Beijing: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has accused the US of spreading “conspiracies and lies” about the coronavirus pandemic, ratcheting up tensions between the two nations, it was reported. Speaking at an annual news conference during China’s parliamentary session on Sunday, Wang said that “some political forces in the US are taking China-US relations hostage”, […]
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No new COVID-19 cases in China for 1st time
Beijing: China did not register any new confirmed COVID-19 cases for the first time since the pandemic began and detected only two suspicious cases, the countrys National Health Commission reported on Saturday. Since May 11, the new daily confirmed cases in China, where the pandemic originated last December, have remained below 10 but until Saturday […]
White House Press Secretary accidentally reveals Trump’s bank details
Washington: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany accidentally revealed President Donald Trump’s private bank account and routing numbers while holding up a cheque he made out to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it was reported on Saturday. In a press briefing on Friday, McEnany revealed that the President had chosen to donate […]
American billionaires richer by $434 billion during the pandemic
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US: Man stabs father to death while he was on Zoom call with 20 people watching
βππ¨ ππ π£π:Β A virtual meeting turned deadly when an American in a New York suburb was fatally stabbed by his son while participating on a Zoom video meeting with about 20 other people. According to Sky News, Dwight Powers, 72, was on a Zoom chat with multiple people when his son, Thomas Scully-Powers, 32, attacked him. […]
PIA plane with over 100 onboard crashes in Karachi
Karachi: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with over 100 people onboard crashed in a residential area in Karachi near the city’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday, a spokesman for the flag carrier said, but did not confirm any casualties. “The plane PK 8303 with 99 passengers and eight crew members has crashed,” The Express […]
COVID-19 virus ‘does not spread easily’ on surfaces, says US CDC
New York: While the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people, the risk of getting infected in other ways such by touching surfaces and objects may be relatively lower, suggests new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance. This, however, does not mean that people should stop washing their hands frequently. “It […]
Researchers develop replaceable, more efficient filter for N95 masks
Dubai: Since the outbreak of Covid-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones, now researchers have developed a membrane that can be attached to a regular N95 mask and replaced when needed. The filter has a smaller pore size than normal N95 masks, potentially blocking more virus particles, the […]
Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes in residential area near Karachi airport
Karachi:Β A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crashed in a residential area in Karachi near the city’s Jinnah International Airport on Friday, an official of the flag carrier has confirmed. The crash took place in the city’s Model Colony area, reports Dawn news. PIA spokesperson Abdul Sattar confirmed the crash and added that the flight A-320 […]
Bangladesh based Beximco Pharmaceuticals becomes 1st company in world to produce generic version of Remdesivir
Dhaka:Β Bangladesh-based Beximco Pharmaceuticals has become the world’s first company to produce a generic version of the antiviral drug remdesivir, originally developed by US-based Gilead Sciences, it was reported on Friday. Remdesivir was originally designed as an Ebola treatment, the BBC reported. It works by attacking an enzyme that a virus needs in order to replicate […]