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10 people dead, 20 injured in Texas car crash
The crash took place at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday in Encino, about 80 km north of Texas' border city McAllen, reports Xinhua news agency. The driver of van, designed to hold 15 passengers but overloaded with 29, lost control around a curve on Highway 281, Nathan Brandley, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said. Brandley said all the injured were in serious or critical conditions.
Covid cases, hospitalisations spike in LA
There are 1,242 people with ovid-19 currently hospitalised in Los Angeles County, 22 per cent of whom are in the ICU, said the Department. Official data showed that on July 5, only 284 people were hospitalised in the county, reports Xinhua news agency. Public health officials noted that cases among healthcare workers have started to increase recently.
Pak Hindu temple vandalised after minor gets bail
According to the Dawn news report, the incident took place on Wednesday in Bhong town, about 60 km from Rahim Yar Khan city. Besides the vandalisation, the mob also blocked the Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5), the report added. Citing sources, Dawn news said that a case was registered against the minor on July 24 based on a complaint filed by a cleric, Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim, of the Darul Uloom Arabia Taleemul Quran.
Biden's approval ratings on Covid-19, economy fall: Survey
The CNBC's latest All-America Economic survey published on Tuesday showed that 48 per cent approved of the job Biden is doing as President, up a point from the first quarter, but his disapproval numbers grew to 45 per cent from 41 per cent. The biggest change came in views on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, where approval dropped 9 points to 53 per cent.
Pause booster dose till September: WHO to rich countries
"Even as hundreds of millions of people are still waiting for their first dose, some rich countries are moving towards booster doses," said WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Globally, more than 4 billion vaccine doses have, so far, been administered. Of these, "more than 80 per cent have gone to high- and upper-middle income countries", accounting for less than half of the world's population.
Thousands of people feared trapped by fighting in Afghanistan: UN
Conflict in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar displaced civilians to adjacent, calmer areas within the provincial capital cities (Lashkar Gah and Kandahar) and neighbouring districts. "There are reports of increased civilian casualties, destruction or damage to civilian houses and to critical infrastructure, including hospitals," the Office said.
Panic or not? WH struggles with chaotic messaging on Delta variant
"There's a lot of misinformation out there, so let me state the facts: If you're vaccinated, you're unlikely to get Covid-19. And if you're vaccinated and still get COVID-19 a" it'll most likely be a mild case," President Joe Biden tweeted Tuesday, after days of mixed messaging from top public health officials in the US. "Vaccinated people almost never are hospitalized with Covid-19," Biden wrote.
Tirumurti warns against terrorists getting chem arms in heated UNSC debate
"India has been repeatedly cautioning against the possibility of terrorist entities and individuals gaining access to chemical weapons," he said on Wednesday during the session that was briefed on chemical weapons and Syria. The first open session showed the challenges Tirumurti faces in leading a Council driven by the interests of veto-wielding permanent members.
'Most unvaccinated Americans see jabs as greater risk than Covid'
A narrow majority (53 per cent) of unvaccinated adults believe the vaccine poses a bigger risk to their health than Covid-19 itself, while an overwhelming majority (88 per cent) of vaccinated adults say that getting infected withthe virus is a bigger risk to their health than the vaccine, Xinhua news agency quoted the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey published on Wednesday as saying.
Delta variant accounts for 93.4% of new cases in US
In its latest update on Wednesday, the CDC said that this number is even higher in certain parts of the country, showed the updated figures for the week ending July 31, reports Xinhua news agency. In the Midwest including Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, Delta variant accounts for more than 98 per cent of all new cases.
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