This summer will be “the first in more than three years that many of us will enjoy without the looming threat of COVID-19”, but the life-threatening virus has not gone away completely, said WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told reporters at a virtual press conference from Copenhagen. Each week, the coronavirus causes at least…
Photo courtesy of Facebook A mother is a mother after all! A woman in Lebanon risked her life to save her son from falling off a roof. According to foreign media, a woman named Lubna in the northern region of Lebanon lost her life by falling from the roof while saving her son from the…
“Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women and girls being at the table everywhere when decisions are made,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Only 1 in 4 parliamentarians are women “It was only last year that for the first time in history women were…
Riyadh: An Iraqi citizen who came to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj suddenly fell ill, after which Saudi doctors treated him and saved his life. According to Urdu News, the doctors of the King Abdullah Medical City of Makkah in Saudi Arabia saved the life of an elderly Iraqi Hajj pilgrim who suffered from a…
Photo: File In China’s Jiangsu province, life has been suspended by strong winds, rain and hailstorms. According to Chinese media, 3 people died in various accidents in the city of Nanjing due to the storm. According to Chinese media, trees fell in Nanjing due to strong winds and several vehicles were destroyed. According to the…
Bangladesh faces worst heat wave since 1971; Photo: File Dhaka: Bangladesh is currently facing its worst heatwave in decades, during which prolonged power load-shedding has made life miserable for citizens. According to the World News Agency, the temperature in Bangladesh reached 40 degrees Celsius. Citizens trying to avoid the scorching sun have no shelter while…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater action to protect oceans in his message to mark World Oceans Day on Thursday. “The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s greatest reservoir of biodiversity,” he…
The helpless father did not give up till the end; Photo: File New Delhi: After a tragic train accident in India, a helpless father and a desperate brother managed to bring their son and brother alive from the mortuary. According to Indian media, at least 275 people were killed and more than 1100 injured as…
Photo, Indian media A case of reckless endangerment of life has been registered by the police over the train accident that took place in Balasore district of Orissa state. According to Indian media reports, the investigation of the train accident will soon be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The report further stated…
Latest news reports said the death toll is at least 275. More than 1,000 people were hospitalised but close to 800 of those involved in the crash have reportedly been discharged. According to reports, railway officials and India’s minister in charge of the vast network, said on Sunday that a signal fault was the likely…
