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  African Soccer Cup of Nations, which was scheduled to take place in Cameroon in January, has been postponed until 2022. The Covid-19 pandemic has suspended football across most of the continent since March 2020.

Saudi school has topped the world record for the longest chain of bottle caps. Staff and children at the British International School of Jeddah (BISJ) threaded together 323,103 caps to break the previous Guinness World Records title of 260,866 gained in the Netherlands.

    JA Manafaru Maldives  has recently announced its anticipated re-opening, proposed for October 2020. Positioned at the most Northern tip of Maldives in the beautiful Haa Alifu Atoll, JA Manafaru offers privacy, space and distance from other islands as it sits perfectly where the Arabian Sea meets the vast Indian Ocean. The remote location is beyond the rest of the islands’ cluster, offering natural landscapes to explore. The award-winning resort describes this as ‘the true Maldivian experience’, whereby guests have the sense of ‘discovering’ a pristine natural landscape uninterrupted by an excess of tourists. On the island itself, this peace of mind is further enhanced by individual accommodation options ranging from 135 sqm to 1600 sqm, providing complete privacy along with dedicated private pools and outdoor dining. As with all properties within the  JA Resorts & Hotels  portfolio, JA Manafaru Maldives is following a full programme of safety and sanitization which includes gov

Millions of more people are likely to go hungry this year because of the coronavirus crisis, the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, said Monday, as it announced plans for a massive boost to its global aid operation so it can reach them. In an alert, WFP head David Beasley said that new estimates show that 270 million people face food insecurity by the end of this year.  

C hina and Pakistan ought to expand cooperation in tourism given the huge natural endowments in Pakistan, Dr. Wang Yingying, a research fellow and Vice Secretary-General of Chengdu Institute of World Affairs said. Pakistan has been rated the best holiday destination and the third most potential adventure destination in the world for 2020 by Chinese high-end travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler. In 2019, the Forbes and the World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report termed Pakistan as one of the “coolest places” to visit and one of the world heritage global tourism destinations, Dr. Wang Yingying pinpointed while talking to Cheng Xizhong, Special Commentator of China Economic Net and Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law during a seminar held in Chengdu. Blessed with diversified tourism resources, Pakistan embraces unique natural scenes as well as historical and cultural heritages. The snow-capped Himalayas and the sunny beaches of

Many countries of Europe are opting for smart or selective lockdowns. to fight against  coronavirus pandemic without imperiling the economy and pushing huge masses into margins of unemployment, hunger and poverty. This approach is vehemently and consistently advocated by Pakistani prime Minister Imran Khan. According to a report of Ferdinando Giugliano, a renowned columnist on the European economics for the ‘Bloomberg View’, said the European Union countries are experimenting with new ways of dealing with the coronavirus. Germany, Portugal and Italy have all enforced selective or “smart” lockdowns, shutting down smaller regions in response to new outbreaks as opposed to bringing their entire countries to a halt. This approach is the only hope of returning to a more normal life as we wait for a vaccine. 

  Pa kistani Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has decided to refund Government Hajj Scheme dues following the Saudi decision of excluding pilgrims from outside Saudi Arabia from performing hajj this year.   banks would start cash return of the deposited hajj dues of Government Scheme pilgrims from 2nd July. The applicants should contact Accounts Officer Refund on telephone No: 051-9208465 in case of any difficulty in refunding process. Hajj inquiry number 051-9205696; 051- 9216980-82 A total of 86,765 intending pilgrims were picked through general balloting from out of 149,295 applicants. A total 179,210 Pakistanis were going to perform hajj this year including 107,526 under government scheme and 71,684 under private scheme.

Pa kistan's Covid-19 recoveries have crossed 92,000 out of 203,000 confirmed cases   according to the government's database for Covid-19 ,  5,718 people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of   recoveries to 92,624 and more than 4100 died.   

