Author Archives: Dunya

WHO seeks new mechanism for crisis vaccine supplies at low cost

The World Health Organization, drugmakers and humanitarian groups are hammering out details of a new vaccine supply system aimed at getting vital shots to vulnerable people in crises such as wars or natural disasters. The mechanism, which so far has British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline signed up to provide its pneumonia vaccine at the lowest possible price, will ask other major pharmaceutical ...

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Paralympics chief apologizes to IOC’s Bach over prank call

International Paralympic Committee chief Phil Craven has apologized in a letter to the International Olympic Committee for comments he made about IOC President Thomas Bach during a prank call, a source said on Wednesday. Craven made disparaging comments about Bach and two IOC members this month in a call he thought was with former Olympic track and field champion Edwin ...

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British director Ken Loach debuts ‘I, Daniel Blake’ in London

eteran British director Ken Loach debuted his latest film in London on Tuesday, which explores how Britain’s social security system pushes a downtrodden carpenter and a single mother of two into poverty in the northeastern city of Newcastle. “I, Daniel Blake,” which opens in UK theaters on Friday and in U.S. theaters in December, stars comedian Dave Johns as joiner ...

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Focus on Britain’s post-Brexit future

Prime Minister Theresa May will tell European Union leaders on Thursday it is time to start talking about future EU ties with Britain and put paid to suggestions her government might reconsider Brexit. A source in May’s office said the prime minister would use a dinner at an EU summit in Brussels, her first since she was appointed premier following ...

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Clinton and Trump open debate with sharp exchange on abortion

LAS VEGAS,   Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton clashed on abortion rights on Wednesday as they opened their third and last U.S. presidential debate with a substantive policy discussion on the Supreme Court and the top issues it faces. In contrast to the fiery personal attacks of the first two debates, Clinton and Trump had a sharp but ...

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Los Angeles jury rejects lawsuit accusing NBA star Rose of rape

National Basketball Association star Derrick Rose was cleared by a federal court jury on Wednesday of accusations in a $21.5 million civil lawsuit that he and two friends drugged and gang-raped his former girlfriend in 2013. The predominantly white jury of six women and two men deliberated for about three hours before unanimously rejecting the allegations against the 28-year-old, three-time ...

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India Again Violates Ceasefire At LOC

Foreign office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria has said that India had twice violated the ceasefire along the line of control at Karela sector. Two children were injured due to unprovoked firing by Indians in village Palani at loc. Three years old girl and an eleven years old boy sustained injuries and were shifted to hospital for treatment. Nafees zakriya said pakistan ...

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Russia says worried militants in Iraq’s Mosul may flee for Syria

The head of Russia’s General Staff said on Wednesday Moscow was concerned that militants holed up in the Iraqi city of Mosul might escape to Syria, saying they should be killed on the spot instead. “It’s essential not to chase the terrorists from one country to another but to destroy them on the spot,” Valery Gerasimov said in a statement. ...

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Modric signs renewal with Real Madrid

Croatia international Luka Modric signed a two-year contract extension with Real Madrid on Wednesday  that will keep him at the club until 2020. The midfielder joined Real from Bayern Tottenham Hotspur in 2012 and signs the new contract just weeks after midfield partner Toni Kroos also extended his deal with the Spanish club. The 31-year-old has secured two UEFA Champions ...

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Two American advisers killed, three wounded in Afghan capital

KABUL – A gunman in an Afghan army uniform on Wednesday shot dead at least two American advisers and wounded three more near a base in the Afghan capital before being killed himself, officials said. The American deaths included one soldier and one civilian, while one soldier and two civilians were injured and in stable condition, the U.S. military command ...

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