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26-Year-Man Executed In Saudi Arabia After ‘Offensive Photo’ Was Found On Phone Following Protests…
A 26-year-old man has been put to death in Saudi Arabia for taking part in anti-government protests as a teenager.
Mustafa al-Darwish was executed on Tuesday following the discovery of an “offensive” photograph that showed him in…
England Delays Full Lifting Of Virus Restrictions
British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Monday announced a four-week delay to the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England due to a surge in infections caused by Delta variant.
The delay comes as a blow to Johnson’s plans…
Zambian President Slumps At Public Event
Zambian President, Edgar Lungu on Sunday suffered an attack of dizziness that prompted a sudden halt to television coverage of an official ceremony in the southern African nation, the cabinet secretary said.
Lungu, who is campaigning…
El Salvador Makes History As World’s First Country To Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
El Salvador led by President Nayib Bukele has on Wednesday become the first country in the world to formally adopt cryptocurrency - Bitcoin - as a legal tender.
Lawmakers in the Central American country's Congress today voted by a…
US Recovers $2.3m In Bitcoin Paid To Colonial Pipeline Hackers
United States has recovered most of $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking Colonial Pipeline offline last month.
DarkSide - which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and possibly Russia -…
WHO Approves China’s Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine
World Health Organization have approved Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use — the second Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light.
The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine on Tuesday, which is already being…
China Confirms First Human Case Of Bird Flu Strain
China has on Tuesday, June 1 reported the world’s first human infection of H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low.
A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in…
ECOWAS Suspends Mali Over Second Coup In Nine Months
Leaders of 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have suspended Mali from their regional bloc in response to last week’s coup, the second coup in nine months by the poor Sahel country's military.
The group which…
Mali Constitutional Court Declares Coup Leader, Goita Transitional President
Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of the post-coup junta in Mali has been named as the country's transitional President by the constitutional court.
The ruling issued late on Friday May 28, said Assimi Goita would “lead the transition process…
EU Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine For 12 To 15-Year-Olds
European Union’s drug watchdog on Friday approved Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the bloc.
The vaccine was “well tolerated” in adolescents and there were…
Mali’s President, Prime Minister Arrested In 2nd Military Coup Resign
Mali's transitional president, Bah Ndaw and prime minister, Moctar Ouane have tendered their resignation following their arrest on Monday by the military in what amounts to a second coup in nine months.
Agence France-Presse reported…
George Floyd’s Family Meets Biden On First Anniversary Of His Murder, Wants ‘Laws To Protect People…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have met with the family of George Floyd exactly one year after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.…
First Man In The World To Receive Approved COVID-19 Vaccine Dies At 81
William Shakespeare, first man in the world to received approved COVID-19 vaccine, has passed away at 81.
Bill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the…
Moderna Says COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Highly Effective’ In Adolescents
US biotech firm, Moderna has on Tuesday said trials had shown its COVID-19 vaccine is “highly effective” in adolescents aged 12-17 and the company would seek regulators’ approval in June.
CEO Stephane Bancel in a statement said;
We are…
Military Detain Mali’s President, Prime Minister, Defence Minister
Malian soldiers upset with a government reshuffle took the president, prime minister, defence minister to an army camp outside the capital on Monday, officials said, raising fears of a second coup within a year in the crisis-stricken…