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WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led her to become an international icon but who faced mounting criticism at home, said Thursday she was leavin...

· Thursday 19, January 2023 3.47 am

January 17: The News reported, The Aga Khan University (AKUH) Monday confirmed that the most infectious sub-variant of the Omicron variant of Coronavirus ‘XBB.1.5’ has been detected in the country through genome sequencing but cited ‘very good immunity’ among the general population as well extr...

· Tuesday 17, January 2023 9.37 am

LONDON: Given the rapid spread of the latest offshoot of the omicron variant — XBB.1.5 — in the United States, WHO Regional Office for Europe officials on Tuesday recommended travel measures be implemented in a “non-discriminatory” manner. That is not to say that “we recommend testing of patie...

· Tuesday 10, January 2023 1.46 pm

KARACHI: Popular Pakistani TikTokers have opened up about facing flak when they initially started creating content on the video-sharing app, insisting that not all content on the platform can be classified as “cringe” or “indecent,” adding that it offers diverse content for users. TikTo...

· Tuesday 10, January 2023 1.33 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s economic growth in 2023 is expected to be fueled by the robust expansion of the non-oil sector and sustained oil activity, according to a report released by consultancy firm Strategic Gears. The new report titled, Annual Saudi Arabia Economic Outlook,&nb...

· Sunday 8, January 2023 3.41 pm

BEIJING: China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government’s policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to further open up. The popular Sina Weibo social media platform said it had addressed 12,854 violations including attacks on ...

· Saturday 7, January 2023 1.35 pm

ISLAMABAD: An official of Pakistan’s central pandemic response body said on Thursday the country had been “successfully” dealing with COVID-19 cases driven by a highly contagious Omicron subvariant XBB since October and there was no need for extra measures since the situation was under control....

· Thursday 5, January 2023 3.30 pm

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after US President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organization (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday in some of t...

· Thursday 5, January 2023 1.00 pm

BEIJING: China called the mounting international restrictions on travelers from its territory “unacceptable” on Tuesday after more than a dozen countries placed fresh Covid curbs on visitors from the world’s most populous nation. The United States, Canada, Japan and France are among the countr...

· Wednesday 4, January 2023 2.11 am

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