Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Covid-19 in Pakistan soars with above 2% positivity rate

Covid-19 Pakistan

Covid cases on rise in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh 113 active cases in KP NCOC recommends citizens to wear masks regularly Covid-19 positivity ratio in Pakistan is continuing to rise on daily basis, with at least 103 new Covid-19 cases were reported within the country in past 24 hours, the National Institute of Health (NIH) reported. … Read more

Peter Dinklage all set to lead cast of The Dark Western

  • Peter Dinklage is set to begin production soon.
  • Peter will be joined in the Tubi Films project by Juliette Lewis.
  • The film was in pre-production in 2020 but was ultimately pushed back due to the Covid pandemic.

The dark western ‘The Thicket,’ starring ‘Game of Thrones‘ star Peter Dinklage, is set to begin production soon. He will also direct and produce the film, which is currently in production in Calgary, Canada.

According to reports, Peter will be joined in the Tubi Films project by Juliette Lewis, Esme Creed-Miles, Levon Hawke, Leslie Grace, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Macon Blair, Ned Dennehy, Andrew Schulz, Arliss Howard, and Metallica rocker James Hetfield.

Based on Joe R. Lansdale’s novel of the same name, ‘The Thicket’ follows a young man named Jack (Levon) on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula (Creed-Miles) after she is kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill (Juliette) and her gang.

Jack enlists the assistance of bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage), the alcoholic son of an ex-slave (Gbenga), and a street-smart prostitute to rescue her (Leslie). They track Cut Throat Bill down to The Big Thicket, where blood and chaos reign.

According to reports, the film has long been a passion project for Peter Dinklage, and he has been attached to the adaptation for over a decade.

The film was in pre-production in 2020 but was ultimately pushed back due to the Covid pandemic.

“I’m so excited to bring Joe Lansdale’s riveting story to the screen,” said Peter Dinklage, 53. A journey into the heart of darkness in search of love and its rightful place.”

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Akshay Kumar admits, he is still working on his stamina

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar is one of the fittest actors of bollywood. Emraan Hashmi & Akshay Kumar has collaborated for the first time. Akshay Kumar revealed that he was losing stamina due to Covid. Akshay Kumar, one of Bollywood’s fittest actors, is currently promoting his upcoming film, Selfiee. He has collaborated with Emraan Hashmi for the first … Read more

India advances Covid surveillance following China’s growth

India

Indian health ministry on high alert after Covid peak in China. Genomes of all positive cases nationwide to be sequenced. Extra to be extra careful over the Christmas and New Year holidays. The health ministry of Andia is on high alert after a spike in Covid cases in neighbouring China. States have been ordered by … Read more

500 New York couples join a mass celebration after pandemic-hit weddings

New York

About 500 couples celebrate their unions in New York. The event is aimed at healing the wounds of the COVID-19 pandemic. Couples walk in procession before symbolic ceremony by imam, rabbi and pastor. In an event in New York on Sunday intended to mend the scars caused by the COVID-19 outbreak; some 500 couples celebrated … Read more

Fully Vaccinated teenager mysteriously Dies Of COVID-19 in India

COVID

Fully vaccinated Indian teenager dies after 5 days in hospital. The teenager tested positive for the virus last week. It is yet unknown how he contracted the disease. Before contracting the disease, the teenager had received both doses of the covid-19 vaccine. According to authorities, the teenager with the first name Shubham was accepted into … Read more

Dubai urges use of smart apps to order Eid Al Adha sacrifices

Eid Al Adha

Dubai residents urged to use smart apps to order sacrificial animals. Muslims mark Eid by buying sheep and goats to sacrifice. The emirate is experiencing a wave of coronavirus, forcing abattoirs to cope. Veterinarians are called in to inspect the sheep at an abattoir ahead of one of Islam’s major holidays,Eid Al Adha in Dubai, … Read more

Canada PM Justin Trudeau says contracted Covid a second time

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time in less than five months, he said Monday, adding that he feels fine but is isolating. “I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating,” the Canadian leader said on Twitter, adding: “I feel okay.” Trudeau, who … Read more

The emerging viruses of the 21st century

virus

Covid-19 is caused by a coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which emerged in late 2019 in China. MERS was detected for the first time in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. Ebola has since set off series of epidemics in Africa, killing around 15,000 people. The recent surge in monkeypox cases in previously uninfected regions, combined with the Covid-19 epidemic, … Read more

FDA Advisory Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to U.S

Novavax

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine could be available to Americans as soon as this week. Vaccine’s advantages outweigh risks by a vote of 21 to 0. Before delivering the shots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must approve. Novavax:A new COVID-19 vaccine could be available to Americans as soon as this week. According to Barron’s, the … Read more

US private hiring slows in May amid worker shortage

US

US businesses reduced hiring in May, owing to an ongoing labour shortage. Private employment rose by 128,000 positions last month. ADP’s data could foreshadow weaker hiring last month in the US economy. According to an industry poll released on Thursday, US businesses reduced hiring in May, owing to an ongoing labour shortage and increasing inflation. … Read more

Samsung Reduces its Smartphone Production by 30 Million

Samsung

Samsung is expected to decrease its smartphone manufacturing by 30 million units, according to recent estimates. The world has changed dramatically since the Covid-19 pandemic. Companies have found it challenging to stay afloat in the market due to supply chain bottlenecks and financial challenges. According to a new report from Maeil Business in South Korea, … Read more

