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Pakistan faces shortage of fever medicines amid dengue outbreak
In Pakistan's Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan, dengue has started to take a dangerous turn, Geo News reported. Karachi reported another death from dengue virus in the last 24 hours, with over 2,000 people affected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after excessive rains left breeding sites for mosquitoes, the report stated. The wards reserved for dengue patients in Karachi's hospitals have been are full. Punjab reported 125 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease. Moreover, dengue claimed four lives in the province, data from the Health Department showed.
Ukraine's army liberate another settlement in Kharkiv Oblast: Volodymyr Zelensky
Zelensky added: "Another liberated settlement! Thanks to the 14th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, the Ukrainian flag returned to Chkalovske, Kharkiv Oblast. And it will be like that everywhere. We will expel the occupiers from every Ukrainian town and village. Thank you to all our heroes!." The Head of state shared a video of the Ukrainian flag being hoisted in this settlement, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The Ukrainian armed forces have launched a counteroffensive on the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia.
'We have shown that we can defeat Russians, but we still need more weapons': Ukraine's FM
Kuleba said that some allies initially hesitated to provide Ukraine with weapons, citing the risk of angering Russian President Vladimir Putin, but "now, thank God, we no longer hear that argument .. We have demonstrated that we are capable of defeating the Russian army. We are doing it with these armaments," he added "the more weapons we get, the faster we will prevail against Russians, and the faster this war will end." As Reuters report said that Baerbock promised further military assistance and did not rule out the supply of Western-style battle tanks.
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant completely shut down: Energoatom
Energoatom has said that for the past three days, the sixth power unit has been working in island mode at a critically low capacity, feeding only the plant's own needs, as all of the ZNPP communication lines with the Ukrainian power grid were damaged due to Russian shelling. On September 1, the International Atomic Energy Agency Mission arrived at the ZNPP in occupied Enerhodar, Ukrainska Pravda reported. On September 5, four of the six participants of the IAEA mission completed their mission at the station, while two representatives of the organisation were to remain there
Iran calls European statement on nuclear talks 'unconstructive'
"It is surprising and regrettable that under the current circumstances when diplomatic interactions and exchange of messages continue between the negotiating sides and the coordinator of the Vienna talks to finalise the negotiations, the EU troika issues such a statement in a move that deviates from the path of the fruitful approach during the talks," Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying on Saturday. The spokesman also cautioned the European countries against resorting to threats, Xinhua news agency reported.
Negotiations with Russia currently impossible: Volodymyr Zelensky
"We want to end the war, but (our) circumstances and capabilities have changed. (Our people do) not want to negotiate with terrorists. Although one can communicate even with terrorists, because at least they know what they want," Zelensky said on Saturday. He emphasised that there is no confidence that the Russian side will keep any of the promises it makes, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The President added that before diplomatic negotiations with the Russian Federation become possible, the Russian army has to withdraw from Ukraine and Russia has to "stop behaving like a terrorist".
Hindu temple in Pakistan becomes refuge for flood-hit Muslim families
The village was cut off from the rest of the province due to inundation in the Nari, Bolan, and Lehri rivers, leaving the residents of the remote area to fend for themselves. During these testing times, the local Hindu community opened the doors of the Baba Madhodas Mandir to the flood-hit people and their livestock, Dawn reported.
1 person dying every 44 seconds due to Covid: WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, said that this virus will not just fade away. "The global decline in reported cases and deaths is continuing. This is very encouraging. But there is no guarantee these trends will persist. The most dangerous thing is to assume they will," he said in his latest remarks.
Shehbaz Sharif seen as Pakistan's non performing Prime Minister
Service delivery of the government departments, falling within the jurisdiction of the federal capital territory, is disappointing like the past whereas there seems to be no government check on the phenomenal rise of dollar rate owing to illegal flight of American currency to Afghanistan and satta (speculative buying) -- which is badly hurting the economy and market sentiment.
Ukrainian army liberate two more villages in Kharkiv Oblast: Zelensky
"Step by step, our fighters are liberating Ukrainian land. Soldiers of the 113th Territorial Defence Brigade have liberated Vasylenkove and Artemivka in Kharkiv Oblast," Zelensky added on Saturday. The President continued to stress that freedom is not easy, Ukrainska Pravda reported. "Ukrainian defenders are fighting for independence for each of us at the cost of their own lives," he said.
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