Author: JhonMike

More than 100 university students, volunteers and nature lovers participated in the hiking and cleanup drive of the Margalla Hills Trail-5 on Sunday despite inclement weather. From the winding paths of Trail-5, they picked trash, including empty bottles, used shopping bags, juice cans and tissue paper. The hiking-cum-cleanliness expedition was organised by a local non-government […]

Covid-19 has infected more than 265M people and killed over 5.2M worldwide.Here are some of the latest coronavirus-related developments for December 5: Sunday, December 5, 2021 Omicron variant infection rises as US hospitals strain under Delta New York has announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing the number of state […]

Officials said at least one person was killed and 41 people were suffering from burn injuries, while evacuation efforts were hampered by thick smoke. Indonesia’s Mount Semeru has erupted, spewing out a tower of smoke and ash that killed at least one person, plunged local communities into darkness and forced thousands of nearby residents to […]

French and Saudi leaders called Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati to stress that Paris and Riyadh were committed to supporting Lebanon through its crisis. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a Saudi-French initiative to solve a diplomatic row between several Gulf states and Lebanon. Macron, who was in Saudi Arabia for talks with Crown Prince […]

​​​​UN special rapporteur Obokata said about 1 percent of Sri Lankan children are involved in some type of child labor, most of it considered hazardous. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by contemporary forms of slavery, with females predominantly filling jobs in demanding sectors such as plantation, garment industry and domestic labour. Women and girls […]

Covid-19 has infected more than 265M people and killed over 5.2M worldwide. Here are some of the latest coronavirus-related developments: Saturday, December 4, 2021 Australia Omicron variant spreads, testing reopening plans The Omicron coronavirus variant spread in Australia, testing plans to reopen the economy as a cluster in Sydney grew to 13 cases and an […]

President Biden’s administration will restart a controversial Trump-era border programme that forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US immigration hearings, in keeping with a federal court order. Nearly two-thirds of migrants caught crossing US-Mexico border this fiscal year have been expelled. (AP) US has reluctantly announced plans to accept the Trump-era policy which […]

Covid-19 has infected more than 263M people and killed over 5.2M worldwide. Here are the latest coronavirus-related developments Thursday, December 2, 2021 WHO warns of dangers of vaccination apathy WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has issued stern warnings on the dangers of vaccination apathy. “Globally, we have a toxic mix of low vaccine coverage, and […]

Some 31 donors to Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund must approve fund transfer to World Food Program and UNICEF, Reuters news agency reports. World Bank’s board has endorsed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis. Two sources familiar with the matter told […]

The 2021 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is scheduled to take place from the 2nd – 11th of December, 2021 in Las Vegas. The NFR takes place annually at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on the University of Las Vegas. The Wrangler NFR is the grand finale of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys […]