Assimi Goita To Be Sworn In As Mali’s Interim President
June 7, 2021 Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita, following his second coup in nine months, will be sworn into office Monday as transitional president despite international condemnation of the power grab….
Google agrees to alter ad practices as France imposes fine
June 7, 2021 Alphabet’s Google agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under an unprecedented settlement with France’s antitrust watchdog released on Monday. The authority…
Terrorists kill over 100 in weekend rage
At least 100 people were killed in a “barbaric attack” by terrorists targeting a village in north-eastern Burkina Faso, said the West African country’s president, Roch Kabore, on Saturday. Kabore…
India’s Scammers Profit From COVID-19 Misery
June 4, 2021 From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders and recycled personal protective equipment, India’s coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers,…
WHO warns of ‘failure’ unless rich countries speed up vaccine sharing
June 4, 2021 Wealthy countries need to give more COVID-19 vaccines and follow the United States in making doses available immediately to cover a 200 million dose gap caused by…
Twitter Introduces Subscription Service With ‘Undo’ Tweet Feature
June 3, 2021 Twitter on Thursday introduced its first-ever subscription service, which has been dubbed “Blue” and offers added features for prolific tweeters, as it seeks to diversity its revenue…
COVID-19: Africa Poorly Prepared For Imminent 3rd Wave – WHO
June 3, 2021 With vaccine deliveries at a near-standstill and lacking key resources in frontline care, Africa is poorly prepared for the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN…
Oil rises on OPEC+ supply discipline, demand prospects
June 2, 2021 Oil rose on Wednesday, supported by an OPEC+ decision to stick to its plan to restore supply to the market gradually and by the slow pace of…
Huawei launches new operating system for phones, eyes ‘Internet-of-Things’ market
June 2, 2021 China’s Huawei Technologies announced the launch of its proprietary Harmony operating system for smartphones on Wednesday, as the embattled company looks to recover from U.S. sanctions that…
From Nigeria to Brazil ‘halo’ crops reap pandemic profits
June 2, 2021 In a flowing cream hijab, Karima M. Imam walks through her fields in scrubland in northern Nigeria as workers harvest a gnarled brown root that has turned…