Britain will consider diplomatic presence at Beijing Olympics – Raab

Britain’s Justice Secretary Dominic Raab LONDON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain will in due course consider whether or not to impose a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday. U.S. government officials will boycott the Olympics in Beijing because of…

Covid-19: Namibia detects 18 Omicron cases, destroys 150,000 jabs

WINDHOEK, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Namibia’s President Hage Geingob announced that the first cases of the OMICRON Covid-19 variant had been detected in the country, which was forced to dispose of 150,000 expired vaccine doses. Geingob called on citizens to get booster jabs after 18 Omicron cases were identified in…

Covid-19: France to shut nightclubs over surge

    PARIS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks from this weekend to counter a Covid surge that has put hospitals under severe strain, the prime minister said.    Schoolchildren will also face stricter social distancing and extended use of face masks,…

Covid-19: Dutch hospital welcomes back troops amid Covid surge

   THE HAGUE, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The battle against coronavirus has been a long one, and now the Netherlands is drafting in soldiers to prop up hospitals as cases spike and beds fill up.   Helped by 50 members of the military with medical backgrounds, the UMC Utrecht hospital…

Covid-19: Kenya receives more J&J, AstraZeneca vaccine doses

NAIROBI, Dec 7 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya on Monday received a consignment of 4.3 million Johnson and Johnson vaccine doses in efforts to boost the ongoing accelerated Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The donation of the Covid-19 vaccines came from the German Government via the COVAX facility. The doses which arrived at the…

Algeria gives Palestinians $100m grant

ALGIERS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria has agreed to give a grant of $100m to the Palestinian Authority. The announcement was made by Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, after meeting the visiting Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Tebboune also said Algeria would be hosting a meeting of Palestinian factions in the near…

Eight children found dead in Lagos car

LAGOS, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Nigeria say they are investigating the death of eight children – boys and girls – found dead in an abandoned car in the country’s biggest city, Lagos. Police said the bodies of the children, aged between four and six years, had been taken…

UN top court to rule in Armenia-Azerbaijan feud

  THE HAGUE, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s top court will decide on Tuesday on tit-for-tat requests by Armenia and Azerbaijan for emergency measures to ease tensions after last year’s war between the Caucasus arch-foes.   The former Soviet republics, which battled for six weeks in autumn 2020 over…

3 more North Americans kidnapped in Haiti freed: Religious group

Nearly 800 kidnappings were recorded in Haiti between January and October this year PORT-AU-PRINCE, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people who were among a group of US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti have been released, according to their organisation. Christian Aid Ministries said the three were…

US CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to France, Jordan over COVID-19 concerns

Passengers wait in line inside the terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised Americans against travel to France, Jordan, Portugal, and Tanzania, citing COVID-19 concerns. The CDC now lists 83 destinations at “Level…