   Philippine government has repatriated more than 56,000 of its nationals, most of whom were left jobless abroad due to the global Covid-19 emergency since    March 22, & almost  38,000 more are expected to return in the coming weeks.  167,000 Filipino workers are currently stranded in their host countries, only   88,000 of them are in Saudi Arabia.  Funds for the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic may run out by the end of August, officials said in Manila

All hospitals in Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafrah region are now free of Covid-19 cases.    the Covid-free healthcare facilities in Al Dhafra are: Madinat Zayed, Ghayathi, Dalma, Al Sila, Al Marfa, Liwa and Ruwais hospitals.,  Abu Dhabi's Department of Health announced that Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City and Al Ain's Tawam Hospital had discharged their last Covid-19 patients yesterday.  The Adnec field hospital and Mediclinic facilities were also declared Covid-free last week.

T he Beijing Health Commission said  yesterday  that 17 new locally transmitted COVID- 19 cases were recorded, raising total infected to 297 since June 11, when the first case from Beijing’s market cluster was detected. Out of total 17 cases, 15 were reported in Fengtai districts , four asymptomatic cases were also registered in the Chinese capital. In addition, four cases were reported in Guangdong, Shanghai and Gansu, all from overseas. According to a report released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the ongoing novel coronavirus cluster in Beijing was not caused by animals.

        U .S. Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden has expressed disappointment over India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.  Indian government should take all necessary steps to restore the rights of people of the   Kashmir.

  Pakistan going to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor by June 29, after it was temporarily closed on March 16 this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was announced by Pakistani government. Pakistan has also conveyed to the Indian side to reopen Kartarpur Corridor on the said date on the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a statement.  The Kartarpur Corridor was inaugurated on November 9, 2019 by Pskistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. The opening of the Corridor on the eve of the 550th Birth Anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.

  114 years Ethiopian man defeated  the coronovirus and recovered from Covid-19 one of     the doctor who treated him said " incredible". Aba Tilahun Woldemichael's family says he is 114, which would make him the world's oldest man.  People over the age of 80 are considered to be among the most vulnerable if they catch the virus. The centenarian, who is an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian monk, is now being looked after at home by his grandson.  

Prime Minister of Pakistan  Imran Khan is scheduled to visit Muzaffarbad today mainly to launch Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program for around 138, 275 families living along the Line of Control (LoC). On the prime minister’s directive, around 138, 275 families of 219 villages living along LoC had been entitled for the emergency cash assistance of Rs 12,000 to be given to the women of the said households. The relief had been granted to the families as they lived under a constant risk of unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces and had suffered the losses of both lives and properties.

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,  expecting  coronavirus cases to reach 10 millions by next week. Tender in a news briefing in Geneva, backed Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban pilgrims from abroad from attending the annual Hajj pilgrimage to help limit the spread of the deadly disease. He said WHO supporting many countries in dealing with difficulties obtaining oxygen concentration, devices that boost the flow of oxygen to support the breathing of COVID-19 sufferers. Tedros said that more than 9.1 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported so far and more than 470,000 deaths.  

  Three  three were arrested for allegedly trying to sell two infants on Facebook owned social networking site, Instagram in Iran. Tehran’s police chief, Brig-Gen Hossein Rahimi revealed that the infants being sold were a 20 day old and two months old in age .   Brig-Gen Rahimi told the media that the police was alerted on the matter when controversial ads showing babies up for sale started popping up on Instagram feeds and were subsequently reported.

  Etihad Airways is the third airline of the UAE after Fly Dubai and Emirates to have temporarily suspended its flight operation for outbound passengers Etihad Airways resumed its two weekly flights from Karachi and Lahore on June 13 after a gap of 55 days and was planning to operate flights from Islamabad. The airline earlier suspended flights to Pakistan on March 21 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Former Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Syed Munawar Hasan passed away on Friday at a hospital in Karachi  where he was under treatment for the past few days 

  At least 20 million  in the US may already have been infected with Covid-19, according to the latest estimate by health officials. T he Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the true number of cases is likely to be 10 times higher than the reported figure. The US has recorded 2.4m confirmed infections and 122,370 deaths.  

 Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) here Tuesday confirmed that a further seven players and a   player support personnel tested postive Covid-19 from a total of 35 who were tested The PCB had organised these tests in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar on Monday, said a spokesman for the PCB.

A leading Chinese sci-tech enterprise has donated five industrial UAVs to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to assist Pakistan in the fight against the pandemic and locust attack.  Chairman of Board of Sunwin Intelligent Co., Ltd. Mr Zhou Yong, donated UAVs to NDMA at a ceremony. Muhammad Irfan, Trade and Investment Consular of Consulate General of Pakistan in Guangzhou attended the donation ceremony. Addressing on the occasion, Muhammad Irfan said that Pakistan and China are as close as brothers. No matter what challenges affront, the two sides have been always offering selfless help and support to each other at the earliest opportunity. He expressed that the friendship between the two countries will be even stronger 

S peaking on the budget in the National Assembly, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said exports of Pakistan had  been rising at the fastest rate early this year and International agencies had rated Pakistan at B3, which was recognition of country's improving economy at that time. He said the lockdown had negative repercussions for the economy in Pakistan. He said due to coronavirus, tourism and airlines industry suffered immense losses and the world still did not know how long the economic crisis would continue    

C hina reached an important new level of vaccine development with the start of the phase three clinical trial of an inactivated vaccine against COVID-19. It is the first vaccine to reach a late-stage, mass scale human trial,  The Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said in a statement that Chinese authorities approved the phase one trial of the nation’s first  protein vaccine against COVID-19.

Prime Minister Boyko Borssov of Bulgaria said that a ban can be imposed on spectators at dometic Football league matches unless social distancing among fans improved.    The Bulgarian league resumed on June 5 after three break due to Covid-19. He said lot of violations reported at stadiums.

    UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority issued a circular that capacity in     the Shopping centres and Restaurants increased to sixty percent with coronovirus precautionary measures. Government already lifted lockdown curfew yesterday and now citizens can move freely whole  day without any restrictions and can enter and exit to any place in the country  

Emirates airlines going to add 10 more cities to its flight schedule in coming days at the carrier continues to rebuild its route network. Colombo from 20th July,  Auckland, Beirut, Brussels, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City all from 1st July  and Barcelona and Washington DC from 15th July   Emirates  flights from Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Pakistan, will only carry outbound passengers to the UAE and onward destinations. This will take the total number of Emirates destinations on offer for travelers to 40, providing more options for customers who wish to return home  Emirates will add flights to the following cities in the month of July. These cities are  London Heathrow, Manchester, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, New York JFK, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong. n addition, Emirates will add flights to the following cities in July: London Heathrow, Manchester, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Madrid, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, New York JFK, Toronto, Ku

  Saudi Summer, Tourism Authority of Saudi Authority has started a new campaign to encourage residents to explore the Kingdom this year Saudi authority are hopeful that residents travel domestically this year instead of  travelling abroad.  

  Maldives will open its borders for Tourists from  15th July, it announced by Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammad Saleh.  Resorts and Hotels located on uninhabited island will allowed to resume business but Hotels and guest houses at inhabited islands will be opened from 1st August 2020. Tourism is the major source of foreign exchange earning for the country, however, the tourism industry came to standstill due to Covid-19 pandemic.  aring

Dr. Saif AL Dhaheri spokesmen for National Crisis & Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA), said: "We have sterilized all public facilities, and will continue to do so. Childern under 12 years will be allowed at malls and restaurants across the UAE,  Dubai had on June 18 lifted movement restrictions on the elderly and children under 12 years of age. With the latest announcement, the movement restrictions on children have been lifted across the emirates.   The UAE has completed its national sterilisation programme and lifted movement restrictions effective Wednesday. This means residents can travel freely across the country any time of the day.

