Usain Bolt makes history in Rio with third successive Olympics 100m gold medal
RIO DE JENIRIO - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100m with a time of 9.81 seconds. Over the past eight...
Three athletes - shooters Ghulam Mustafa Bashir and Minhal Sohail, and judoka Shah Hussain, qualified on merit
KARACHI - Among the best athletes from 206 countries at the opening ceremony of Rio Olympics 2016 were also seven Pakistani athletes. This...
Olympic flame ends its epic journey in the host city. Rio 2016 Olympics is an opening ceremony of warmth, passion, and hope
RIO (Brazil) - The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have officially opened with a flamboyant ceremony celebrating...
Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini will swim for joy in Olympics 2016 after swimming for her life
About a year ago, Yusra Mardini was swimming for her life through the Aegean Sea in a last-ditch attempt to survive a perilous sea crossing from...
The World Health Organization declared (WHO) the Zika virus and its suspected link to birth defects an international public health emergency on Monday. An outbreak of the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, was detected in Brazil last May and has since...
Airlines are offering refunds to passengers who have booked flights to central and south American countries caught up in the Zika virus outbreak
The mosquito-borne Zika virus is spreading so quickly through the Western Hemisphere that it is soon expected...
More than 2,400 suspected cases of microcephaly have been reported this year in 20 Brazilian states, compared with 147 cases last year. Doctors are investigating 29 related infant deaths.
Microcephaly results in babies being born with abnormally small heads that...
Embassy of Brazil in Islamabad inaugurates two books of classic Brazilian literature, published in Urdu and English
Islamabad – To introduce Brazilian literature in Pakistan, two classic Brazilian literary books have been translated into Urdu and English. The books that are the...
Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.
