A woman has just tested positive for Covid-19 despite flying back to New Zealand more than two weeks ago.The woman, in her 20s, is one of two new confirmed cases of the virus announced today.She travelled from the United States...

A truck driver is in a critical condition after being trapped for more than four hours after his truck rolled near Rotorua this morning. Police were notified of a truck that rolled and was in a ditch at 9:33am on the intersection...

The statutory sick pay scheme has historically excluded individuals who work under a contract of three months or less duration. This exclusion from qualification for statutory sick pay (SSP) was removed for fixed term employees in 2002 when employme...

The rocky road travelled by the Agency Workers Directive since 2002 is nearing its end as a final version has been approved in Europe. After six years on the back burner, a slightly revised version of the Directive has been adopted. It is no longer ...

Book lovers can have their books delivered to their doorsteps, alongside their favourite takeaways. This development is as a result of the partnership between book-selling Exclusive Books and UberEats.

More than 1600 people have now recovered from the Covid-19 in the Western Cape, the provincial government said on Saturday.

As tragic as the deaths are, we are going to have to internalise the lessons and get going - we cannot hide forever.

Globalisation affects and impacts the football industry as a whole, just like any other economic sector. The professional football clubs across Europe have to factor in and deal with various issues to attract the best players to compete in the Europ...

Two truckers tested positive but all 652 samples from the community tested negative for the virus

It could see increased interest as people seek to limit personal contact

[Monitor] Two more truckers have tested positive for coronavirus in Uganda bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 116, according to Ministry of Health.

[DW] Violence and rape have long been part of everyday life for many women in Sierra Leone. One rural village has begun educating men on the dangers of raping their wives to become better husbands.

WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has become the third staff member in the White House to be affected by the infection, CNN reported on Saturday.The assistant used to work in a personal capacity for US President Donald...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...

WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and has become the third staff member in the White House to be affected by the infection, CNN reported on Saturday.The assistant used to work in a personal capacity for US President Donald Trump's...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The 58-day long countrywide protests by workers of the Jang-Geo Group against the government’s sustained pressure on Geo News, dailies Jang and The News and some other independent media houses to strong arm their editorial policies, telling them to sack...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...

WASHINGTON: The US vice president’s spokeswoman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s.News that...

The moving of the embassy not only put an end to a historic travesty but also made clear to the world something everyone anyhow already knew – Jerusalem is not for sale.

The two cases defrauded over 59,700 customers out of over $61 million

The project is estimated at about NIS 30 million.

Universal and free healthcare will help us all in combating the virus, but this policy will also have benefits in the longer term

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The World Bank says countries whose debt is in dollars and those whose local debt is bought by foreigners are especially exposed.

“This is something we started in our CSR wing some years ago and we will continue doing so," he said.

Mohamed assured that it’s a countrywide drive, and not an exclusively Rift Valley project.

It would be unfair for the government to propose a blanket isolation strategy based only on age.

Children willing and able to e-learn should be encouraged.

The setback has not thrown Ogallo off-track.

The best way to avoid arguing about money is to start talking about it before you get married.

The road to hell is always paved with good intentions.The old adage is proving true for the Hong Kong government’s highly publicised scheme to distribute free reusable masks to every resident.The controversy over the CuMask+ scheme must be hugely frustrating for embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, whose administration is now facing concerns and accusations ranging from possible conflict of interest, since the commissioned manufacturers did not go through proper tender…

The coronavirus in Japan has brought not just an epidemic of infections, but also an onslaught of bullying and discrimination against the sick, their families and health workers.A government campaign to raise awareness seems to be helping, at least for medical workers. But it’s made only limited headway in countering the harassment and shunning that may be discouraging people from seeking testing and care and hindering the battle against the pandemic.When Arisa Kadono tested positive and was…

Biologists discover first salmon spawning since Revolutionary War, drawing new attention to canceled restoration program

With high rates of alcoholism and drug abuse, communities try to address profound social ills

Prized in Asia as a luxury food, marine creature numbers could be dwindling

At least 200 students report symptoms of norovirus at Miami University in city of Oxford

AJAM reported on tribal communities and offered coverage on Indian Country that few could match

1. Kim Jong Un sends Putin letter on WWII anniversary and for virus fight  Times of India
2. Coronavirus | Russia virus surge mutes V-Day celebrations  The Hindu
3. Narendra Modi writes to Russian President; tweets greetings on occasion of 75th Victory Day anniversary  Economic Times
4. Victory Day and Russia's war cult  Al Jazeera English
5. Europeans and Russians should remember what bound them together: anti-fascism  The Guardian
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1. Covid-19: Navy ship carrying 698 stranded in Maldives arrives in Kochi  Hindustan Times
2. "Safe Now": Indians On Navy Warship That Reached Kochi From Maldives  NDTV
3. Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives  Times of India
4. India's Naval Evacuation Gets Underway Amidst a Pandemic  News18
5. Operation Samudra Setu: Two Indian Navy ships head to the UAE; INS Jalashwa sails back  The Financial Express
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Beyoncé and the entire family has been cleared following the earlier scare

PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department arrested five people for allegedly collecting donations for terrorist organisation in Khajuri area of Khyber district. An official said the CTD conducted...

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PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has asked officials to ensure timely completion of Citizens Facilitation Centres projects in the provincial capital launched under the Digital Access Initiative...

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On the directives of Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, Deputy Inspector General Police Security and Emergency Service Division Maqsood Ahmed chaired a video link meeting regarding the establishment of a video conference system for the protection of witnesses and...

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi president and MPA Khurrum Sher Zaman on Saturday said that one of his Friday statements had been misrepresented and therefore he tendered his apologies if it had hurt anyone’s sentiments.Zaman came under severe criticism by a section of activists on...

A woman infected with COVID-19 gave birth on Saturday to a healthy baby boy at the Ojha campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences .Officials said the infant had tested negative for the novel coronavirus.“A COVID-19-positive mother has given birth to a baby boy through Caesarean section...

Five people associated with the Sindh chief minister’s secretariat are reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus.A source privy to the affair told The News on Saturday that one of the five people had already recovered from the coronavirus.The source said all other media reports...

Four more COVID-19 patients in Sindh lost their lives on Saturday, raising the novel coronavirus death toll in the province to 180, which is around 1.7 per cent of the total number of cases of the virus.Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said in a video message released by the CM House that 8,571...

ISTANBUL: In full protective gear, two doctors climb the stairs four at a time. Their first task of the day: to test a woman who has had contact with a coronavirus patient in Istanbul.Visibly perturbed by the appearance of men in white bodysuits on her landing, the resident in the populous Fatih...

ISTANBUL: In full protective gear, two doctors climb the stairs four at a time. Their first task of the day: to test a woman who has had contact with a coronavirus patient in Istanbul.Visibly perturbed by the appearance of men in white bodysuits on her landing, the resident in the populous Fatih...

WASHINGTON: Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, making her the third White House staff member to be infected from COVID-19, a media report said on Saturday.The assistant, who works in a personal capacity for US President Donald Trump’s...