WHO celebrates discovery of COVID-19 vaccine as year 2020 draws to a close
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it celebrated the discovery of COVID-19 vaccine as the year 2020 draws to an end. WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus stated this while giving…
Pierre Cardin, fashion pacesetter, dies at 98; after over 60 years career
French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses and his fortune by being the first to exploit the name as a brand for…
Covid-19: Over 495,000 persons vaccinated in 9 days in Israel as infections surge
No fewer than 115,000 people had been administered the COVID-19 vaccines in Israel in the last 24 hours. The Israeli Ministry of Health which released the figure on Tuesday added…
FAA to reform new airplane safety approvals after 737 MAX crashes
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it would reform how it certifies new airplanes in line with legislation passed by Congress after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that…
Journalist gets four years jail for reporting COVID-19 breakout from Wuhan
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan, to four years in prison for her live stream reporting of COVID-19 breakout from Wuhan. Zhan, who was detained in…
41 persons drown in boat mishap, 80 missing
The bodies of 41 victims of a wrecked boat were recovered Thursday from Lake Albert, which lies between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), official sources…
Billionaire, Ron Burkle buys Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch for $22m
Michael Jackson’s famous 2,700-acre Southern California ranch has been sold for 22 million dollars to billionaire Ron Burkle, The Wall Street Journal reported. Burkle, who Forbes estimates is worth 1.5…
Pope calls on nations to share vaccines, condemns the virus of radical individualism
Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making COVID-19 vaccines available to…
COVID-19: BioNTech confident vaccine effective against new strain
BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID-19 vaccine co-developed by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged…
Another journalist shot dead by unknown gunmen, the fifth in two months
Gunmen shot dead a journalist in the south-eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, officials said on Monday. Rahmatullah Nikzad, was shot dead near his home in Ghazni city at 5p.m. (1230…