Covid-19: US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic

UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and China remained at loggerheads Thursday over a UN Security Council draft resolution calling for a 90-day humanitarian pause in conflicts worldwide in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The stalemate — over a mention of the World Health Organization —…

Covid-19: The last places on earth without the coronavirus

Villagers watch the sunset on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati GENEVA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite infecting more than three million people around the world, there are still 34 countries and territories that have yet to report a single case of the novel coronavirus. These…

Covid-19: Pompeo criticises South Africa, Qatar for taking Cuban doctors

Cuban medical workers arrive at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria WASHINGTON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticised South Africa and Qatar for accepting doctors from Cuba to battle the coronavirus, accusing the communist island of profiting from the pandemic. Cuba’s globe-trotting doctors have…

Lesotho senate limits Prime Minister’s powers

Lesotho Prime Minister, Thomas Motsoahae Thabane MASERU, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Lesotho senate continues to pile pressure on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to resign.On Tuesday, the senate imposed limits on Thabane’s powers to dissolve parliament and call for fresh elections.The Senate adopted a constitutional amendment which will among others,…

Libya’s east-based army announces cessation of military action during Ramadan

Clashes in Libya have complicated efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak TRIPOLI, April 30 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s east-based army announced on Wednesday cessation of military action in the country during the holy month of Ramadan. “On this blessed occasion, in appreciation and in response to the calls from brotherly and…

US acknowledges killing two civilians in 2019 Somalia air strike

MOGADISHU, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two civilians were killed and three injured in a United States air strike in Somalia early last year, the US said in a rare acknowledgement of civilian casualties from United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) military operations in the Horn of Africa country. The deaths were mentioned in…

Covid-19 to cause record emissions fall in 2020: IEA

PARIS, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — COVID-19 is expected to cause global energy emissions to fall a record eight percent this year due to an unprecedented drop in demand for coal, oil and gas, the International Energy Agency said. The IEA’s Global Energy Review was based on an analysis of electricity…

Covid-19: ‘More than 1.5 billion people risk losing livelihoods’ – ILO

GENEVA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About half of all workers worldwide are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned. The figure equates to more than 1.5 billion people. Covid-19 has infected more than 3.1 million people around the world…

Deportation of criminal with HIV to Zimbabwe blocked by UK Supreme Court – after 14 years legal battle

The Supreme Court building LONDON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The deportation of a criminal to Zimbabwe has been stopped by the Supreme Court amid concerns his life would be shortened by HIV. Five justices unanimously ruled the case must be reconsidered in full by immigration judges. The offender has fought…

Covid-19: Uganda bans lorry drivers from sleeping at hotels

Lorries have been queuing on the Kenya-Uganda border so drivers can be tested for COVID-19 KAMPALA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All lorry drivers crossing over the border into Uganda will not be allowed to carry passengers in their vehicles or to sleep in hotels or other people’s homes as part…
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