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Thursday 2 July coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGThursday 2 July 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Thursday’s leading story: English pubs reopen July 4 amid fears of ‘chaos’ as police step up patrols. Doctors plead with the public not to get ‘plastered’ over concerns of ignoring social distancing. Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 10,809,998Deaths: 519,050Recovered: 6,032,381 Police step up patrols amid fears of ‘chaos’ as English pubs reopenSports to pay tribute to NHS on Sunday Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Coronavirus…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) aviation authority is seeking to block PIA flights unless it can verify the credentials of the Pakistani pilots. The UAE needs to verify claims of fake credentials of Pakistani pilots who have been operating PIA flights globally. The UAE is seeking to verify the credentials of all PIA staff including Pakistani pilots and engineers employed by its airlines after the South Asian government grounded 262 pilots for holding “dubious” qualifications. Fake credentials of Pakistani pilots https://twitter.com/Official_PIA/status/1276253116510461958 Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority, requested the verification of the credentials of…

Latest News from Mexico; Armed gunmen attack Irapuato rehab centre from At least 24 people were killed and seven wounded when armed men attacked a drug rehabilitation centre in Irapuato, as the government struggles to contain violence perpetrated by drug mafias in the country. This is the second such attack to take place in Irapuato in one month. The attack was also confirmed by a federal government official. Photos from the scene shared by police with local reporters showed at least 11 prone and bloodied bodies lying in a room. Armed gunmen attack Irapuato The attack was one of the…

Wednesday 1 July coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Wednesday 1 July 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 10,591,079 Deaths: 514,021 Recovered: 5,798,973 UN chief says 10,000 flee Myanmar army operations How India’s largest slum beat back a pandemic Boris Johnson announces £5bn plan Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Fauci warns Congress that new US coronavirus cases could rise to 100,000 a day. Data needed quicker to target local outbreaks, say…

Pakistani passengers arriving and leaving Pakistan have faced some inconvenience due to delay in the integration of flight schedules from Qatar Airways flights with the system of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), a spokesman said on Tuesday. This glitch has left thousands of Pakistani passengers stranded in Pakistan and is adding to the anxiety of another lockdown of Air travel from Pakistan. “Due to delay in the integration of flight schedules from Qatar Airways with the system of Civil Aviation Authority, there has been some inconvenience to passengers travelling to Pakistan,” a spokesman for Aviation Division Abdul Sattar Khokhar said in…

As Belgium marked the 60th anniversary of the end of its colonial rule in Congo, King Philippe’s words had resounding significance since none of his predecessors went so far as to convey remorse. The removal of King Leopold II’s statue, a former monarch held responsible for the death of millions of Africans was taken off public display, took place only hours after Philippe’s letter was published. The monarch, who ruled Belgium from 1865-1909, plundered Congo as if it were his personal fiefdom, forcing many of its people into slavery to extract resources for his own profit. In a letter to…

The UK Civil Aviation Agency has suspended Pakistan International Airlines flight operations from three airports — Birmingham, London Heathrow and Manchester. The move announced on Tuesday afternoon follows the decision by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to suspend PIA’s air operations permit for a period of six months over concerns that Pakistan is “not capable to certify and oversee its airline operators”. https://twitter.com/Official_PIA/status/1277977170413907975 It comes after the grounding of 262 Pakistani pilots whose licences aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan termed “dubious”. The UK Civil Aviation Authority is required under law to withdraw PIA’s permit to operate to the UK…

Morocco is reopening borders; and according to the official press release they are expected to reopen on July 10th, following the country’s nationwide state of emergency that lockdown the country since March. After months of adhering to protective measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, Morocco is strategically working towards the resumption of socio-economic activities, as well as domestic and international travel. Marrakesh News In March following the confirmation of 28 COVID-19 cases, Morocco suspended all international flights and shut down its land and sea borders. Shortly after, on March 19, the country declared a state of emergency and ordered a…

Tuesday June 30 coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Tuesday 30 June 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. The top story this Tuesday morning: Leicester back in lockdown as infection cases spike. The city will not join the rest of England in the reopening of pubs and other businesses on July 4. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 10,412,421 Deaths: 508,228 Recovered: 5,668,668 Iran records biggest single-day death toll WHO says pandemic is not even close to being over …

The terrorist attack on the #Karachi Stock Exchange was another example of #India trying to destabilize #Pakistan.