UN chief urges making vaccine solidarity top priority
29 January, 2021 Comments Off on UN chief urges making vaccine solidarity top priority
“Our first priority for 2021 is to respond to COVID-19. Vaccines are the first great moral test before us,” the UN chief told the UN’s 193 member states. Outlining his priorities for the months ahead, the secretary-general emphasized that vaccines “must be seen as global public goods – people’s vaccines – available and affordable to […]
Continue reading …UN chief Guterres urges foreign fighters to leave Libya
29 January, 2021 Comments Off on UN chief Guterres urges foreign fighters to leave Libya
Libya’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) forces clash with putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s militias, south of the capital Tripoli, Libya, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo) The United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on thousands of foreign fighters and mercenaries to immediately leave Libya after a deadline for them to depart […]
Continue reading …WHO team in Wuhan begins field visits at hospital that treated early Covid-19 cases
29 January, 2021 Comments Off on WHO team in Wuhan begins field visits at hospital that treated early Covid-19 cases
A resident wearing a mask sits outside the entrance to Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, where a WHO research team made its first field trip in Wuhan, China, on January 29, 2021. © Ng Han Guan, AP Photo A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 on Friday […]
Continue reading …Novavax COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective in UK study
29 January, 2021 Comments Off on Novavax COVID-19 vaccine appears 89% effective in UK study
The Novavax vaccine appears to be effective according to a trial in the UK – Copyright AP Photo A UK study for Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine shows it appears to be 89% effective, based on early findings. It also appears to work – but not quite as well – against the new strains of COVID-19 that were first found […]
Continue reading …Kenya, Somalia stick to their guns as tensions soar Deteriorating relations between 2 East African neighbors take heavy toll on trade, security
28 January, 2021 Comments Off on Kenya, Somalia stick to their guns as tensions soar Deteriorating relations between 2 East African neighbors take heavy toll on trade, security
FILE PHOTO MOGADISHU, Somalia/NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya and Somalia are embroiled in a diplomatic row that has crippled security, education, and trade ties between the two neighbors. But where does this conflict stem from? What started wedging Kenya and Somalia diplomatic relations is a row that ensued between the two East African countries over a dispute […]
Continue reading …Biden presses ‘pause’ on Trump-era foreign policies as Blinken takes diplomatic helm
28 January, 2021 Comments Off on Biden presses ‘pause’ on Trump-era foreign policies as Blinken takes diplomatic helm
The Biden administration paused or put under review a wide swath of Trump-era foreign policies as America’s new top diplomat took the helm of the State Department.The administration placed at least temporarily holds on several big-ticket arms sales to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, while newly installed Secretary of State Antony Blinken said […]
Continue reading …Pfizer vaccine effective against mutant Covid strains
28 January, 2021 Comments Off on Pfizer vaccine effective against mutant Covid strains
The company has confirmed its vaccine works against the UK and South African variants of coronavirus (Picture: AFP via Getty Images / Metro.co.uk) Pfizer and BioNTech have confirmed their vaccine is effective against the UK and South African variants of coronavirus. Early studies by Pfizer and the University of Texas Medical Branch, which have not […]
Continue reading …Eritrean forces should leave Ethiopia’s Tigray immediately: US
27 January, 2021 Comments Off on Eritrean forces should leave Ethiopia’s Tigray immediately: US
An Ethiopian refugee from Tigray walks in the Tenedba camp in Mafaza, eastern Sudan [Ashraf Shazly/AFP] The United States has said all soldiers from Eritrea should leave Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “immediately”. The Eritreans have been fighting on the side of Ethiopian forces as they pursue fugitive leaders of the Tigray region, though Ethiopia’s government […]
Continue reading …US government’s attitude toward China hard to change: Global Times editorial
27 January, 2021 Comments Off on US government’s attitude toward China hard to change: Global Times editorial
When White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question Monday about US-China relations, she said that “China is growing more authoritarian at home and more assertive abroad,” adding that China “is engaged in conduct that hurts American workers, blunts [US] technological edge, and threatens [US] alliances and [US] influence in international organizations.” She […]
Continue reading …Biden phones Uhuru, talks about regional security, climate change The president-elect offered his gratitude for President Kenyatta’s congratulations.
27 January, 2021 Comments Off on Biden phones Uhuru, talks about regional security, climate change The president-elect offered his gratitude for President Kenyatta’s congratulations.
The President-elect took part in separate congratulatory calls with the leaders of Argentina, Costa Rica, and Kenya as well as with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Uhuru termed the emphatic win in the hard-fought polls as a demonstration of Americans ‘confidence in the leadership ‘credentials of the former Vice President. US President-elect Joe Biden on […]
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