Donald Trump has threatened to close down social media platforms that do not support his agenda, a day afterTwitter posted a fact-checking notice on one of his tweets.Social media firms suppressed conservative... Read more »
The Rwandan Health Ministry said Tuesday that it has conducted tests on commercial motorcyclists for COVID-19 in preparation for their resumption of operation on June 1. “About 1,000 motorcyclists from different localities will be... Read more »
The President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu has released two gay men who were jailed last year for having sex with each other. Japhet Chataba and Steven Samba, were jailed last year for... Read more »
The coronavirus death toll in the United States hit 100,000 on Tuesday. According to renowned data website Worldmeters, the toll hit the mark around 6:00pm Nigerian time. On May 17, the figure reached... Read more »
Spain is to hold 10 days of official mourning for victims of the coronavirus epidemic that has so far claimed nearly 27,000 lives, the government said Tuesday. The mourning period is to... Read more »
Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo decided on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for another 15 days until June 10. The decision was taken after analyzing the evolution of the situation... Read more »
Greek police have revealed the horrifying contents of a ‘rape kit’ that was discovered after a serial sex attacker who was nicknamed the Beast of Kavos was arrested last week. The items... Read more »
Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it will end its nationwide coronavirus curfew from June 21, except in the holy city of Mecca, after more than two months of stringent curbs. Prayers will also... Read more »
A UK minister, Douglas Ross has resigned as public anger deepens over PM Boris Johnson’s top aide Dominic Cummings’ breaching of the coronavirus lockdown. Ross, the Minister for Scotland and a Tory... Read more »
Russia President Vladimir Putin on Saturday approved new method of voting in future elections. By the new law, Russians will be able to vote electronically or by mail in the future. The... Read more »
US President Donald Trump has announced that he has ordered governors to open up places of worship opining that is wrong for some state governors to designate ‘liquor stores and abortion clinics’... Read more »
Travellers arriving in Britain from abroad will face 14 days in quarantine, a senior minister confirmed on Friday, saying the government would give details later. The self-isolation rules will apply to international... Read more »
President Donald Trump pressed for a further reopening of the United States as job losses mount from coronavirus shutdowns, while China’s premier warned of “immense” economic challenges even as the Asian giant... Read more »
A drink made from a bright-green fern-like plant is being promoted in African countries as the go-to cure for COVID-19. But detractors, with undisguised scorn, dismiss claims for the concoction as at... Read more »
COVID-19 pandemic may not kill as many as 50 million people claimed by the Spanish flu a century ago, but it is set on damaging the world economy by as much as... Read more »
Brazilian government has approved the use of chloroquine to also treat mild cases of coronavirus, after the country recorded 19,951 new cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 291,579 confirmed... Read more »
The Ukrainian Government has approved a decision to extend the quarantine measures introduced in the country till June 22. The second stage of easing the restrictions will begin from May 22, Ukrainian... Read more »
The United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic might be jeopardised unless governments retained “the trust and participation of citizens throughout.” The admonition came as doubts about... Read more »
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia hit nearly 300,000 on Tuesday as authorities registered more than 9,000 new infections after saying the virus situation had stabilised. Health officials reported 9,263 new... Read more »
US President Donald Trump has threatened to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it does not commit to “substantive improvements” within 30 days. In a letter to Tedros... Read more »
The total number of COVID-19 pandemic cases crossed the 100,000-mark in India on Tuesday, reaching 101,139, as the death toll rose to 3,163, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. The ministry’s data said... Read more »
A married babysitter who had sex with a 13-year-old schoolboy and had his baby showed a total lack of remorse, a judge said Nursery worker Leah Cordice had been out drinking for... Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday 18th of May 2020, said that he supports an investigation into the origin of Coronavirus and the international response to it’s spread after 120 nations joined the US President... Read more »
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife Angelina Teny, who serves as defence minister, have tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Monday. It said that “a number... Read more »
India’s federal health ministry Sunday morning reported 120 new deaths from COVID-19, and 4987 positive cases since Saturday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,872 and total cases to 90,927. This... Read more »
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Steve Linick, inspector general for the Department of State, is coming under bipartisan scrutiny. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi late Friday night,... Read more »
Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a nationally televised high school commencement speech Saturday night and challenged the graduates to shape the world, amid the pandemic and uncertainties around. He addressed both... Read more »
France on Saturday arrested Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key fugitives wanted over the 1994 Rwandan genocide, leaving him facing a likely trial at an international tribunal after a quarter of... Read more »
COVID-19 may have occurred before mid-January in the United States as two persons with positive serology or blood-based tests had COVID-like illness last December, a health official from the U.S. state of Washington said... Read more »