Kim Jong Un carries coffin at N. Korean military officer’s funeral

North Korea

Without a mask North Korean state media stated Monday that Kim Jong Un was among the pallbearers at a public funeral for a key military leader, only days after Pyongyang claimed control of the Covid-19 outbreak. Kim on Sunday attended the funeral of Hyon Chol Hae, a Korean People’s Army marshal and reportedly Kim’s mentor, … Read more

Biden, Yoon signal expanded military drills due to N. Korea ‘threat’

Biden

President Joe Biden of the United States and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea both signalled an increased military presence in response to North Korea’s “threat,” while also pledging to assist the isolated state in the face of a Covid-19 outbreak. After meeting in Seoul on Biden’s first trip to Asia as president, … Read more

Jewish pilgrims back in Tunisia after Covid absence

Hundreds of Jewish worshippers came to Tunisia’s oldest synagogue on Wednesday, renewing an annual pilgrimage that had been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic for the past two years. Pilgrims passed through airport-style scanners and passed a heavy, armed police guard to enter the whitewashed Ghriba synagogue on the southern Tunisian resort island … Read more

Jon Batiste tests positive for COVID-19 after attending Met Gala 2022

Jon Batiste

After testing positive for COVID-19, Jon Batiste’s new show American Symphony at Carnegie Hall has been postponed. Jon Batiste tested positive for COVID-19 two days after attending New York City’s Met Gala 2022. The singer stated on Thursday that he and his staff had caught COVID-19 and that his next Carnegie Hall performance would be … Read more

‘No choice’: Shanghai residents sent out of city during Covid crackdown

covid

Lucy, a Shanghai resident, said she and her neighbors were bundled into buses and driven hundreds of kilometers away from the city’s lockdown to a makeshift quarantine center in the middle of the night. Most of Shanghai’s 25 million residents have been confined to their homes for weeks as the city battles a major Covid … Read more

Biden, Trevor Noah headline White House journalists’ gala dinner

White House

The president and his jokes have returned, the Covid masks have been removed, and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a glamorous event that brings together Washington politics, the media, and Hollywood on Saturday, has begun. The White House press corps association, the WHCA, has hosted presidents for an annual black tie dinner starting with Calvin … Read more

Ozzy Osbourne has Covid-19

Covid

Sharon Osbourne is taking a break from her new work to assist her husband who got Covid-19. “The Talk UK,” Osbourne’s new talk show, tweeted a video on Thursday in which she tearfully shared the news that Ozzy Osbourne had tested positive. “But I spoke to him and he’s okay,” Osbourne said. “I am very worried about Ozzy … Read more

Taiwan launches Asian Pride Games despite spike in Covid cases

Taiwan kicked off the first Asian Pride Games on Friday with a colorful ceremony that drew hundreds of athletes and spectators, as the island abandons its zero-Covid policy despite an increase in infections. The games are the successor to The Straits Games, founded in Malaysia 20 years ago and considered the first international gay sports … Read more

Colombian protesters clash with police on anniversary of unrest

protesters

Hundreds of demonstrators battled with police in various Colombian cities on the one-year anniversary of a huge revolt against outgoing conservative President Ivan Duque. In Bogota, Medellin and Popayan, hooded protesters threw stones, Molotov cocktails and fireworks at riot officers. Police responded with flash bombs, non-lethal ammunition and tear gas. One protester was wounded in … Read more

Barclays profit drops in first quarter on higher costs

Barclays

Barclays posted an 18% reduction in net earnings in the first quarter due to litigation and bad debt losses on Thursday. Profit after tax declined to £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion, 1.7 billion euros) compared with the first three months of 2021, Barclays said in an earnings statement. Barclays booked an already-flagged litigation hit of £500 million … Read more

IQM’s Quantum Fabrication Facility Gets 35 Million Boost

Finland

IQM Quantum Computers has received EUR35 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help expedite the development and commercialization of quantum processors produced at Europe’s first quantum-dedicated fabrication facility in Espoo, Finland. The loan is part of the European Guarantee Fund’s venture debt programme, which was created to help small and medium-sized businesses affected … Read more

Moderna seeks US authorization for Covid vaccine in children under 6

Moderna

Moderna, a US biotech company, announced on Thursday that it had submitted an emergency use authorization request for its Covid vaccination for children aged six months to under six years in the United States. Very young children are the only group that are yet to be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine in the United States … Read more

Nepal bans foreign liquor and TVs to avert forex crisis

liquor

Nepal has prohibited imported booze, playing cards, and nearly a dozen other “non-essential” items to solve the Himalayan country’s rising trade deficit and dwindling foreign currency reserves, according to officials. Falling remittances and tourism earnings, combined with a blowout budget deficit, have severely dented Nepal’s fiscal position during the Covid-19 pandemic. The central bank has … Read more

Stock markets rise on busy corporate earnings day

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Investors digested a spate of company results on Thursday, and shrugged off a worse-than-expected US  economic downturn. In foreign exchange, the dollar traded around 20-year peaks versus the yen and at the highest level in more than five years against the euro as the Federal Reserve aggressively hikes US interest rates. Trading is volatile across major … Read more

The world of vaccines, before and after Covid

Covid

The Covid-19 pandemic has irrevocably altered the world’s connection with vaccinations, spurring tremendous production and innovation while leaving poorer countries behind. AFP examines the current situation as World Immunization Week approaches. Vaccines for more than 20 life-threatening diseases prevent between two to three million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization. Until Covid-19, … Read more

Cook Islands records first Covid death

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The Cook Islands, a tiny South Pacific nation, confirmed its first coronavirus-related death on Sunday, more than two years after the outbreak began. On the island of Aitutaki late Saturday, a 63-year-old woman with underlying health issues died on her way to the hospital. “It is with great sadness that I announce that we have … Read more