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Two Madagascar lawmakers die of Coronavirus

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar announced that two lawmakers; one member of the senate and one deputy had died after…

Zindzi Mandela is dead

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Ambassador Zindzi Mandela daughter of the former South African leader, is dead. She was aged 59. She died on Sunday…

17 sailors hospitalized after Navy ship catches fire in San Diego

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

At least 17 sailors and four civilians were injured after a fire started onboard aboard the military ship, USS Bonhomme…

Kenya’s COVID-19 cases surpass 10,000

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has intensified measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the country after number of confirmed…

Mali opposition insists President Keita must go

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Mali’s opposition on Sunday rejected concessions by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita aimed at resolving an escalating political crisis that has…

South Africa slams curfew in new COVID-19 measure

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new round of COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday in response to the country’s rising…

2020 worst year in history? Read what happened in 536 AD

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

2020 has already been immortalised. It is a year that nobody will forget. But is it the worst year in…

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases surpass 24,000

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 24,248, with 414 more infections confirmed late Saturday.

Germany’s prostitutes march for re-opening of brothels

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Prostitutes in Germany demonstrated in Hamburg’s red light district late on Saturday evening demanding that the brothels be allowed to…

Two police officers, suspect killed in Texas shooting

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Two police officers were killed Saturday in the city of McAllen in southern Texas while responding to a domestic disturbance…

3 killed, 74 injured in Mali protests

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Death toll of the two-day violent protests in Mali's capital Bamako has increased to three, and at least 74 others…

India records highest daily spike of COVID-19 cases

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

India within the last 24 hours recorded a single-day spike of 28,637 COVID-19 cases, making the country's caseload already close…

Trump finally wears face mask

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump surprised the world by wearing a mask in public for the first time since the outbreak…

American impunity: Trump commutes prison sentence of buddy Roger Stone

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump has commuted the more than three-year prison sentence of his former aide and friend Roger Stone,…

Madeline Swegle makes history as U.S. Navy’s first African-American fighter pilot

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

American Navy has graduated its first African-American female strike fighter pilot. She is Madeline Swegle, a Virginia native from Burke.

U.S. sets third day record of COVID-19 cases

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

New cases of COVID-19 rose by nearly 69,000 across the United States on Friday, the third consecutive day of huge…

Snakebites kill 1.2 million Indians

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

An estimated 1.2 million Indians died from snakebites over the past two decades, a report by eLife said.

Libya, UN discuss political solution to Libyan crisis

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Friday met with the Speaker of Libya’s…

Turkey turns iconic Hagia Sophia museum into mosque

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a decree on Friday ordering Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia museum to be handed over…

Ex-President Park Geun-hye’s sentence reduced to 22 years

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Court in Seoul, South Korea on Friday reduced former President Park Geun Hye’s sentences for corruption and bribery by 10…

90 percent of Ghana’s education ministry test positive

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Ghana's Minister of education, Matthew Prempeh has disclosed that about 90 percent of staff of the ministry have tested positive…

Strange pneumonia deadlier than COVID-19 around, China warns

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

China has raised an alarm over a mystery pneumonia, deadlier than COVID-19

California, Texas, Florida break U.S. coronavirus records

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The United States reported more than 56,300 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the third day in a row infections have…

Russia begins last testing stage of COVID-19 vaccine

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Russian Defence Ministry, on Friday, stated that the country has begun the final clinical stage of testing a possible COVID-19…

Police arrest 4 COVID-19 escapees in Rwanda

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Rwandan police on Thursday arrested four people who had escaped from a COVID-19 treatment centre in its Eastern province.

Coronavirus hits Bolivia, President Anez, 7 ministers test positive

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Bolivia’s President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. At least seven ministers, including…

Deputy ruler of Sharjah in UAE dies

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The deputy ruler of Sharjah, one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates, is dead. Sheikh Ahmed bin Sultan…

COVID-19 vaccine possible in Africa early 2021

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Africa could have a COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter of 2021 if human trials underway in South Africa succeed,…

German ministers snub Washington G7 meeting

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Germany’s finance minister Olaf Scholz and foreign minister Heiko Maas have declined an invitation to take part in a Washington…

Supreme Court rules New York grand jury can subpoena Trump’s tax papers

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a New York grand jury can subpoena President Donald Trump’s tax returns and…

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