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Indian experts approve AstraZeneca, local COVID vaccines

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Experts at India’s drugs regulator have recommended for emergency use two coronavirus vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University…

China vows to retaliate against U.S. for delisting firms

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

China on Saturday slammed the U.S. following the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) decision to delist three Chinese telecom companies.

5 family members die of carbon monoxide, boiling maize overnight

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

A middle-aged couple and their three children were found dead on Saturday morning inside their house, suspected to have died…

China unveils foreign policy focus for 2021

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

China has unveiled her foreign policy focus for 2021.

Record 3 million vote early in Georgia runoff elections

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

A record 3 million early votes have been cast in the two Georgia runoff elections that next week will decide…

South Korea extends coronavirus restrictions around Seoul

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

With the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) resurging in and around South Korea’s capital, authorities on Saturday decided to maintain current restrictions…

COVID-19: Germany’s cases, deaths recede on New Year’s Day

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

On the first day of the new year, German health authorities reported 12,690 new coronavirus infections and 336 new deaths…

U.S. senators complete Trump’s coup de grace on defense bill

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. Senate overrode President Donald Trump's veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office. It was…

Scotland tells EU it is coming back soon

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Scotland, a part of the United Kingdom, is insisting it is not part of Brexit, which officially begins today.

Guinean leaders receive jabs of Russian Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Guinea, Amadou Damaro Camara, and several ministers have been inoculated against COVID-19 with…

Trump extends suspension of work visas, Green Cards

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a proclamation extending the suspension of issuance of work visas and green cards.

Ghana’s governing party welcomes opposition’s challenge of election results in court

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) said, on Thursday, that the decision by the opposition leader and former President John…

Chinese COVID-19 vaccines free to all its citizens: Official

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

China will provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all its citizens, said Zeng Yixin, Deputy Head of the National Health Commission…

China jails 29 Taiwanese deported from Spain

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

A Beijing court has sentenced 29 Taiwanese who had been deported from Spain to up to 14 years in jail…

Algeria to receive supply of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Algeria has signed a contract for the supply of Russia’s Sputnik ‘V’ vaccine against the COVID-19, government spokesman Ammar Belhimer…

John Mahama: Why I challenged Akufo-Addo’s re-election [Video]

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama spoke Wednesday night on why he dragged President Nana Akufo-Addo to the court over…

Why vaccinated U.S. nurse contracted COVID-19: Pfizer

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Pfizer has explained that the first jab of its COVID-19 vaccine will offer only 50 percent protection against the disease.

Post-Brexit bill receives royal approval, becomes law

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The post-Brexit trade bill has received the royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said in the…

China okays use of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine

Taiwo Okanlawon

5 years ago

China has approved for conditional use of its first coronavirus vaccine, developed by state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm.

Downed Ukrainian plane: Iran to pay $150,000 to each relative of victims

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Iran on Wednesday said it would be prepared to pay compensation to the relatives of those killed when a Ukrainian…

UN confirms closure of Darfur peacekeeping mission

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The joint United Nations-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, Dec…

Biden and wife Jill prepare for New Year event

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill are set to make an appearance at the famous ‘Dick Clark’s New…

Boris Johnson gets final Brexit trade deal

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

British lawmakers overwhelmingly approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Wednesday

Biden picks Kathleen Hicks as No.2 in Defence Department

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated Kathleen Hicks to be his deputy defense secretary, the first woman nominated for…

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine arrested

Muhamin Olowoporoku

5 years ago

Presidential candidate in looming Uganda election, Robert Kyagulanyi popularly called Bobi Wine has been arrested

Bill Gates predicts the beginning of the end for COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

In a pre-Christmas article, Bill Gates, the world's leading philanthropist predicted when the world would begin to see off the…

Sinopharm says its coronavirus vaccine 79.3% effective

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Sinopharm, a Chinese drugmaker said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was found to be 79.3-per-cent effective in preliminary data…

COVID-19: Algerian president returns home from Germany

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned to his country from Germany, where he received medical treatment for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

‘Super Gonorrhoea’ exploding due to COVID-19 – WHO

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that a “Super Gonorrhoea” is spreading fast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Luke Letlow newly elected U.S. congressman dies of COVID-19

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

A newly elected U.S. congressman, Luke Letlow has died shortly after testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

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