UN chief warns against graft in COVID-19 vaccines’ rollout
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned against allowing acts of bribery and corruption to infest the rollout of Coronavirus vaccines so as to ensure rapid global post-pandemic recovery. Guterres, in…
Online Fraud: Interpol arrests over 20,000 globally in one year
Authorities “on every continent” have arrested a total of over 20,000 people in the past year in an Interpol-coordinated blow against online and telephone fraudsters, the international organisation said Wednesday….
COVID-19: Forced displacement surpassed 80m in mid 2020 – UN
The United Nations estimates that global forced displacement surpassed 80 million at mid-year. The global number of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) climbed above 80 million at the middle…
Leading cardinal says Church needs rules to govern status of ex popes
Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative, said the Vatican needs clear rules to govern the status of future popes who resign rather than rule for life and that…
Biden, introducing health teams, vows 100m COVID-19 vaccinations in first 100 days
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday laid out his plan to fight the coronavirus pandemic during his first 100 days in office, saying his administration would vaccinate 100 million Americans, push…
90-Year-Old British Grandmother First To Receive Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
A 90-year-old British grandmother became the first person in a Western country to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine, as Britain rolled out Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug in the biggest inoculation drive in…
COVID-19: Making immunisation mandatory would be the wrong road to take – WHO
The World Health Organization said Monday that persuading people on the merits of a Covid-19 vaccine would be far better than trying to make the jabs mandatory. The WHO said…
20 years after, British PM remembers Damilola Taylor, wishes a knife-free UK
British PM, Boris Johnson, has penned a heartfelt tribute in remembrance of Damilola Taylor, the little lad of Nigerian parentage who was murdered 20 years ago precisely on 27 November…
Georgia recertifies U.S. presidential election results, confirms Biden victory
Georgia recertified the state’s results in the Nov. 3 presidential election on Monday, confirming that Democratic President-elect Joe Biden had won the state, according to a press release from Georgia…
Ex-President suffers embarrassment at airport as officials stop flight
The flight of Joseph Kabila, former President of the DRC and leader of the Common Front for Congo (FCC) party, to Lubumbashi, in the Haut-Katanga province, on Saturday was stopped…