Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
Another Congo patient dies in Karachi
KARACHI: A man died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), commonly known as Congo virus, at a private hospital of the metropolis on Sunday, raising the death toll due to the disease to 5 in Karachi in the ongoing year. According to details, a 27-year-old man hailing from Landhi was shifted to a local private hospital where he died due to...
Felix falls short as Kerley, Kendricks shine
Allyson Felix’s bid to qualify for the World Championships fell just short while 400m runner Fred Kerley and pole vaulter Sam Kendricks lit up the US Athletics Championships on Saturday. Felix, 33, racing in her first meeting for more than a year after taking time off to give birth to her daughter, finished sixth in the 400m final at Drake...
Journalists investigating Russia targeted by cyberattacks
Reporters investigating Russian military intelligence have been targeted by highly sophisticated cyberattacks through their encrypted email accounts, with evidence suggesting Moscow was responsible, the email service provider ProtonMail and journalists said Saturday. The phishing attack, which sought to dupe users into sharing their ProtonMail...
Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria
LONDON: Britain’s media regulator fined Russia’s RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, the policies of Ukraine and the conflict in Syria. Relations between London and Moscow sank to a post-Cold War low over the 2018 poisoning of Skripal, a mole...
Patient diagnosed with Congo virus admitted at Jinnah Hospital Karachi
KARACHI: Ashraf Khan, a resident of Quetta, was admitted to Jinnah Hospital of Karachi after being diagnosed with Congo virus or Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) on Friday. According to Executive Director of Jinnah Hospital Dr Simi Jamali, a patient infected with the Congo virus was brought to Jinnah Hospital. She further said that upon...
Ajax face awkward Champions League qualifier against PAOK
ATHENS: Last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Ajax were on Monday drawn to face Greek champions PAOK Thessaloniki in the third qualifying round for this year’s group stages. The Dutch side do not get automatic entry into the group stages despite winning the Eredivisie for the 34th time and coming within seconds of reaching the...
Ukrainian president’s party seeks majority in new parliament
KIEV: Ukrainians are voting in a snap parliamentary election in which the party of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to take the largest share of votes. Polls ahead of Sunday’s balloting showed Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party getting the support from a little more than half of those who intended to vote. But only 225 of the...
US bars Turkey from F-35 program over Russian missiles
WASHINGTON: The White House confirmed Wednesday that Turkey would be excluded from NATO’s F-35 stealth fighter jet program after it purchased a Russian missile defense system in defiance of warnings from Western allies. “Unfortunately, Turkey’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 air defense systems renders its continued involvement...
Merkel says ‘very well’ despite third shaking spell
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted she was “very well”, despite suffering her third trembling spell in less than a month on Wednesday that revived questions about her health. Merkel began shaking involuntarily as national anthems were being played at the reception of Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. But she attended a press...
Fallout runs deep as Salah, Egypt flop at Cup of Nations
After his tale of redemption with Liverpool this season, Mohamed Salah was instead left in disbelief once more as Egypt crashed out of their own Africa Cup of Nations, an exit that triggered an immediate clearout within the country’s football association. While Salah helped lead his club to a sixth European Cup triumph in June, a year on...
