Vaxxing, not waxing, is the new must-do before a date, with dating apps joining the White House on Friday to promote Covid shots. Tinder, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, BLK, Chispa, Plenty of Fish, Bumble, and Badoo are adding vaccination status to the expected details on dating profiles as part of a rollout over the next few weeks. Getting the...
Geneva: The India-dominant coronavirus variant has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization report showed on May 26. Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency's weekly epidemiological update showed, taking the total to...
Jerusalem: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel's response would be "very powerful" if Hamas violated the truce that ended 11 days of conflict with the Gaza militants. "If Hamas breaks the calm and attacks Israel, our response will be very powerful," the Israeli premier said, following a meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony...
Brussels: Airlines re-routed flights to avoid Belarus's airspace and Belarusian planes faced a possible ban from Europe, as international outrage mounted over Minsk forcing down a jetliner and arresting a dissident journalist on board. Western nations accused Belarus of hijacking and piracy over the interception of the Ryanair plane as it crossed the country on a...
New Delhi: In a path-breaking development, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev held consultations on United States-Russia relations in the run-up to the summit between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on June 16. The two NSA talked about strategic stability between...
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked 12 officials of the Indian High Commission (IHC) here to quarantine, along with their family members and drivers, after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus since their arrival from India last week, the Foreign Office said. A group of 12 officials and their family members crossed over to Pakistan through...
By K.S. Tomar Nepal will have midterm polls following the ouster of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, but unfortunately the elections come at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is raging there. Though elections are due in November, this forced distraction for the nation has come about only due to the obstinate politics of the ousted...
Washington: The status of US security assistance to Pakistan that was suspended by the previous Trump administration hasn't changed, the Pentagon said. "At this time, the US security assistance to Pakistan is still suspended. I will not get into speculating one way or another about if or whether that will change going forward," Pentagon Press Secretary...
Beijing: China again defended its controversial USD 60 billion CPEC project with Pakistan, disregarding India's protests as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying it is an economic initiative and has not affected its principled stand on the Kashmir issue. Leaders of China and Pakistan have praised the progress of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
