Italian ambassador, Carabiniere killed in attack in Congo Luca Attanasio, Vittorio Iacovacci slain in assault on UN peacekeepers’ convoy
22 February, 2021 Comments Off on Italian ambassador, Carabiniere killed in attack in Congo Luca Attanasio, Vittorio Iacovacci slain in assault on UN peacekeepers’ convoy
Ambassador Luca Attanasio (ANSA) – ROME, FEB 22 – Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, and a Carabiniere, Vittorio Iacovacci, were killed in an attack on their UN peacekeeping convoy travelling from Goma to Bukavu in the African country on Monday, well-informed sources told ANSA. Attanasio died in hospital of […]
Continue reading …Boeing 777 planes grounded by airlines in US and Japan after engine failure
22 February, 2021 Comments Off on Boeing 777 planes grounded by airlines in US and Japan after engine failure
Boeing Co said it recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine that shed debris over Denver at the weekend after U.S. regulators announced extra inspections and Japan suspended their use while considering further action. FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER plane is towed as an American Airlines Boeing 737 […]
Continue reading …Sudan rejects Ethiopian allegations of serving third part, alludes to Eritrean involvement
21 February, 2021 Comments Off on Sudan rejects Ethiopian allegations of serving third part, alludes to Eritrean involvement
February 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has strongly rejected accusations that its military component is serving the interest of a third country and alluded to the involvement of the Eritrean troops in the ongoing border dispute with Ethiopia. On Thursday, Ethiopia accused the Sudanese army of seeking to plunge Sudan into border war […]
Continue reading …North Korea provides gifts to children for Kim Jong Il’s birthday The authorities reportedly gave school supplies only to children entering elementary school from the upper class of kindergarten
21 February, 2021 Comments Off on North Korea provides gifts to children for Kim Jong Il’s birthday The authorities reportedly gave school supplies only to children entering elementary school from the upper class of kindergarten
In a phone conversation with Daily NK on Tuesday, a source in North Hamgyong Province said children in local elementary schools and kindergartens in Hoeryong were given sweets and school supplies on Feb. 14 to mark the 79th “Day of the Shining Star,” as the holiday is called in North Korea. “As the gifts were […]
Continue reading …Iran: Results suggest primary COVID vaccine 90 percent effective Iran says its first locally manufactured vaccine has exhibited better-than-expected results in preliminary testing.
21 February, 2021 Comments Off on Iran: Results suggest primary COVID vaccine 90 percent effective Iran says its first locally manufactured vaccine has exhibited better-than-expected results in preliminary testing.
The second phase of human trials is expected to start before the end of the current Iranian calendar year on March 20 and last through May [File: WANA via Reuters] Tehran, Iran – Iran has said its primary vaccine candidate against COVID-19 is 90 percent effective basedon preliminary results. Mohamad Reza Salehi, who heads clinical trials […]
Continue reading …Debris falls from sky as United flight suffers engine failure
21 February, 2021 Comments Off on Debris falls from sky as United flight suffers engine failure
Debris from a United Airlines plane fell into Denver suburbs during an emergency landing Saturday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure and rained pieces of the engine casing on a neighborhood where it narrowly missed a home. United Airlines flight UA328, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew on board, returns to Denver […]
Continue reading …Looting in Barcelona as protests over rapper’s arrest turn violent for fifth night
21 February, 2021 Comments Off on Looting in Barcelona as protests over rapper’s arrest turn violent for fifth night
Shops in Barcelona have been smashed and looted, as a fifth consecutive night of protests over the arrest of a rapper turned violent.Protesters have been calling for the release of Pablo Hasél since he was arrested earlier this week, beginning a nine-month prison sentence after he was convicted of glorifying terrorism and insulting the monarchy […]
Continue reading …Sputnik V: Why hasn’t the EU approved Russia’s COVID vaccine yet?
20 February, 2021 Comments Off on Sputnik V: Why hasn’t the EU approved Russia’s COVID vaccine yet?
A health worker shows a box of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V at Szent Janos Hospital in Budapest, Hungary. – Copyright Zsolt Szigetvary/MT The Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V is still waiting for the green light from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) before it can be deployed in all 27 EU member states. So far, the vaccine has […]
Continue reading …Moscow Court Upholds Prison Term for Kremlin Critic Navalny
20 February, 2021 Comments Off on Moscow Court Upholds Prison Term for Kremlin Critic Navalny
A Moscow court on Saturday upheld a ruling to jail the Kremlin’s most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, sealing his first lengthy prison sentence after a decade of legal battles with Russian authorities. The judge rejected Navalny’s appeal of a Feb. 2 rulingEPA / TASS Judge Dmitry Balashov dismissed Navalny’s appeal against a decision to imprison […]
Continue reading …What’s behind fresh unrest in Somalia – and what needs to be done
20 February, 2021 Comments Off on What’s behind fresh unrest in Somalia – and what needs to be done
Somali government troops have clashed with opposition supporters on the streets of Mogadishu amid growing anger over delayed elections. There is growing anxiety over the expiry of the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as “Farmaajo”, without the prospect of an immediate replacement. Dr Mohammed Ibrahim Shire explains how the country got here, and […]
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