Zhang Zhan, 38, a former lawyer, traveled to Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic's epicenter, questioning authorities' handling of the outbreak in her smartphone videos. As a result, she was detained in May 2020 in China.

Oil prices rose around 1% on Friday, staging a partial recovery after OPEC+ producers rebuffed a U.S. call to raise supply and instead maintained plans for a gradual return of output halted by the pandemic.

"Humanitarian needs in Marib city far outstrip current humanitarian capacity on the ground," said the group of agencies, including Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam and Save the Children.

Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar on Thursday said three important decisions had been taken in the last three months to fix the gas sector’s issues. The minister said that ban had been imposed on new domestic schemes till the weighted average cost of gas (WACOG) pricing.

On the basis of tax rates, import parity price, and exchange rate, the government increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs8.03 and Rs8.14 per liter, respectively. The hike comes in wake of PM Khan's announcement of increasing the petrol prices. 

Airborne PM2.5 can cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases such as lung cancer. And, in India, toxic air kills more than a million people annually.

Cricket Australia said it looked forward to "hosting both the Afghanistan women's and men's team in the not too distant future".

Cinemas were shuttered back in March 2020 in a strict lockdown when the pandemic first hit, enjoying a brief reprieve before closing again after a massive virus surge in April.

The sale comes as President Joe Biden's administration takes a cautious approach to supporting the Saudis, out of concern over their harsh tactics towards the Houthis as well as human rights violations.

Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moinul Haque called on Liu Ziqing, Member of Municipal standing committee and Secretary of Working Committee of Wuhan and offered a collaboration between automobile companies of the two countries.

High inflation anxiety is creeping into the US Federal Reserve, as it made a shift from describing inflation as transitory to describing the factors behind the rising inflation, according to an expert.

Markle is seeking to join a “working group” to press for a long-term paid leave plan regardless of whether it makes it into the social spending bill. Two GOP senators, Shelly Capito of West Virginia and Susan Collins of Maine, said they received calls from Markle on the matter.