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ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world.The United Nations health agency said it will work with…
World ushers in New Year under Covid shadow
NEW YORK (AFP) - Confetti fluttered on to frontline workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks burst above eerily quiet landmarks from Sydney Harbour Bridge to Copacabana beach, as the world ushered in the New Year with muted…
PSL 6 to be played without spectators, says PCB official
LAHORE The sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held without spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.Director National High-Performance Centre (NHPC) Nadeem Khan sharing plan about this year’s…
Despite virus, thousands celebrate New Year’s Eve in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Thousands of revellers were on the casino-lined Las Vegas Strip Thursday despite a plea from Nevada's governor that people reconsider their plans to go out and celebrate New Year's Eve amid the pandemic.While shopping, gambling,…
Delhi leads India clampdown on New Year events
NEW DELHI (AFP) - New Delhi and other major cities across India on Thursday ordered curfews for New Year’s Eve as they stepped up efforts to head off a new coronavirus wave.In the capital, the curfew would run for two days from 11:00 pm…
World to mark locked-down New Year’s Eve
SYDNEY (AFP) - The world readied to usher in the New Year Thursday, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid virus-ridden 2020 farewell.After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people…
Trump’s Blackwater pardons ‘an affront to justice’: UN experts
GENEVA (AFP) - US President Donald Trump s pardons of four Blackwater contractors convicted of killing civilians in a 2007 Baghdad massacre is a violation of US obligations under international law, UN experts said Wednesday."The Geneva…
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in first Test
MOUNT MAUNGANUI - New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test at Tauranga’s Mount Maunganui stadium on Wednesday.Team Pakistan started the final day’s play at 71-3 in chase of the 373-run target with Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam…
Under-19 Polo Championship 2020-21 commences in Lahore
LAHORE – The Jinnah Polo & Country Club-organised Under-19 Polo Championship 2020-21 got underway here at the JP&CC ground while two matches were played on Tuesday.According to JP&CC President Lt Col (r) Shoaib Aftab, total four…
Hundreds of women join front lines of India farmers’ protest
NEW DELHI - Hundreds of women have joined the blockade of key highways leading to New Delhi as the protests by farmers against new agricultural laws continue.First, it was a trickle - a dozen or two of them, draped in yellow and green…