Islamabad, June 28 (IANS) The number of COVID-19 cases have increased to 201,414, while the death toll stood at 4,098, it was reported on Sunday.

The new tallies were reached after the country reported 3,709 cases and 94 deaths over the past 24 hours, reports Dawn news.

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Kabul, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has urged the Taliban to end the continued violence in the country and instead come forward to start the intra-Afghan talks.

Speaking to Senators at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, Ghani stressed the need for a swift start to the intra-Afghan peace process, TOLO News

Kuwait City, Measures imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in Kuwait are believed to have increased suicide cases in the country, according to a media report.

Forty suicide cases and 15 failed attempts, mainly among Asian expatriates, have been recorded in Kuwait since late February, Gulf News quote

Beijing, The profits of China's major industrial companies dropped by 19.3 per cent year on year between January and May this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.

According to the NBS, industrial profits stood at 1.84 trillion yuan ($260 billion) for th

New York, Researchers have developed tools to improve the analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data which may pave the way for improving schizophrenia treatment.

The image analysis method developed by the researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the US is called ind

Singapore, Singapore will work with various parties to develop vaccines and distribute them fairly and quickly to all countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a virtual summit.

Lee made the remarks on Saturday while speaking at the Global Goal: Unite for our Future Pledging Summit, held as an online event

Washington, Politicians in Mississippi have taken a major step towards removing the Confederate emblem from the flag of the US state.

On Saturday, both chambers of the Republican-led state congress voted to begin the process of changing the flag, the BBC reported.

The vote passed in both chambers of

London, Countries like the US, the UK and Germany should prepare for a long slow recovery with prolonged periods of instability in the wake on Covid-19 pandemic, a new research has warned.

The team from University of Surrey's Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) found that even before th

Mexico City, Mexican authorities have carried out a series of raids while investigating the attempted assassination of the capital city's police chief, according to local media.

Twenty-eight people attacked Omar Garcia Harfuch's armoured vehicle at dawn on Friday on Paseo de la Reforma, a boulevard that le

London, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged that his government will "not go back to the austerity of 10 years ago", a media report said on Sunday.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Johnson set out his plans for a post-lockdown economic recovery, reports the BBC.

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