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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

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

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

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed German diplomat Volker Perthes as his special representative for Sudan, the UN press service said in a statement on Friday.“United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced the appointment of Volker Perthes of Germany as his new Special Representative for Sudan and HeadContinue Reading

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) has confirmed the death of the officer who was injured during a violent riot in support of President Donald Trump at the Capitol building on Wednesday. CNN previously reported, citing sources, that an officer involved in dispersing the pro-Trump riot had died, however USCP initiallyContinue Reading

The United States (U.S.) reported more than 4,000 Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in one day for the first time on Thursday, as health systems struggle to cope with the number of sick and dying patients. A total of 4,033 people died in connection with the disease within 24 hours, according toContinue Reading