Covid vaccine AstraZeneca can cause rare form of deadly blood clot, European company admits

Covid vaccine AstraZeneca can cause rare form of deadly blood clot, European company admits

British Swedish pharma company AstraZeneca has admitted for the first time that its Covid vaccine can cause a rare type of blood clot, which can be fatal. AstraZeneca’s covid vaccine Covishield is widely used in more than 150 countries. A lawsuit filed in the UK claims AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine caused death and serious injury and…

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Pakistan's historic lunar mission will be launched into space on Friday

Pakistan’s historic lunar mission will be launched into space on Friday

(Photo: APP) Islamabad: Pakistan’s historic Lunar Mission (IQ-Q) will be launched into space from China on Friday. Based in Islamabad Institute of Space and Technology According to (IST), the satellite iCube-Q has been developed by IST in collaboration with China’s Shanghai University and Pakistan’s National Space Agency Sparco. The iCube-Q orbiter is equipped with two…

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Maryam Nawaz's order to strictly implement one dish in marriage ceremonies in the province

Maryam Nawaz’s order to strictly implement one dish in marriage ceremonies in the province

Cabinet also agreed to restore supply of free medicines to cancer patients—File: Photo Lahore: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz ordered the strict implementation of one dish in marriage ceremonies across the province and the cabinet meeting also approved the restoration of free medicines for cancer patients. The sixth provincial cabinet meeting was held in Lahore…

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Protest in Karachi University to express solidarity with Palestine and American students

Protest in Karachi University to express solidarity with Palestine and American students

Hundreds of students participated in the protest. Karachi: A protest was held by the student body in University of Karachi to express solidarity with Palestine, in which hundreds of students participated. For the students expressing solidarity with Palestine in the American University, the student organization protested strongly in the University of Karachi. Hundreds of students…

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Security Council hears of progress in Bosnia despite ‘worrying’ trend of genocide denial

Security Council hears of progress in Bosnia despite ‘worrying’ trend of genocide denial

Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas with the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, provided an update of recent developments since his office’s last Council briefing in July. The country continues to grapple with issues stemming from the brutal war that killed 100,000 people across the…

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UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo

World News in Brief: DR Congo conflict could spell catastrophe, plastics treaty progress, enforced disappearances rise ahead of Venezuela poll

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) called for greater international support for the Congolese people to avoid a potential catastrophe for the country and the region. Current conflicts have escalated levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the restive eastern region where multiple armed groups are battling the national army and each other for control….

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‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack   

‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack   

“There is an extraordinary, deep anxiety prevailing right now in Gaza because the question everybody asks is whether, yes or no, there would be a military offensive,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told journalists in Geneva. Following several reports by the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, of “intensive strikes on Rafah” that caused dozens of fatalities, Mr….

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