The US Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden win on Monday as the nation’s next president and Trump defeat, ratifying his November victory in an authoritative state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost. The presidential electors gave Biden a solid majority of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, the same […]
The opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) demanded the PTI-led government quit by January 31 or face an intensified opposition movement, including a long march to the capital. The demand was made by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman while speaking to the media in Lahore alongside PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other opposition […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries “have the right to comment, but Zam was executed upon a court’s ruling,” Rouhani told a televised news conference, noting […]
The Ministry of National Health Services refuted media reports that it had allowed the private sector to purchase Covid-19 vaccines for those individuals that can afford to pay for them. Earlier today, a report published, quoted a statement issued by the health ministry as stating that the government had given permission to the private sector […]
NEW DELHI: Leaders of protesting Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to withdraw the legislation. Farmers have been demonstrating for nearly three weeks against the deregulation of the agriculture sector that will allow them to […]
Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce Departments as part of a months-long global cyber espionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cyber security firm FireEye said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft. In response to what may be […]
LAHORE: An adamant opposition kicked off its final showdown at Lahore’s Minar-i-Pakistan today (Sunday) as the ‘first phase’ of its anti-government campaign, under the 11-party alliance named the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), came to a close. The alliance is expected to announce the second phase of its campaign at today’s rally. The public meeting came […]
Several people were stabbed in the United States capital, Washington DC, on Saturday night after day-long protests by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump who refuses to accept the results of the Nov 3 elections. Earlier on Saturday, the head of the Republican Party in Texas suggested forming a union of pro-Trump states to […]
Four People Given the New COVID Vaccine in Clinical Trials Developed Bell’s Palsy. Should You Be Worried? Here’s what to know about the condition, which causes temporary facial paralysis, and if a link has established to the new vaccine. Pfizer Vaccine A document released on December 8, ahead of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products […]
Journalist Iqrar ul Hassan Syed allegedly attacked by unknown assailants in Lahore’s DHA area. Moreover, the attackers later fled away while firing gunshots. Therefore, he sustained injuries in the attack. However, the journalist took to Twitter to tell his followers about the incident. Lahore main K Block DHA police station k bilkul samnay na-maloom afraad […]
