Category: Foreign
We still don’t understand why COVID-19 numbers aren’t high in Africa – Bill Gates
Bill Gates, a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says the world still does not have enough data to understand why COVID-19 [...]
Putin signs bill granting Presidents lifetime immunity
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed legislation that will grant former presidents lifetime immunity once they leave office, AFP is repo [...]
Joe Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine on live TV
US President-elect, Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine on live television on Monday in a campaign to boost Americans’ confidence in the jabs.
Th [...]
Chile’s president fined $3,500 for no-mask selfie
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has been fined $3,500 for breaching COVID-19 rules by posing for a selfie without wearing a face mask.
The pictu [...]
Pirates abduct six Ukrainians off Nigerian coast
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Saturday confirmed that six of its nationals were among the crew members abducted off the coast of Nigeria, from a C [...]
Nigerian couple commit murder-suicide in US
The police in the US are investigating the death of a Nigerian couple believed to have resulted from murder-suicide.
Dr. Ben Okigbo and his wife, T [...]
MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife gives away $4.2bn in four months
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said during the week that she has given $4.2 billion to groups helping the vulnerable as th [...]
Set back for Okonjo-Iweala as US wants WTO DG race reopened
The United States has suggested that the process to find a new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) needs to be reopened.
According [...]
Vladimir Putin finally congratulates Biden on US election victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the US presidential election Tuesday, six weeks after the vote and a [...]
Electoral College confirms Joe Biden’s victory
Joe Biden on Monday won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the US presidency, all but shattering President Donald Trum [...]