By News DeskISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Asad Umar has warned that a fourth wave of the coronavirus could emerge as early as July if precautionary measures are poorly enforced and urged Pakistanis.
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of political prisoners languishing in overcrowded jails in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are at risk of contracting COVID-19, which has already been detected in.
COVID looms large among IIOJ&K prisoners National May 28, 2021 SRINAGAR: Hundreds of political prisoners languishing in overcrowded jails in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) are at risk of contracting COVID-19, which has already been detected in multiple prisons. Lawyers and activists are calling for their release. Jail data accessed by a foreign media outlet revealed that 119 inmates across 13 IIOJ&K jails have tested positive for COVID-19. A further 258 out of 4,573 prisoners in these jails are also suspected of contracting the virus, but it has yet to be confirmed. So far, less than 200 of the inmates have received a COVID vaccine, officials told the outlet.
Thousands flee Congolese city as threat of another volcanic eruption looms May 27, 2021 Tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the Congolese city of Goma after authorities issued an evacuation order warning that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano could erupt again. Courtesy file photo GOMA, D.R. Congo Tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the Congolese city of Goma after authorities issued an evacuation order warning that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano could erupt again. At least 31 people have died and 30,000 were forced to flee their homes when the volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) first erupted over the weekend.
Key decision looms for Halifax investors as shortfall blows out to A$44.6m 13 May, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read More than 2000 New Zealand investors have been caught up in the collapse of Halifax Investment Services. Photo / File More than 2000 New Zealand investors have been caught up in the collapse of Halifax Investment Services. Photo / File A decision on exactly how the money tied up in failed investment broker Halifax Investment Services will be divvied up is due soon but regulators have yet to take action against its directors more than two years after its collapse. The Australian company and its 70 per cent-owned New Zealand subsidiary Halifax New Zealand went into administration in 2018 and then liquidation in March 2019.