Google employees form workers’ union in U.S.
2021-01-04
More than 200 Google employees in the U.S. have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders wrote in New York Times opinion piece on Monday.Continue Reading
UN Chief seeks justice for victims of Niger’s massacre
2021-01-04
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Saturday’s massacre by suspected jihadists in the Republic of Niger.Continue Reading
Niger to reinforce military presence after over 100 killed in attack
2021-01-04
Niger’s government announces plans to ramp up military presence in region in which more than 100 civilians were killed in an attack by gunmen over the weekend.Continue Reading
British dialysis patient first to receive AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
2021-01-04
Brian Pinker, a dialysis patient is the first person in the world to receive the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine outside a clinical trial.Continue Reading
17 U.S. soldiers, 6 civilians in S. Korea test positive for COVID-19
2021-01-04
Seventeen more U.S. soldiers and six civilians in South Korea test positive for COVID-19, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) say.Continue Reading
S/Korea stocks start year at record high on chip, auto boost
2021-01-04
South Korean shares touched a record high as it began trading in 2021, driven by major heavyweights, as more investors bet on a swifter economic recovery.Continue Reading
COVID-19: Botswana extends night time curfew to Jan. 31
2021-01-04
Botswana announced on Sunday extension of nighttime curfew up to Jan. 31 following the emergence of a new and more transmissible strain of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).Continue Reading
U.S. Congress re-elects Pelosi as Speaker
2021-01-04
The 117th U.S. Congress took office on Sunday with Nancy Pelosi securing re-election as Speaker of the House of Representatives with a narrow voting margin.Continue Reading
U.S. COVID-19 cases exaggerated — Trump tweets
2021-01-03
President Donald Trump, on Sunday, said the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States was exaggerated.Continue Reading
Train accident kills 3 in central Tanzania
2021-01-03
Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday. The train was ferrying 720 passengers from the country’s port city Dar es Salaam to up-country regions of Tabora, Katavi, Kigoma and MwanzaContinue Reading