L’Imperatrice, a French disco pop band, is getting its California moment two years after the pandemic halted their debut at the iconic Coachella stage. “It’s the icing on top,” Flore Benguigui, a vocalist, told AFP in English. “I think it’s magic,” says the narrator. The six-piece band, who formed in Paris in 2012, has finally … Read more
China introduced a reserve ratio cut on Friday, intended to free up billions of dollars in liquidity as worries intensify over extended Covid regulations that have disrupted businesses across the U.S. The central bank said it would reduce the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by means of zero.25 percent points for most banks starting April 25, … Read more
Vietnamese police arrested the country’s deputy overseas minister on Thursday for allegedly receiving bribes linked to a repatriation flight program for the duration of the pandemic, officers stated. In recent months the communist country has ramped up an anti-corruption pressure, concentrated on government officers and business humans. On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security issued a announcement … Read more
The World Health Organization’s crisis council collectively concurred that this moment isn’t the opportunity to drop the defenses on Covid-19, the gathering’s head told a question and answer session on Wednesday. “The choice was consistent that it isn’t at this point the time,” said Didier Houssin, after the board reasoned that the pandemic actually established … Read more
The world’s top luxury group LVMH said Tuesday the war in Ukraine and Covid-19 lockdowns in China didn’t hold back its first-quarter performance as sales jumped 29 percent from the same period last year to 18 billion euros ($19.5 billion). The performance by the group which contains brands such as Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine, and … Read more
Jane is back on the road after the pandemic and bringing travel lovers a slew of new performances. Jane McDonald, star of Loose Women and a cruise crooner, has been permitted to resume her travels as pandemic restrictions throughout the world begin to relax. The actress has had a difficult few years, having been … Read more
SYDNEY – Hospitals in the Australian state of Victoria will run at an unprecedented capacity level to clear the elective surgery backlog due to COVID-19 restrictions. The state government announced a “COVID Catch-up Plan” on Sunday, promising to raise Victorian hospitals’ capacity by 25 percent in 2023 compared to pre-pandemic levels, allowing an additional 40,000 … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 11,560 new community cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the 11,560 new community infections, 1,931 were in the largest city Auckland. In addition, there were 41 new cases of Covid-19 detected at the NZ border, said the ministry. There are 678 patients … Read more
Shahid Kapoor-starer Jersey is all set to launch on April 14 after the postponement of the film due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Shahid and co-star Mrunal Thakur kicked off the promotions ahead of the release. Shahid on Saturday revealed that the new trailer of the film will be released on April 4 (Monday). The first … Read more
Dua Lipa isn’t allowing the pandemic or the litigation to get the best of her, as the singer has added £5.5 million to her already massive £28 million wealth. According to the Daily Mail, the value of the Levitating singer’s assets on her touring van has reportedly climbed to £32.5 million, while two of her … Read more
After the Covid-19 pandemic postponed the matches last year, Rawalpindi is preparing to host three one-day internationals (ODIs) against the West Indies in June. According to a statement released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday, these one-dayers will be held in conjunction with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. The West … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 329 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday. According to the NCOC, the department in charge of the government’s pandemic response, the overall number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Asian country has increased to 1,523,401. Statistics 25 Mar 22Total … Read more
ISLAMABAD – A downward trend in Pakistan’s daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths has been witnessed after the country reported zero death for the second day Wednesday, according to statistics released by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday. Statistics 24 Mar 22Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 30,054Positive Cases: 210Positivity %: 0.69%Deaths … Read more
LISBON – The Portuguese government announced on Wednesday the extension of the COVID-19 pandemic “alert situation” until April 18, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers. This is the lowest level of alert for disaster situations, according to the Portuguese Basic Law for Civil Protection, and was scheduled to renew on March 30. … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia’s COVID-19 tally rose to 468,700 after 46 new local infections were recorded over the past 24 hours, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, no new deaths were reported in the past day, and the country’s COVID-19 death toll remains at 2,108, the ministry said. So far, 66.8 percent of … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,010,971 on Tuesday with 1,581 new cases registered in the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Another 33 deaths due to the pandemic were recorded since Monday morning, taking the death toll to 516,543. Currently there are 23,913 active COVID-19 … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 20,907 new community cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Among the new community infections, 4,291 were in the largest city Auckland. The rest of the cases were identified across the nation, including 3,488 in Canterbury, according to the ministry. In addition, there were … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea recorded 353,980 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Monday compared to 24 hours ago, bringing the total number of infections to 9,936,540, the health authorities said Tuesday. The daily caseload was sharply up from 209,165 in the previous day, marking the first rebound in five days, according to the Korea Disease … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 2,281 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission’s Tuesday report showed. Of the new local infections, 1,902 were reported in Jilin, 110 in Fujian, 67 in Liaoning, 43 in Heilongjiang, 31 in Shanghai, 25 each in Shandong and Guangdong, 14 in Jiangxi and 11 in Hebei. … Read more
Cotton prices in the United States have risen to a historic high in the last two decades amid ongoing drought in the central parts of the country. The plant fiber reached $1.3171 per pound (about 453 grams) on the key US futures contract, the highest since July 2011. Rainfall has been exceptionally low since early … Read more
ULAN BATOR – Mongolia recorded 77 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest since March 7, 2021, when 67 daily cases were reported, the country’s health ministry said on Friday. With the new infections, the national tally increased to 468,495, the ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll … Read more
VIENTIANE – Laos registered 1,508 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, exceeding the 1,000 mark for the first time since Jan. 19, bringing the national tally to 150,639. Latsamy Vongkhamsao, deputy director general of the Department of Communicable Disease Control under the Lao Ministry of Health, told a press conference in the Lao … Read more
SEOUL – South Korea reported 407,017 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 8,657,609, the health authorities said Friday. The daily caseload was sharply down from a record high of 621,328 in the previous day, but it marked the second-highest number, according to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 27,004 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Thursday, bringing the national total to 3,927,437, according to the health ministry. There are 719 new imported cases, with 26,285 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 86 deaths have been reported, bringing the death toll to 34,185. … Read more
NEW DELHI – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,004,005 on Friday as 2,528 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 149 deaths due to the pandemic since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 516,281. There are still 29,181 active COVID-19 … Read more
BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 2,388 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, up from 1,226 on Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Friday. Of the new local infections, 1,834 were reported in the province of Jilin, 113 in Fujian, 74 in Guangdong, and 61 in Tianjin and Shandong respectively. The rest of the cases … Read more
HANOI – Vietnam has switched its target in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic from controlling infections to controlling serious cases and deaths only, while heading to remove the disease from its “especially dangerous” list. The approach has been specified in a government resolution issued Thursday about COVID-19 prevention and control work in 2022 and 2023. … Read more
WELLINGTON – New Zealand reported 14,128 new community cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The ministry also reported five deaths with COVID-19. The total number of publicly reported COVID-19-related deaths is 156 in the country, it said. Among the infections reported on Friday, 3,498 cases were in the … Read more
