Ivory Coast’s Ouattara Sworn In For Third Term
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara took the oath of office for a controversial third term on Monday, urging the opposition to help “defuse tensions” ahead of general elections early next year.…
UK, EU In Final Talks Over Brexit
British and EU negotiators began what may prove to be their final hours of trade talks on Saturday with a decision imminent on whether a post-Brexit deal is possible. Both…
Indian Doctors Strike Against Allowing Traditional Medicine Practitioners Into Surgery Room
Doctors in many Indian hospitals closed out-patient departments and wore black armbands on Friday to protest against a government decision to allow practitioners of traditional medicine (Ayurveda) to carry out…
TIME Magazine Names Joe Biden, Kamala Harris As Its Person Of The Year
TIME Magazine has named U.S. president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris as its person of the year. “For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of…
UN Court Sentences Former Lebanon PM’s Killer To Life Imprisonment
An international court on Friday sentenced a fugitive Hezbollah member to life imprisonment for the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and 21 other people. Salim Ayyash,…
Ghana Election: Main Opposition, John Mahama Rejects Results
Ghana’s opposition candidate John Mahama on Thursday rejected as “fraudulent” the results of the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. Challenging election…
France Fines Google, Amazon €135m For Privacy Breach
France’s CNIL data privacy watchdog slapped 135 million euros in fines on US tech titans Google and Amazon for placing advertising cookies on users’ computers without consent. The 100-million-euro fine…
Gunmen Kill Female Afghanistan Journalist
Gunmen shot dead a female news anchor and her driver on Thursday, her employer said, the second murder of a journalist in Afghanistan in a month. Malalai Maiwand was killed…
Ethiopian Govt Admits Forces ‘Shot At’ UN Team In Tigray
An Ethiopian spokesman on Tuesday said that the country’s forces fired on a UN team, claiming they ignored instructions and drove through government checkpoints in the northern region of Tigray.…
Covid-19 Vaccine: Other Countries Have Booked Most Of Our Supply, Pfizer Tells Us
U.S. pharma company Pfizer has informed President Donald Trump’s administration that it will not be able to provide a significant number of additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine until late…
