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Rana Mohammad Safdar, at top official at the National Institute of Health, said Thursday that about 20,000 dengue cases and 34 deaths have been confirmed in recent months.

Notably, according to centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EEE virus is a rare cause of brain infections (encephalitis).

The Wichita Eagle reports that the 24-year-old Woolheater pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg currently has a net worth of nearly $70 billion. He has previously pledged to give away 99% of his Facebook shares.

From January 1 through October 3, this year is now the worst for fires in Brazil's Amazon only since 2017.

Several local and international media outlets had reported that prime minister Khan and the Taliban Political Commission (TPC), led by its head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, discussed the Afghan peace process during a meeting.

Ukrainian authorities have previously said the investigation of gas firm Burisma focuses on a period before Hunter Biden joined the company's board.

Research published by the respected Mayo Clinic on Wednesday said lung biopsies taken from 17 patients revealed the injuries were consistent with exposure to noxious fumes, and not inhalation of fatty substances, a competing theory.

A day before the Peace Prize announcement on October 11 in Oslo, the Swedish Academy, which awards the Literature Prize, will reveal its choices in Stockholm.

The Democrats initiated an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump last week after a whistleblower report raised concerns that Trump tried to leverage nearly $400 million in US aid in exchange for investigating Biden from Ukraine's leader in July.

Canadian national Merry Gartner made friends with Pakistani Hammad Butt in 2012 on Facebook. Gartner came to Pakistan the same year and married him.

WTO added that global trade growth is projected to grow at 2.7 percent in 2020, down from the previous projection of 3 percent.

Security was especially tight in the capital, Jakarta, where authorities blocked streets leading to the Parliament building and 24,000 soldiers and police were deployed to secure key locations, including the presidential palace.

Xi said the country would 'continue to fully and faithfully implement the principles of 'one country, two systems' and a 'high degree of autonomy'.

Officials of the Sindh Malaria Control Programme said that the rise in cases are due to heavy rains.

About 9.6 million Afghans in the war-torn nation — with an estimated population of 35 million — had registered to vote in the election, which was held at 4,905 polling centres.