Tokyo Games: Opening ceremony director fired over Holocaust joke on Games eve
July 22, 2021 On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former…
COVID-19: Olympics records 87 cases in 3 weeks
July 22, 2021 A day before the Tokyo Olympics officially opens, organisers have recorded a total of 87 positive cases since July 1. The organising committee said in their Thursday…
IMF urges countries to shift from economic rescue to reforms
July 21, 2021 The International Monetary Fund’s No. 2 official on Tuesday called on countries to pivot from saving their economies from collapse to reviving growth-oriented policy reforms to boost…
8 more coronavirus cases at Olympics, including one athlete, cases now 75
July 21, 2021 Another eight coronavirus cases have been recorded by Olympics organisers, they said on Wednesday in a daily report. One athlete who is not staying in the Olympic…
Mali interim leader, Goita says he was unharmed in ‘isolated action’ knife attack
July 21, 2021 Interim Mali President Assimi Goita, a special forces colonel who orchestrated two coups in the last year, said he escaped unharmed after an assailant tried to stab…
COVID-19: Pilgrims ‘Stone The Devil’ With Sanitised Pebbles In Hajj Ritual
July 21, 2021 Muslim pilgrims cast sanitised pebbles Tuesday as they took part in the “stoning of the devil”, the last major ritual of this year’s hajj which is again…
South African court grants delay in Zuma’s arms deal corruption trial
July 20, 2021 A South African court granted former President Jacob Zuma’s request for a delay in his arms deal corruption trial on Tuesday, and adjourned proceedings for three weeks….
Jeff Bezos, World’s Richest Man, Set For Inaugural Space Voyage
July 20, 2021 Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, on Tuesday is set to blast off aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle for a suborbital flight as…
Oil Falls 5% After OPEC+ Producers Agree to Raise Output
July 19, 2021 Oil prices fell over $3 in their largest daily decline since late March on Monday after OPEC+ overcame internal divisions and agreed to boost output, causing concern…
S.Korea military suffers worst COVID-19 outbreak aboard anti-piracy ship off Africa
July 19, 2021 South Korea’s military has recorded its biggest cluster of COVID-19 infections to date, with more than 80% of personnel aboard a destroyer on anti-piracy patrol in the…