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Zimbabwe extends alcohol ban to supermarkets

On: January 9, 2021

Supermarkets in Zimbabwe are no longer permitted to sell alcohol during the coronavirus lockdown as authorities step up measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Under the lockdown regulations, announced last Saturday, bottle stores and bars were banned from operating during the 30-day lockdown which began on Jan. 5. Zimbabwe’sContinue Reading

2-year-old child run over twice by car survives

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 9, 2021

In: Foreign

A child in Switzerland survives after being driven over twice by a car in town of Oberentfelden on Friday evening, police say.Continue Reading

Kim calls U.S. ‘biggest enemy,’ vows to continue nuclear development

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 9, 2021

In: Foreign

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un calls U.S. “biggest enemy” of his country, threatens to continue advancing its nuclear capabilities.Continue Reading

Australia on high alert after overseas travellers bring new COVID-19 strains

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 9, 2021

In: Foreign

Australia on high alert after cases of highly transmissible new variants of coronavirus, discovered in Britain and South Africa, made it into the country.Continue Reading

10 newborn babies die in Indian hospital fire

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 9, 2021

In: Foreign

Ten newborn babies die in fire at state-run Bhandara District General Hospital in Maharashtra in western India, officials say.Continue Reading

Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 8, 2021

In: Foreign

Russia and China oppose candidate from Fiji seen as staunch human rights defender to lead top U.N. rights body, diplomats and observers say.Continue Reading

London declares emergency over ‘out of control’ coronavirus

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 8, 2021

In: Foreign

London declares emergency on coronavirus, as its hospitals are at risk of being overwhelmed by highly transmissible variant of the virus racing “out of control” across the UK.Continue Reading

UN appoints Dieye of Senegal as special coordinator for development in Sahel

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: January 8, 2021

In: Foreign

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Thursday, appointed Abdoulaye Dieye of Senegal as the Special Coordinator for development in the Sahel. Dieye is a macroeconomist and development expert with strong leadership experience in managing complex development portfolios over the last 35 years, said Guterres’ press office. The special coordinator will leadContinue Reading

EU to purchase additional 300m doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – Von der Leyen

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: January 8, 2021

In: Foreign

The European Commission has renewed a contract with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech to purchase an additional 300 million doses of their vaccine against the coronavirus disease, President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.“As you know, we have right now access to 300 million doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine.Continue Reading

Centenarian Berlin Candy Bomber beats back coronavirus infection

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: January 8, 2021

In: Foreign

Gail Halvorsen, the U.S. pilot who was known and loved by German children in the late 1940s as the Candy Bomber, has mostly recovered from the coronavirus, his daughter said. Halvorsen, who lives in the western state of Utah and turned 100 years old earlier this year, has a coughContinue Reading

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