World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’

World News in Brief: Latest Sudan fighting displaces thousands, second malaria vaccine, Russian dissidents ‘disappeared’

Wad Madani is located some 140 kilometres southeast of the war-torn capital Khartoum and sits at the heart of Al Jazirah state, known as Sudan’s breadbasket.  Nearly half a million people have fled to the state since war broke out in April between the Sudanese Army and a rival military group known as the Rapid…

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Due to lack of vaccine, increase in influenza, Sindh more affected

Due to lack of vaccine, increase in influenza, Sindh more affected

symbolic image. In the context of increasing cases of seasonal influenza/flu in Pakistan, the advisory of the National Institute of Health Islamabad has said that cases of influenza have increased across the country. According to federal authorities, more than 33,000 cases of ILI or influenza-like illness were reported last week. The highest number of influenza…

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