British govt bolsters salary support for those hit by lockdowns

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ LONDON: The British government said on Friday it will pay two- thirds of the salaries of workers in companies that have to close as a result of new coronavirus restrictions widely expected to come into effect next week. In a change of policy, Treasury chief Rishi Sunak has responded to calls from businesses, local leaders and unions to provide a financial support package to prevent mass job losses in sectors that will be subject to new restrictions. Pubs and restaurants in large parts of the north of…

Armenia, Azerbaijan trade accusations of breaching Karabakh ceasefire

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations of new attacks on Saturday in breach of a ceasefire deal to end nearly two weeks of heavy fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The two sides agreed to implement the ceasefire from noon (0800 GMT) on Saturday, after 11 hours of talks in Moscow, but it took only minutes after the deadline for their forces to claim new attacks. An ethnic Armenian enclave of Azerbaijan, Karabakh broke from the country’s control in a war in the 1990s that killed some 30,000…