Agency Reporter A military complex near Baghdad International Airport came under attack on Wednesday morning when it was targeted with three Katyusha-type rockets, according to Iraq’s military. The military base is used to house US [Read more…]
Britain’s Health Minister on Wednesday said he was left “speechless” by the resignation of a prominent adviser on the government’s COVID-19 response, who broke the country’s lockdown rules. “I am speechless,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock [Read more…]
Agency Reporter A dramatic deterioration in US-China relations in recent days has convinced current and former government advisers on both sides that bilateral ties have plummeted to their lowest point in decades. Over the past [Read more…]
China has hit back at the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, for claiming that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan. Accorinding to daily post report, Pompeo speaking on Sunday, insisted there was [Read more…]
The Ugandan Government, on Wednesday, cautioned the public not to relax efforts in combating HIV/AIDS in spite of all energies being targeted towards fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Esther Mbayo, the minister in charge of the [Read more…]
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, on Wednesday, asked the country’s communications watchdog to block online videos alleging that COVID-19 is a man-made bio-weapon. The office said in a statement that it has discovered videos posted [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Katyusha-type rockets used in World War II Three Katyusha-type rockets early Wednesday struck a military complex near Baghdad’s international airport that is used by US troops and diplomats, Iraq’s military said, [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani Iran’s president said Wednesday the United States made a “stupid mistake” by abandoning a nuclear deal and warned of severe consequences if its allies agree to extend [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Malaysia reported 45 new confirmed cases of the novel Coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the cumulative total to 6,428 infections. The health ministry also reported one new death, raising the total number [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: The number of new Coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,559 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 165,929, the Coronavirus crisis response centre said on Wednesday. It [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Elon Musk and Girlfriend, Grimes By Rasheed Sobowale Although it seems everyone is surprised at the name of a child being X Æ A-12 but to Elon Musk’s fan, it was [Read more…]
THE African Union (AU) says it is in talks with Madagascar on a herbal remedy recently announced by the Indian Ocean island nation for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. The Africa Centre for Disease [Read more…]
There is increasing urgency inside the White House and among President Donald Trump’s Republican allies to enlist the support of United States (U.S.) foreign allies to blame China over its failure to stem the spread [Read more…]
Scores of European countries further relaxed coronavirus restrictions on Monday, with experts the world over – and residents of those countries affected – waiting to see if they strike the right balance between safety and [Read more…]
Agency Reporter Three family members have been charged with the fatal shooting of a Michigan Family Dollar store security guard who denied entry to a customer who was not wearing a state-mandated face mask, officials [Read more…]
South Korea on Monday began paying out emergency disaster relief funds totaling 14.3 trillion won (US$11.65 billion) to all households to cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The government plans to provide [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has extended to June 5 a state of emergency declared in areas under his administration in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in response to the Coronavirus crisis, the [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Thailand may see the economic impact from the Coronavirus pandemic spread over another nine months, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday, as disruption from the global crisis drags on tourism [Read more…]
Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised the importance of countries of the world to pool strength and resources together to combat the ravaging Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Its Director-General, Dr. Tedros [Read more…]
WORLD leaders and organisations pledged $8 billion to research, manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 on Monday, but the United States refused to contribute to the global effort. Organisers included the [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Elon Musk and Girlfriend, Grimes Elon Musk’s girlfriend has given birth to the couple’s first child together, the outspoken Tesla chief announced Monday. Musk, 48, has been dating the musician Grimes [Read more…]
Airlifting of Nigerians stranded in the United States (U.S.) due to the novel coronavirus pandemic is to begin on May 10, according to the Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York. The Consul-General, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: DR Congo on Monday reiterated its accusation that Rwandan rebels in the east of the country killed 12 rangers and five others at the world-famous Virunga national park. Fighters from the [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man reads from a prayer book Friday after the funeral at Mount of Olives cemetery in east Jerusalem for a man who died of COVID-19. PHOTO: AP Serge [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Former President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma A corruption trial involving South African former president Jacob Zuma, due to resume this week, has been postponed to June because of the coronavirus [Read more…]
