 more die of coronavirus in KP
A report from the Health Department on Thursday said that a record of 10,375 medical tests were conducted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last 24 hours. The tests confirmed the viral infection in 234 more people, the report said. 379 gained recovery on Wednesday, taking the number of total recovered patients to 127,139 in the […]
At least 39 dead in two attacks in eastern DR Congo
At least 39 people were killed in two new attacks in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where hundreds have died in massacres since the start of the year, monitors said on Monday. “At least 20 civilians were killed overnight in the village of Boga and at least 19 in the village of Tchabi,” in […]
Coronavirus Global Death Toll Over 3.5 Million
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,524,960 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT on Saturday. At least 169,379,970 cases of coronavirus have been registered. The vast majority have recovered, though some have continued to experience symptoms weeks […]
India’s Covid victims’ funerals volunteered by interfaith
Suneet Sharma has calmly staged dozens of funerals each day of India’s resurgent coronavirus crisis — but he was overwhelmed when a father arrived at the crematorium with the body of his infant daughter. The 48-year-old volunteers in New Delhi with a Sikh association, one of many groups to spring up around the country and […]
German students have algorithm for revealing Game of Thrones deaths
Spoiler alert: Computer science students at the Technical University of Munich have developed an application that scours the internet for data on the popular Game of Thrones series, and uses an algorithm to predict which characters are most likely to survive to the end of its final season. Project supervisor Guy Yachdav said Friday survival […]