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Uganda set to provide free face masks to citizens

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his government will distribute free face masks to all citizens to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

EU congratulates Israel’s new government

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, has congratulated Israel on its formation of a new government.

U.S House Speaker Pelosi calls Trump ‘morbidly obese’

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

U.S Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has described President Trump as being “morbidly obese”.

Hospital shuts 25 theatres after 4 nurses contracted Coronavirus

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Southern Seoul authorities are concerned after four nurses who work at Samsung Medical Center tested positive for Coronavirus.

Trump threatens U.S. will quit WHO (Letter in full)

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently pull funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) if it does not…

South Sudan VP Riek Machar, wife test positive for COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defence minister, have tested positive for…

Trump hooked on COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine without prescription

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump admitted on Monday that he has been on self-medication for about 10 days, taking the malaria…

Coronavirus: Erdogan announces first nationwide lockdown

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

Turkey is to impose its first nationwide lockdown before Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of…

China must pay $2bn WHO pledge – U.S

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the two billion dollars it committed to the World…

Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Thabane resigns

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Lesotho's Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane has announced he will step down following months of pressure after he was named as…

Coronavirus: Brazil to employ Cuban doctors

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

Brazil will employ 157 Cuban doctors to help it deal with its massive COVID-19 crisis, the government announced on Monday.

Lockdown: Citizens have right to sue govt – Ramaphosa

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

As legal challenges to the South African government’s coronavirus lockdown mount, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday he could not…

Police arrest man for sneezing on currency

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A man may be liable to pay a fine of $272,000 after sneezing on the currency of the United Arab…

The world faces shortage of 6 million nurses: WHO chief Tedros

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The world is facing a shortage of six million nurses and midwives, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health…

Coronavirus: China’s Xi Jinping placates Africa with aid promises

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

President Xi Jinping of China announced today it will give $2 billion to support the fight against the coronavirus and…

China reacts to death of ambassador in Israel

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

China has responded to the death of its ambassador to Tel Aviv, Du Wei, who was found dead in his…

Iranian parliament approves virtual embassy in Jerusalem

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Iranian parliament has approved a law that will permit the creation of a virtual embassy in Jerusalem as part…

Australia gets backing to investigate COVID-19’s cause

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

An alliance of 116 countries have supported Australia’s call to launch an independent investigation into what had caused the COVID-19…

Taiwan protests exclusion from World Health Assembly

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Taiwan is protesting its exclusion from the World Health Organisation’s annual two-day meeting which opened on Monday.

Suicide bomber kills seven, injures dozens

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

A suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s south-eastern province of Ghazni left no fewer than seven dead and wounded 40 people.

Magufuli gives condition to reopen Tanzanian universities

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

President John Magufuli of Tanzania said on Sunday that he plans to re-open universities and allow the resumption of sports…

Africa’s COVID-19 cases surpass 80,000, South Africa worst-hit

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa rose from 78,194 on Saturday to 81,307 on Sunday, the Africa CDC said.

Coronavirus cases in Ghana reach 5,735, still ahead of Nigeria

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Ghana is still ahead of Nigeria in the grim coronavirus statistical race as its tally increased to 5,735 on Sunday.

Relief in Italy as daily death toll, new case falls

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Italy recorded a decrease in daily death toll and new coronavirus case count for the first time since March.

Wear a mask or face jail in Kuwait, Qatar

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Two Middle East countries, Kuwait and Qatar have said that they would start jailing people up to three years or…

Just In: Madagascar records first Coronavirus death

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Madagascar on Sunday reported the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus nearly two months after it was…

Israeli police not probing sudden death of Chinese ambassador

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Israeli Police said it would not open an enquiry into the sudden death today of China's ambassador, Du Wei.

Israel’s Netanyahu to share premiership with rival Benny Gantz

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Israel's new government is scheduled to be sworn in on Sunday after 18 months of leadership crisis.

Brazil’s Sao Paulo records more COVID-19 deaths than China

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has overtaken China when it comes to the number of deaths from the novel…

Disinfecting streets, open spaces won’t kill coronavirus – WHO

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The World Health Organisation has declared that spraying disinfectant on streets and open spaces does not eliminate coronavirus and even…

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