Tokyo 2020 Must Be Simple And Safe, Says IOC’s Coates
Senior Olympic official John Coates has reiterated that Tokyo must stage a simplified Summer Games…
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UN Report Calls For Temporary Basic Income To Help World’s Poorest Amid COVID-19
A temporary basic income for the world’s poorest 2.7 billion people in 132 developing countries…
Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Developer Cautious On 2020 Roll-Out
The University of Oxford’s possible COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out by the end of…
Wave Of Promising Study Results Raise Hopes For Coronavirus Vaccines
Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate…
Sudan’s Bashir, Allies On Trial For Leading 1989 Coup
Sudan started on Tuesday a new trial against ousted President Omar al-Bashir and some of…
End Of The Jumbo: British Airways Retires 747 Early Due To Coronavirus Crisis
British Airways (BA), the world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s, will retire its entire jumbo…
COVID-19 Vaccine Trails Show Promising Immune Responses: Report
U.S. researchers say an experimental coronavirus vaccine has shown promising immune responses in an on-going…
Moderna Phase 1 Results Show Coronavirus Vaccine Safe, Induces Immune Response
Moderna Inc’s experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed it was safe and provoked immune responses in…
Accused NZ Mosque Shooter To Represent Himself At Sentencing
An Australian man who pleaded guilty to killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s worst…
Illegal Ivory Trade Shrinks While Pangolin Trafficking Booms, UN Says
The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared,…
Former Lesotho PM Tom Thabane Expected In Court Over Wife’s Murder
Lesotho’s former Prime Minister Tom Thabane is expected to appear in court on Tuesday in…
WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine, HIV Drugs In COVID-19 Trials
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of…
Initial Results Show Russians Give Putin The Right To Extend His Rule Until 2036
Russians appeared to have paved the way for Vladimir Putin to stay in power until…
Zimbabwe National Parks To Re-open After Covid-19 Lockdown
The Zimbabwe government said on Wednesday that national parks could reopen to boost local tourism….
EU Excludes US From ‘Safe’ Travel List
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial “safe list” of countries…
‘On Our Knees’: Kenya’s Tourism Revenue Collapses
Kenya has lost 80 billion shillings ($752 million) so far in tourism revenue, about half…
Nissan To Launch 7 Models In Africa To Pursue Growth
Nissan Motor Co aims to launch seven new models in Africa over the next two…
Global Coronavirus Deaths Top Half A Million
The death toll from COVID-19 reached half a million people on Sunday, according to a…
Zimbabwe Temporarily Closes Joburg Consulate After Confirmed Covid-19 Cases
Zimbabwe on Tuesday temporarily closed its consulate in Johannesburg after two staff members tested positive…
Chinese Researchers Launch Phase-2 Human Test For Possible Coronavirus Vaccine
Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the…
Coronavirus – Nigeria: 403 New Cases Of COVID-19
403 new cases of COVID19 Gombe-73 Lagos-68 Kano-46 Edo-36 FCT-35 Nasarawa-31 Kaduna-17 Oyo-16 Abia-15 Delta-13…