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Pakistan administers Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to health worker

A drive to administer the China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers was formally kicked off across Pakistan on Wednesday, the National Command...

Philippine president appoints new armed forces chief of staff Chief

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has named Army chief Lt. – Gen. Cirilito Sobejana as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of...

Buhari canvasses restructuring of ECOWAS, orders release of $20m to counter terrorism

President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for the restructuring of ECOWAS, saying that the organization needed to streamline its management to adjust to current realities. ”A...

Israel set to exit coronavirus crisis

The Embassy of the State of Israel in Nigeria on Friday said Israel is set to become one of the first nations to exit...

U.S. VP-elect Kamala Harris to resign from Senate

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from the Senate on Monday, according to a Harris aide. The Californian Democrat’s resignation comes two days before she...

Biden to mount federal vaccination campaign

President-elect Joe Biden, inheriting responsibility for a pandemic that is unchecked and worsening after nearly a year, has outlined his plan to throw the...

Trump ban was right but sets dangerous precedent – Twitter chief

Twitter’s chief executive Jack Dorsey on Wednesday defended the platform’s decision to suspend U.S. President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, but also said it sets...

WHO working with China’s COVID-19 vaccine producers

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus has said that a WHO team in China is working with producers of China’s...

Estonian prime minister to resign, says spokeswoman

Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas, a member of the European Union, early on Wednesday announced his intention to resign, his spokeswoman, Liisi Poll, said. The...

Indonesia suspends search for crashed jet’s cockpit recorder

Indonesia on Wednesday temporarily suspended a search by divers for the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air that crashed with 62 people on...

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