Uganda is set to release 170 Rwandans who have been under its detention, Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said at a press conference on Friday. It is “an important step” towards the... Read more »
U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a 3-trillion-U.S.-dollar coronavirus relief package, which was proposed by Democrats but not likely to gain approval from Republican-held Senate. The Democrat-led House passed the bill... Read more »
India’s federal health ministry Saturday morning said 103 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,970 positive cases were reported since Friday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,752 and total... Read more »
The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has hit back at criticism of a herbal drink he has touted as a potential coronavirus remedy, saying it is illustrative of the West’s condescending attitude... Read more »
US authorities warned on Wednesday that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic, the AFP reports.The FBI... Read more »
Us authorities warned healthcare and scientific researchers Wednesday that Chinese-backed hackers were attempting to steal research and intellectual property related to treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Organizations researching the disease were warned... Read more »
A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces during an army raid of the Al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.The... Read more »
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s onetime presidential campaign chairman who was convicted as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, has been released from federal prison to serve the rest of his sentence... Read more »
US president, Donald Trump, during a Monday press briefing clashed with reporters and then stormed out, when questioned about the Coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 80,000 Americans. The press briefing which... Read more »
China on Monday excoriated New Zealand for its support for Taiwan’s participation at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly. New Zealand’s finance and foreign ministers recently backed Taiwan. But Chinese Foreign Ministry... Read more »
The British government wants to slowly and cautiously restart the economy, housing minister Robert Jenrick said on Sunday ahead of a televised address from the prime minister to set out plans to... Read more »
The official UK death toll has topped 30,000 after a further 649 deaths were announced today.As of 5pm on Tuesday the number of deaths recorded in hospitals, care homes and the wider... Read more »
By Tim Stelloh A medical researcher said to be on the “verge of making very significant” coronavirus findings was found shot to death over the weekend in Pennsylvania, officials said.Bing Liu, 37,... Read more »
President Donald Trump conceded Tuesday that more Americans will die in reopening the US economy but underlined his insistence on a dwindling coronavirus threat by refusing to wear a mask, even as... Read more »
Three family members have been charged in the killing of a security guard who told a customer at a Michigan Family Dollar store to wear a state-mandated face mask, officials said on... Read more »
South Korea on Monday began paying out emergency disaster relief funds totaling 14.3 trillion won (US$11.65 billion) to all households to cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The government... Read more »
Tanzanian president, John Magufuli on Sunday requested a test on the nation’s coronavirus trying units after examples taken from a goat and pawpaw tested positive. Talking at an occasion in Chato in... Read more »
China is not smiling at all and can do anything to protect her territory.The south China Sea disputes involve both island and maritime claims among several sovereign states within the region, namely... Read more »
#billgates is currently trending on twitter as new videos have emerged showing Americans taking to the streets to protest against Bill Gates and his push for mandatory vaccines in the near future. Read more »
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has revealed that doctors prepared to announce his death as he battled the coronavirus disease after testing positive. The Prime Minister made his first public appearance on Monday after... Read more »
Human rights groups want an investigation after 46 people died in a riot at a Venezuelan prison.The country’s prisons minister, Iris Varela, said the riot followed a failed escape attempt by inmates... Read more »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence... Read more »
At the Brass Rail, two neon signs were beaming “OPEN” Friday, as the town and county slowly hummed to life, the first to do so in California in defiance of Gov. Gavin... Read more »
More US states eased pandemic lockdown measures on Friday even as coronavirus deaths rose, while American authorities greenlighted an experimental drug for emergency use on patients. Washington also renewed its warnings to... Read more »
United States President, Donald Trump has claimed that he has seen information indicating the Wuhan Institute of Virology is behind the coronavirus outbreak. Trump who made the claim on Thursday, declined to... Read more »
Coronavirus has wiped out a whole family in the United States, killing father, mother and their son. The invisible enemy killed the Mayorga family, a Nicaraguan family in Miami Florida over three... Read more »
Ghana has recorded more than 1,000 additional cases of COVID-19 since the country lifted its lockdown. Last week, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo lifted a three-week lockdown on the basis of “improved coronavirus testing”. The... Read more »
As the United States squeezed Saudi Arabia to end its oil value war with Russia, President Donald Trump gave Saudi pioneers a final proposal. In an April 2 call, Trump disclosed to... Read more »
Everyone else in the building was, according to reporters who were traveling with him. After all, it has been the policy at the renowned Rochester, Minnesota, facility since April 13. They even... Read more »
A 31-year-old woman slipped on the grass and fell from a 115-foot cliff to her death while posing for a picture in Turkey. The incident occurred on Sunday after the government lifted... Read more »
China has no interest in interfering in the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would try to make him lose his re-election... Read more »