Agency Reporter Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe was inaugurated on Sunday at a ceremony that was minimized to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. About 200 guests – all wearing face masks and practicing social [Read more…]
The trade minister of the UK resigned on Monday after a parliamentary watchdog found that he attempted to use his position as a lawmaker to intimidate a member of the public in a private dispute. [Read more…]
Any vaccine against the new coronavirus must be considered a “global public good,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at a pledging conference for international efforts to develop the medicine. The vaccine should be “given to [Read more…]
An official report on Monday in Italy showed a rise in the number of deaths in the country in 2020 by nearly 40 per cent compared to recent years, linking it to coronavirus. According to [Read more…]
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has called for “a truly global effort” against COVID-19, saying that “the race to discover the vaccine to defeat this virus is not a competition between countries.” The British High [Read more…]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday officially announced that the country will extend its state of emergency through May 31. The decree was initially set to expire on Wednesday. The world’s third largest economy [Read more…]
The Taliban, on Monday, claimed responsibility for an attack at a military centre in southern Helmand province in Afghanistan, where at least 150 members of the Afghan army and intelligence wing were stationed. The bombing [Read more…]
The European Commission on Monday approved French loans worth 7.65 billion dollars (7 billion euros) to help Air France weather the coronavirus pandemic, noting that the aviation giant would otherwise face the risk of bankruptcy. [Read more…]
The rate of new COVID-19 infections continued to fall in Germany as the number of confirmed cases increased by 679 within one day to 163,175, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said on Monday. At the [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Greeks were finally allowed to get their hair cut, buy books and flowers and even venture back onto the beaches on Monday as part of a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions [Read more…]
The coronavirus death toll in Iran, one of the hardest-hit countries in the Middle East, rose by 74 in the past 24 hours to 6,277, the Health Ministry said on Monday, as mosques were due [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: More than 10 times as many people in Germany have likely been infected with the Coronavirus than the number of confirmed cases, researchers from the University of Bonn have concluded from [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Al-Hota gorge in northwest Syria, where ISIS dumped bodies. PHOTO: HRW Human Rights Watch on Monday called for an investigation into a spectacular gorge in northern Syria that has been used [Read more…]
The French government on Monday faced mounting questions and criticism about its plan to gradually ease the country’s coronavirus lockdown starting on May 11. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and more than 300 other mayors in [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium [Read more…]
Chinese state media hit back at the U.S. on Monday, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of trying to divert attention from its own “incompetence” with allegations about the spread of the novel coronavirus. The commentary [Read more…]
Mike Pompeo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said shots fired Sunday from North Korea towards the South in the DMZ that divides the peninsula were believed to have been “accidental.” “Handful of shots came [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: South Korean soldiers patrolling along a barbed wire fence Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, on the South Korean island of Ganghwa. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) North [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s top court Sunday started hearing arguments to bar Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from forming a new government as he faces a criminal trial on corruption charges. The Supreme Court [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Feminist advocacy groups are reporting an increase of incidents in broad daylight. PHOTO: EPA-EFE For many women venturing out during France’s coronavirus lockdown, the absence of crowds has made them easier [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: A volunteer of the Street Medicine movement, wearing protective equipment, tends to the foot wound of a man as they provide medical care to homeless people in Minsk, on May 2, [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: Iran President, Hassan Rouhani Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would reopen across large parts of the country Monday, as officials reported a drop in the number of deaths from the [Read more…]
Trump-Kim US President Donald Trump said Saturday he was “glad” about the reappearance of Kim Jong Un and that the North Korea leader is apparently healthy. “I, for one, am glad to see he is [Read more…]
Kindly Share This Story: By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Amidst preparation to monitor relaxation of the lockdown starting Monday, Kwara state on Saturday recorded two new positive cases of COVID-19. Recall that on Friday, the [Read more…]
United States troops at a training station in Herat, Afghanistan, this month. The plan would shift American operations from training to counterterrorism strikes. PHOTO: Shutterstock The US military in Afghanistan Saturday urged warring parties to [Read more…]
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