    Emirates Airlines has temporarily suspend passenger services from Pakistan, from June 24.  Emirates  co-coordinating closely with the various authorities and will review and implement any required additional measures to satisfy all parties before we resume services from Pakistan.   Reports on Tuesday claimed that the coronavirus cases were all returnees from Pakistan. Emirates  remain committed to serving its customers in Pakistan and  resume services as soon as possible.  Emirates will continue to operate repatriation flights into Pakistan as per the announced schedule, and operate cargo services that support the trade and movement of goods between Pakistan, UAE.  

Bangladesh have formally called off their Test series in Sri Lanka where they have to play three test series in July due Covid-19  pandemic. Left arm spinner Nizamul Islam tested positve for the virus. Sri Lanka Cricket board said in Colombo  that Bangladesh cancelled tour  to lack of practice due to corona pandamic.     

  The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Air Bus 320  crashed  on a crowded residential area  of Karachi near Airport on May 22 in that incident 97 passengers including Pilot and crew members of plane died.   Both pilot and Air Traffic controller did not follow the standard rules, the plane was 100% fit for flying and there was no technical fault, at the time of Landing at Karachi Airport the pilot was discussing Coronovirus situation in the country Mr. Ghulam   Sarwar Khan, Federal Aviation Minister told the National Assembly of Pakistan.   JE 

  N orth Macedonia Police detained at least 64 Bangladeshi migrants on a highway near North Macedonia’s border with Greece, They were trying to enter Macedonia illegally by a Truck. The truck’s driver also arrested during the inspection near Strumica, in the country’s southeast, late Monday, said North Macedonia’s police in a statement on Tuesday. The migrants transferred to a holding site in the border town of Gevgelija 

  S p ecial discount packages are going to be announced by many countries for tourist. Different  countries paying for extra accomodation, free entry in zoo, Museums and offering free beach access and amenities. Italy, Japan , UK and Bulgaria might pay their citizen to spend holidays in their own countries. Airlines will offer cheap air tickets for tourist destination. New Zealand giving a 4 days package for domestic travellers. Different others countries and Airlines will be announced different type of discounted packages soon.

      During the first quarter of 2020, shows that a 22% fall in International toruist arrivals. The latest data from World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) indicated. Accoding to UN specialized agency, this crisis could lead a decline between 60% to80% this year as compared with 2019 statistics. Due to this decline millions of jobs at risk and it threatens to roll back the progress made in advancing the sustainable Development.

    I c eland started to welcoming tourists from all European, Schengen countries, and the United Kingdom  as the country ease the restriction of  shutdown, which was placed due to Covid-19. Visitors will be tested  for coronavirus upon arrival  at airport and any entry point without any charges, instead of a mandatory 14-day quarantine.  

  S aroj Khan Famous choreographer has been admitted to a hospital in  Mumbai after she complained of breathing difficulties. Saroj was suffering from breathing problems for the last few days, her Covid-19 test negative for the virus. Hospital sources says, that now she is feeling better and will be discharge from Hospital soon.  

  T he National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has upgraded the inquiry against  Rana Sanaullah over income beyond means into investigation after properties worth over Rs400 million owned by him were unearthed . NAB regional board meeting held at the provincial  HQ Lahore, in the meeting board decided to upgrade the inquiry against PML(N) leader .

      Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that after talks between the top regional military commanders on Monday, both sides “agreed to take necessary measures to promote a cooling of the situation    The Press Trust of India said the meeting was between Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, commander of the 14 Corps, and Major General Liu Lin, commander of the Tibet Military District.

M alta going to lift flight arrivals restrictions , including from the United Kingdom, on 15th July British tourists will welcome back Malta, Gozo and Comino for leisure and business trips. Flights will resume from eighteen UK airports. Air Malta, British Airways, easy Jet, Jet2 and Ryanair will resume its operations.   Tolene Van Der Merwe, director UK & Ireland of Malta Tourism Authority, said: “Malta is very popular destination for British holidaymakers, almost  650,000 visited in 2019. Malta delighted to welcome back travelers from the United Kingdom on July 15th