Section: Pakistan Today (Pakistan)
World Hepatitis Day: Pakistan among 11 countries carrying 50pc global burden of the hepatitis
As the World Hepatitis Day is being observed on July 28 2017, Pakistan is among 11 countries which carry almost 50pc of the global burden of chronic hepatitis. Such countries are Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Uganda, Viet Nam. The World Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to add momentum to all efforts to...
Killer of Putin’s critic sentenced to 20 years in jail
Zaur Dadayev, who was convicted of killing Russia’s opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, was given 20 years of jail by a Russian court on Thursday. Four other men convicted of being his accomplices were also given prison terms ranging between 11 and 19 years. Nemtsov, one of President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics, was murdered in...
Contingency plan designed to deal with rising Congo fever cases
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of recent surge in Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) cases, a contingency plan has been designed for prevention and control of the disease, especially during Eid-ul-Azha because of exposure to tick infected animals and their massive movement. An important meeting was held comprising representatives of the National...
US isolated on climate at summit of world leaders
HAMBURG: Leaders from the world’s leading economies broke with US President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, keen to show off her skills as a mediator two months before a German election, achieved her...
Trump, Putin find chemistry, draw criticism in first meeting
HAMBURG: In a meeting that ran longer than either side had planned, US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed alleged Russian meddling in the US election on Friday but agreed to focus on better ties rather than litigating the past. Trump, a Republican who called it an “honour” to meet with the Russian president, drew...
Germany says cyber threat greater than expected, more firms affected
Germany’s BSI federal cyber agency said on Friday that the threat posed to German firms by recent cyber attacks launched via a Ukrainian auditing software was greater than expected, and some German firms had seen production halted for over a week. Analyses by computer experts showed that waves of attacks had been launched via software...
Trump meets Putin at G20
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time Friday, in an eagerly awaited encounter at a G20 summit marked by the growing divide between America and its Western allies. On the eve of a face-off that carries consequences for world crises including the wars in Syria and Ukraine, Trump set the tone...
Ukraine points finger at Russian security services in recent cyber attack
Ukraine said on Saturday that Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack on the country, with the aim of destroying important data and spreading panic. The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, said the attack, which started in Ukraine and spread around the world on Tuesday, was by the same hackers who attacked the...
US President Trump to meet with Putin at G-20 summit next week
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the White House said Thursday. U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster made the announcement at a White House briefing, adding that “there is no specific agenda. It’s really going to be...
EU extends Russia sanctions until Jan 2018
The European Union formally extended its economic sanctions on Russia on Wednesday, a widely expected step that keeps restrictions on business with Russian energy, defence and financial sectors until January 31, 2018. The sanctions were imposed in July 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula and...
