Trump Will Have A Smooth Transition To A Second Term – US Secretary Of State, Mike Pompeo
Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, says President Donald Trump will have a smooth transition to a second term. Trump, the incumbent president and candidate of the Republican Party, was defeated by Joe Biden, a former vice-president and candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election. But Trump has refused to concede, alleging fraud in the electoral process and...
Pakistan: Schools Shutdown Over Fear Of Attack By Taliban Fighters
Local schools in some suburbs in Pakistan on Tuesday closed from academic activities over fear of attacks as jailed Taliban fighters took hostage of a police station, an invasion which has lingered for three days. More than 30 members of the Tehreek–e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group separate from the Afghan Taliban but with a similar hardline Islamist ideology overpowered their jailers...
UK, EU Negotiators Finally Agree Brexit Trade Deal
European and British negotiators finalised a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday, officials from both sides said. “We have finally found an agreement,” the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said. “It was a long and winding road, but we have a good deal at the end of it,” she said. “The single market will be fair and remain...
Angola To Quit OPEC Over Oil Production Quota Disagreement
Angola said on Thursday it would quit membership from the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries over a disagreement on production quotas. The decision is coming on the heels of the oil cartel’s decision last month to further slash output next year, according to an AFP report today. “Angola has decided to leave. We think the time has come for our country...
Madagascar Launches Africa’s First Cure For COVID-19
Madagascan President, Andry Rajoelina has officially launched a medicine he believes can prevent and cure patients suffering from COVID-19. Developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research and branded COVID Organics, President Rajaolina presented the so-called remedy to the press on Monday. It contains Artemisia, a plant cultivated on the Big Island to fight against malaria. “All trials and tests have been conducted...
25 Passengers On Flight From Kano To Beirut Test Positive For COVID-19
At least 25 passengers on a flight from Kano to Beirut on Wednesday have tested positive for COVID-19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has confirmed. The government of Lebanon had asked Middle East Airlines to evacuate its citizens from foreign countries last month. On May 5, an aircraft with flight number ME570 took off from Kano to Beirut, according to a flight...
US Airman Sets Himself Ablaze In Front Of Israeli Embassy In Washington
An active member of the US Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday, officials said, as media reported he was protesting the war in Gaza. Emergency responders rushed to the scene just before 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a “call for person on fire outside the Israeli Embassy,” according to a...
I Will Win Unless Democrats ‘Steal’ Election, Says Trump
US President Donald Trump claims he would win the presidential election unless Democrats ‘steal’ the polls. Trump claimed without evidence Thursday that Democrats were trying to “steal” the US election with illegal votes, saying he would “easily win” the race against Joe Biden without the alleged interference. “If you count the legal votes, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes,...
ECOWAS Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Mali, Guinea
The Economic Community of West African States has resolved to sanction all those implicated in the delay in organizing elections set for February 27 in Mali. This was made known by ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra. He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who...
