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People speaking up against growing “pandemic” of “institutional racism” in UK

Posted on November 30, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP):After the British-Pakistani cricketer Azeem Rafiq recently spoke up against the “institutional racism” in the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, one of the top clubs in the UK, people are speaking up in the country against the bigotry they had been facing in […]

New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe

Posted on November 29, 2021 by News Desk

The Hague, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief said governments faced a “race against time” to understand the strain. Indonesia announced similar entry restrictions on Sunday and Angola […]

Living among the mafia blurs lines in Italy’s south

Posted on November 28, 2021 by News Desk

Vibo Valentia, Italy, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Two years ago, thousands of people in the Calabrian city of Vibo Valentia took to the streets on Christmas Eve morning to celebrate a massive police sweep that netted hundreds of alleged mafia members. For those living under the shadow […]

Swedish embassy, UN Women Pakistan kicks off global drive against gender-based violence

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):As the ’16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign has kicked off across the globe, the Swedish embassy and UN Women Pakistan Friday organized an event titled ‘2020 in retrospective – Celebrating Pledges Made to End Violence Against Women’. The Swedish […]

French fishermen block ferries, Channel Tunnel in post-Brexit row

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

Calais, France, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):French fishermen on Friday disrupted cross-Channel traffic for several hours in protest at the post-Brexit fishing rights granted by Britain, blocking ferries and freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel. Half a dozen fishing boats blocked access to ferries at the northern […]

Muslim mason sculpts shrines for Bangladesh’s Hindu dead

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Tuba Zafar

Barisal, Bangladesh, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community has endured waves of violence and persecution, but one Muslim artisan has devoted his talents to shepherding their dead along a peaceful journey to the next life. Taher Ali Khan has crafted thousands of shrines to departed […]

Experts fear progression of infectious diseases in wake of Afghan refugees’ influx to Pakistan

Posted on November 21, 2021 by News Desk

PESHAWAR, Nov 21 (APP):Hanzala Hamzullah, a middle-aged businessman with bulky appearance, considered an itching skin rash on toes of his right foot as a routine reaction to a mosquito bite, but extra swelling, severe pain and conversion of infected site into a fully blown up […]

PM’s Billions Trees Honey Program: A sustainable livelihood initiative to alleviate poverty, bolster honey’s exports

Posted on November 21, 2021 by News Desk

PESHAWAR, Nov 21 (APP):With the start of winter season, the consumption of honey products have increased manifold in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where most people made the world’s famous Pakistan’s ‘Bair and Palosa’ honey part of their diets to keep themselves healthy and warm besides avoiding chest […]

Faulty sewerage system, unhygienic drinking water increase risks of water-borne diseases

Posted on November 21, 2021 by News Desk

MULTAN, Nov 21 (APP):More than 30-year-old sewerage system coupled with dearth of clean drinking water has made the residents faced with water-borne diseases, particularly the lower strata of the society who had little access to basic necessities of life. Growing urbanization followed by unsustainable water […]

Belarus says to hold EU talks on migrant crisis

Posted on November 18, 2021 by News Desk

Moscow, Nov 17 (AFP/APP):Belarus said Wednesday that President Alexander Lukashenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone call that Minsk and the EU should discuss the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border. Germany, however, did not confirm any Belarus-EU talks, saying that Merkel […]

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People speaking up against growing “pandemic” of “institutional racism” in UK

New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe

Living among the mafia blurs lines in Italy’s south

Swedish embassy, UN Women Pakistan kicks off global drive against gender-based violence

French fishermen block ferries, Channel Tunnel in post-Brexit row

Muslim mason sculpts shrines for Bangladesh’s Hindu dead

Experts fear progression of infectious diseases in wake of Afghan refugees’ influx to Pakistan

PM’s Billions Trees Honey Program: A sustainable livelihood initiative to alleviate poverty, bolster honey’s exports

Faulty sewerage system, unhygienic drinking water increase risks of water-borne diseases

Belarus says to hold EU talks on migrant crisis

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