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Brazil again exceeded 1,000 daily deaths caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after registering 1,031 fatalities from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 143,952, the government said on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Health, it was the first time Brazil had surpassed 1,000 deaths a day since Sept.…
The United States is warning India against purchasing significant Russian weapons like advanced anti-aircraft systems or fighter jets as they may impede its defence cooperation with the West, US Assistant Secretary of State Clarke Cooper told reporters. “The key point that has been shared with Indian counterparts… is: ‘Don’t put at risk future opportunities that…
Christopher Onyanga Aparr, the permanent representative of Uganda to the United Nations in Geneva, has died. Onyanga died Wednesday morning in Geneva, according to a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The cause of his death is yet to be revealed.After his appointment in 2013, Onyanga assumed the role of Coordinator of LDC countries…
Burundi’s ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye was on Monday declared the winner of the country’s presidential election, which the opposition has said was flawed. The national election commission, in results streamed live on Burundian media, announced that Ndayishimiye had won 68.72 percent of the vote, while opposition leader Agathon Rwasa came in far behind with…
By Agencies Rumours have swirled surrounding the health of North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un’s health following his noticeable absence from state media, official statements and public events in recent days. The third-generation hereditary leader who came to power after his father’s death in 2011 has no clear successor and it is unclear who would lead…
Russia on Friday announced it had dispatched two state-of-the-art warships to the Middle East after an attack in Syria killed 33 Turkish soldiers. Videos posted on social media showed two of Russia’s newest guided missile frigates, the Admiral Grigorovich and the Admiral Makarov, making their way through the Bosporus, a Turkish-controlled chokepoint that runs…
Hundreds of Americans who had been in Wuhan as the outbreak worsened arrived in California on Wednesday on two evacuation flights arranged by the United States government. It was a second wave of American evacuations after an earlier flight arrived last week. Days in quarantine on military bases were expected as part of a strict…
General overseer of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, Prophet Nigel Gaisie made some shocking claims concerning the sudden death of basketball legend, Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant. The man of God while preaching and prophesying to his congregations said he is capable of raising Kobe Bryant and his daughter from the dead. However, there…
By AFP China: Asian countries on Tuesday ramped up measures to block the spread of a new virus as the death toll in China rose to six and the number of cases surpassed 300, raising concerns in the middle of a major holiday travel rush. Nations across the Asia-Pacific region stepped up checks of passengers…
By Agencies Iran: An Iranian lawmaker offered a $3 million reward to anyone who kill U.S. President Donald Trump and said Iran could avoid threats if it had nuclear arms, ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday amid Tehran’s latest standoff with Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives for the 50th World Economic…
