Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Ahsan Mohsin & Minal Khan to make an appearance on the Show

Ahsan Mohsin

Minal & Ahsan Mohsin are the most popular pair in Lollywood. They are getting ready to appear on the popular program. She recently appeared in the films Aey Ishq, Nand, and Lockdown. Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram, the most popular pair in Lollywood, are getting ready to appear on the popular program, which is … Read more

COVID limitations slow China’s retail and industry output

China’s economy lost steam in November as manufacturing output slowed. Retail sales prolonged falls. Beijing abandoned some of the world’s strongest anti-virus measures. China’s economy lost steam in November as manufacturing output slowed and retail sales prolonged falls, disappointing estimates and posting their worst readings in six months due to rising COVID-19 infections and widespread … Read more

Asia’s factory output declines as China lockdown impact widens

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China’s private survey reveals a continuation of the PMI downturn. In Japan and South Korea, industrial activity declines. Surveys indicate a deteriorating prognosis for Asia in 2019. China’s rigorous Covid-19 lockdowns and a slowdown in global demand knocked on company mood in November, according to surveys released Thursday. The results showed Asia’s deteriorating economic picture … Read more

This little girl’s ride on roller coaster sums up our lives since 2020

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A video of a young girl’s ride reaction on a rollercoaster at an amusement park has gone viral. Tansu Yegen uploaded the video on Twitter and shared it with his followers. The video has since been seen more than 8 million times. Is it not true that our lives since the year 2020 have been … Read more

Shanghai: Ikea shoppers evacuate as they fail to lockdown the store

Shanghai

There were chaotic scenes at an Ikea store in Shanghai, with customers attempting to flee as security personnel sought to contain them. An attempt was being made by health inspectors to close down the store in the Xuhui district because a consumer had been in close proximity to a positive Covid case. Earlier this year, … Read more

UK shoppers cut spending by most since COVID lockdown in 2021

Total retail spending was 1.1 percent lower than a year ago, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The BRC said its ‘like-for-like’ retail sales indicator, which covers only establishments open in May 2021, showed a 1.5 percent annual decline. British shoppers faced by rising inflation curtailed their spending in May by the most since … Read more

UK’s PM urged to quit over drunken ‘Partygate’ culture

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

After a probe concluded that he presided over a culture of lockdown-breaking parties that included drunken violence among personnel, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson rebuffed calls to quit. Johnson is among dozens of people in Downing Street who have received police fines for breaching Covid regulations since 2020 — making Number 10 the most penalized … Read more

Shanghai to impose tightest restrictions

Shanghai officials will limit access to food and hospitals in some areas of the city over the next three days. It will be the most severe phase of the city’s lengthy lockdown. Commercial food delivery are not permitted, and all visits to hospitals must first be approved. Neighbors of Covid-19 cases, as well as others … Read more

Global stocks and oil slump on China lockdowns, interest rates

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China’s Covid lockdowns contributed to persisting anxieties about the impact of rising US interest rates and growing inflation on world financial markets and oil prices on Monday. Frankfurt, London and Paris all fell more than two percent, as did Tokyo. On Wall Street, the Dow was down nearly two percent in late morning trading, with … Read more

Keir Starmer says cops never contacted him about office beer

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has said that Durham police had not approached him regarding a beer and takeout with staff in a constituency office last year, claiming that he was always “very careful” to follow lockdown guidelines. After days of coverage in the Daily Mail and Conservative MPs requesting authorities to look into the event, the Labour … Read more

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

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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

What is causing the increase in acute hepatitis in young children?

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Health experts throughout the world are looking into a recent and concerning increase in instances of hepatitis in youngsters, but they still don’t have an answer. A variety of ideas are being investigated, including the potential that lockdown and social alienation are to blame for the cluster of incidents. Dr. Tassos Grammatikopoulos is one of … Read more

Boris Johnson finds lockdown gathering ‘excoriating’: Report

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London: The Times said an independent report into lockdown meetings at Boris Johnson’s Downing Street office and residence is “excoriating” and will make life “incredibly difficult” for him. Sue Gray, a senior civil servant, is investigating the events to see if they broke Johnson’s lockdown rules. Her report will not be published until the police … Read more

An unidentified man threatening UC Berkeley students caught; Read more

An unidentified man threatening UC Berkeley students caught; Read more Police caught wind of the danger at around 7:30 a.m. UC Berkeley representative Dan Mogulof said, that the grounds went into lockdown at 9:30 a.m. The lockdown was lifted around 1:30 p.m. And Mogulof said police found the individual associated with the dangers off-grounds at … Read more

