Tag: Covid-19
Preacher apologises for Covid-19 remark blaming women
KARACHI (UCAN): Pakistan’s widely followed Islamic preacher, Maulana (scholar) Tariq Jameel, tendered an apology over…
Posted in Editorial
Prayer amid the Covid-19 pandemic
THE MONTH OF May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The entire month falls…
Posted in Hong Kong
Huge response to livestreamed Mass
HONG KONG (SE): While Holy Week and Easter events livestreamed by Vatican Media reached millions…
Secretive Laos reports only a few Covid-19 cases
BANGKOK (UCAN): Laos has remained largely unscathed by the Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the country’s…
Posted in Asia
Sri Lanka’s Muslims angered by forced Covid-19 cremations
COLOMBO (UCAN): Sri Lanka made cremations compulsory for Covid-19 coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) victims on April 12,…
Thai medical frontliners ill-equipped and overworked
BANGKOK (UCAN): Medical workers on the front lines of Thailand’s fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus…
Myanmar’s Muslims observe Ramadan at home
MANDALAY (UCAN): Muslims in Myanmar are observing Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, at homesunder a nationwide…
