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04-05-2020 NAIROBI/ LONDON/ Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has “enormous potential” to control the disease. Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, so protecting them could in turn protect …

04-05-2020 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The US President Donald Trump has warned that as many as 100,000 people could die of coronavirus in America. Speaking at a two-hour virtual “town hall”, Trump also denied that his administration had acted too slowly. More than 67,000 people have already died with Covid-19 in …

04-05-2020 TEHRAN: Mosques in 132 Iranian cities in areas categorized as ‘white zones’ (coronavirus-free regions) will reopen as of Monday, President Hassan Rouhani said. Addressing a meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters on Sunday, Rouhani praised the people of Iran for observing the health protocols and cooperating with the …

03-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The parents of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl have filed an appeal with Pakistan’s Supreme Court to reverse a ruling overturning the convictions of four men in the case. Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded in 2002 while investigating Islamist militants in …

03-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report SANA’A/ MOSCOW/ NEW YORK/ RIYADH/ MANAMA/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: To mark World Press Freedom Day on Sunday, the One Free Press Coalition has called for the immediate release of all imprisoned journalists amid increasing threats to press freedom worldwide during the coronavirus …

By SJA Jafri + Agencies 02-05-2020 BAGHDAD: Ten (10) more associates of an Iraqi militia group have been killed in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants. A statement released by the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said the deaths came during “fierce clashes” with IS. Attacks by the IS …

02-05-2020 NEW YROK/ WASHINGTON: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted authorization to Gilead Sciences Inc. for emergency use of its experimental antiviral drug remdesivir to treat patients with Covid-19, President Donald Trump announced on Friday. US medical officials have announced evidence from a trial that remdesivir helped patients …

01-05-2020 ATHENS/ LONDON/ PARIS/ NEW YORK: May Day is a public holiday and International Workers’ Day in countries from Indonesia to Finland. Protests are impossible for many, so labor groups have been forced to improvise — or to defy ban With restrictions owing to the coronavirus pandemic in place around …

01-05-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PERTH/ CANBERRA: Another ‘white terrorist’ has been shoot dead by police in Australia while the terror incidents in country will rise more in near future because of rapid increase in religious, sectarian, social, gender, economical, cultural and other discriminations, sources claimed. According to …

01-05-2020 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s vast Northern Territory will become the first in the nation to move out of lockdown on Friday with the lifting of major restrictions. Group limits will be removed for weddings, funerals and sport while parks and pools will also open. Australia’s least populated territory …