China’s largest metropolis reported first COVID-19 deaths since lockdown

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Shanghai said Monday that three individuals have died from COVID-19, the first official death toll from an epidemic that has paralyzed the megacity for weeks, eliciting widespread outrage and rare demonstrations. Since March, a patchwork of restrictions has restricted the majority of the city’s 25 million citizens to their homes or complexes, with daily caseloads … Read more

China economy grows 4.8% in first quarter as virus bites

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China’s economy grew 4.8percent within the first zone, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, warning of “giant demanding situations” beforehand as a resurgence of the coronavirus threatens Beijing’s bold annual goal. The international’s 2d-biggest economy was already losing steam within the latter half of the remaining 12 months with a property droop and regulatory … Read more

PM Johnson to announce illegal migration plan

Boris Johnson

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday lay out his government’s strategy to combat illegal migration and Channel crossings by tiny boats, which is anticipated to include an immigration pact with Rwanda. Punishment for breaching coronavirus lockdown guidelines has cast doubt on Johnson’s future, although record numbers of channel crossings have marked his … Read more

Riots in Shanghai as public runs out of Food supplies after three-weeks Lockdown

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Residents of Shanghai who have been restricted to their houses for two weeks have initiated little “riots” to express their anger with China’s rigorous “COVID-zero” policy. Since March 28, the city has been under lockdown, and people have reported being unable to get basic supplies due to supermarket closures and delivery restrictions. However, images of … Read more

Shanghai native sleep at work and ration food as lockdown chew

Shanghai

By day it’s Romeo’s workplace, by night it’s his home. Like many other financial sector workers in Shanghai, he has moved into the office to keep the wheels of commerce turning during a harsh Covid lockdown of the megacity. Anticipating that creeping closures would catch him out, Romeo decamped to the Pudong district in Shanghai’s … Read more

Shanghai starts easing lockdown in some neighborhoods

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Shanghai decreased restrictions on some neighbourhoods Monday after mounting outcry over inflexible Covid-19 rules that have locked down millions of people, caused food shortages and left thousands in quarantine. officials said they would gradually begin to allow those in areas with the least number of virus cases to leave their communities, although it was unclear … Read more

Shanghai prunes memes from lockdown veg shortage

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SHANGHAI: Bok choy emojis, clips of Gucci gift bags stuffed with celery and video of drones delivering broccoli — vegetable memes are the new currency in Shanghai’s sardonic social media scene, with the city locked down and pining for greens. Those navigating the city’s thicket of Covid-19 restrictions to go shopping this week found long … Read more

Shanghai official says virus response lacking as city grinds to halt

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SHANGHAI: A top Shanghai official conceded Thursday the Chinese financial hub had been “insufficiently prepared” for its latest Covid outbreak, as criticism mounts over lockdowns that have caught residents off guard. The eastern megacity of 25 million has been split in two as part of a rolling lockdown plan to battle China’s worst outbreak in … Read more

Viral: Woman named her pet dog Covid slammed by netizens

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Social media slammed a woman for naming her beloved pet dog after a virus. According to the media, an owner called her beloved doggo Covid. The woman revealed on Reddit why she named her dog after a virus that killed six million people worldwide. She said to the media, “We found a stray puppy during … Read more

Tonga to enforce hard lockdown due to more COVID-19 cases

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SUVA – Tonga will enforce a week-long hard lockdown on Sunday as the island nation reported 258 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours. According to Tonga’s news website Matangi Tonga Online, Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni announced the lockdown, which will be enforced at 5:00 a.m. on Sunday until 5:00 a.m. local time on … Read more

Hong Kong leader rules out China-style lockdown as virus spreads

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HONG KONG : Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said she would not impose a mainland China-style hard lockdown as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date, even as she vowed no switch to living with Covid-19. For more than two years, Hong Kong has followed China’s zero-Covid strategy, but a wave of the … Read more

Russia plans no new virus rules despite case records

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MOSCOW: Russia has no plans to introduce large-scale restrictions to reel in surging coronavirus cases, a senior health official said on Wednesday, despite reporting new infection records for 13 days running. Moscow has been hesitant throughout the pandemic to introduce any restrictions that could hurt the embattled economy. “The healthcare system is coping,” Anna Popova, the head of … Read more

WHO recommends countries ease COVID-19 measures “in steady, slow way”

WHO

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called on countries that are starting to lift COVID-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. “Since the Omicron variant was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 … Read more