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Hazardous sandstorm in Beijing

Beijing hit by hazardous sandstorm

Residents the Chinese capital Beijing woke on Sunday morning to find the city shrouded in thick dust, caused by hazardous…
Canadian police pin down the knife-attacker in Vancouver

Woman dies, six wounded in shocking knife-attack in Vancouver

A woman died and multiple others were wounded in a stabbing at a public library in Canada's affluent Vancouver suburb…
Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

More than 100 million children fail basic reading skills due to COVID-19 – UN

A new study, released on Friday by the United Nations cultural agency, has revealed that more than 100 million more children, than…
Jihadists trap workers in Mozambique

Jihadists trap 180 in Mozambique hotel, $20b gas project at risk

More than 180 people including foreign workers are trapped by Jihadists inside a hotel in the northern Mozambique town of…
Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine

Norway extends pause on AstraZeneca vaccine

Agency Report Health authorities in Norway remain cautious about the AstraZeneca vaccine and are holding off reinstatement for another three…
Akinwumi Adesina President of AfDB: bank debars Maxicare Nigeria Limited

Adesina, others call for US intervention in ending global hunger

The 2017 winner of the World Food Prize and current President of African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, alongside other…
Some of the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on 6 January

Trump claims U.S. Capitol rioters peaceful, ‘hugging, kissing police”

Former U.S. President Trump has offered some revisionist perspective about the Capitol rioters he incited, claiming they posed zero threat
the 20 second Virolens test

Britain approves 20 second COVID-19 Virolens test

A 20-second COVID-19 Virolens test will launch in Britain after regulators accepted its registration, the product’s distributor said on Friday.
Fox News sued by Dominion Voting Systems

Fox News sued over fake U.S. election reports

Fox News has been slammed with a $1.6billion defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems, which accused it of peddling false…
Georgia governor Brian Kemp signing the voting restrictive law on Thursday

Civil rights groups sue US state of Georgia over voting restrictions

A coalition of civil rights groups has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the sweeping new voting restrictions passed by state…

China retaliates, sanctions 9 UK lawmakers, entities

China on Friday announced sanctions on relevant British individuals and entities.
remnants of the crashed train In Sohag Egypt

32 dead, 66 injured in ghastly train crash

Thirty-two people died and 66 were injured in a ghastly train crash in Sohag, southern Egypt, according to the health…
coronavirus

Philippines records 9,838 new COVID-19 cases

The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 9,838 new COVID-19 infections, the highest ever daily tally since the…
FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 testing; Germany says no more free testing for COVID-19 Photo credit: The Lancet

Flight arrivals: Germany postpones COVID-19 testing requirement

A new requirement for people arriving at German airports to have submitted to Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing has been postponed from…
Ethiopia Prime minister, Abiy Ahmed

Eritrean troops to withdraw from Tigray: Ethiopian PM

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, said Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces, days after he confirmed the presence of…
Ahmad Al Issa Colorado gunman

Colorado gunman Ahmad Al Issa to undergo psychiatric test

Ahmad Al Issa, the 21-year-old man accused of killing 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, will go…
Magufuli lying-in-state in Dodoma, capital of Tanzania

Tanzanian ex-leader Magufuli to be buried today

All is set for the burial of former Tanzania president, Dr John Pombe Magufuli, at his ancestral home town of…
President Joe Biden: defends decision on Afghanistan

Biden sends message to Trump: I will run in 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden sent a clear message to Donald Trump, the former Republican president that he beat with wide…

North Korea shuns UN order, fires 2 ballistic missiles

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Thursday despite strict orders from the UN…
COVID-19 Vaccine

AstraZeneca downgrades vaccine effectiveness to 76% from 79%

The British-Swedish pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca has released the phase three trial data for its COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
COVID-19

Over 300,000 Brazilians die of COVID-19

Brazil has on Wednesday registered over 300,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
No fear for Joe Biden as Kamala Harris catches Covid-19

Biden gives Harris tough job on immigrants

President Joe Biden on Wednesday named Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the country's efforts with Mexico and Central America’s…
Late Dubai deputy ruler Sheikh Hamadan

Buhari mourns Dubai’s deputy ruler, Sheikh Hamadan

On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari extends condolences to the President of the United…
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou

200th anniversary: Buhari sends best wishes to Greece

On behalf of the Government and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari sent best wishes…
Coronavirus: Ogun says no confirmed case of Delta variant

COVID-19: Africa’s confirmed cases surpass 4.14m

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said the number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in…

How Africa can benefit from Okonjo-Iweala led WTO

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the organisation would work to deliver technical assistance…
'Trump unleashes fury on Biden-Harris Administration over Hurricane response

U.S. committed reckless rights abuses in Trump era: Report

The United States under Donald Trump recklessly trampled on international rules amid COVID-19, becoming the biggest troublemaker to global security…
Late Dubai deputy ruler Sheikh Hamadan

Dubai loses deputy ruler, Sheikh Hamadan at 75

Dubai’s deputy ruler who also doubles as the United Arab Emirates’ long-serving finance minister, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum is…

South Korea’s low birth rate fuels worry

South Korea’s childbirth kept falling in January, fueling worry about the demographic cliff, statistical office data showed on Wednesday.
American Guy Smith arrested in Uganda

Uganda arrests American Guy Smith for subversion

Ugandan police have arrested an American, Guy Smith for engaging in subversive activities that compromise the country's national security.
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