British Company Invents 10-Minute Coronavirus Antibody Test Which Costs Less Than N500
A British company behind a 10-minute coronavirus antibody test, which will cost about a $1, has begun sending prototypes to laboratories for validation, which could be a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic. Health technology firm Mologic, which created one of the first at-home pregnancy tests, is aiming for the test to be rolled out by as early as June if...
Increasing NATO’s Military Capacity May Distort European Security Structure – Expert
Bolstering NATO’s military potential may increase the internal tension in the alliance and disrupt the structure of European security, Executive Director of the Shanghai Society for Russia and Central Asia Li Lifan told reporters on Monday. "Increa...
Trump Expresses Outrage Over Death Of Israeli Embassy Employees In Washington
US President Donald Trump has strongly condemned the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump expressed his outrage, calling for an immediate end to killings motivated by antisemitism. “These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end NOW!“Hatred...
Woman Pulled Out Of Rubbles Alive After 52 Hours In Turkey
After being trapped in the wreckage of a building that had collapsed 52 hours earlier as a result of a devastating earthquake in southeast Turkey, a woman was found alive. On Wednesday, images from the broadcaster NTV showed paramedics transporting a woman to an ambulance in the province of Kahramanmaraş, close to the Syrian border. The 58-year-old was purportedly saved from a...
Trump To Sit For Probation Interview On Monday
Donald Trump will sit for a virtual interview with a probation officer from his home in Florida on Monday, part of the sentencing process for his felony conviction in the New York hush-money case. The first former US president criminally convicted, Trump will appear from Mar-a-Lago and will be seated alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche, a source with knowledge of...
The EU’s Russian Oil Ban Is A Big Achievement, But The Limits Of Western Unity Will Face Further Tests Down The Road
The European Union’s historic agreement to ban the vast majority of imports of Russian oil by the end of the year is without question a major achievement. Getting 27 countries, many of whom have historically been utterly reliant on Russian energy, ...
US Is In Talks With Allies About Caps On Russian Oil – Yellen
The US is in talks with Canada and other allies around the world about curbing Russian energy revenues by imposing a price cap on Russian oil, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Toronto on Monday. "We are talking about price caps or a price e...
China Imposes COVID-19 Lockdown On Beijing
Millions of people in areas surrounding China’s capital were ordered into lockdown on Tuesday, with authorities doubling down on efforts to contain Covid-19 ahead of a key ruling Communist Party meeting this year. Nearly four million people in Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, were ordered to stay home until the end of the week as officials rush to curb a...
Elon Musk May Step Down As Twitter CEO
Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk, may be considering stepping down as the Chief Executive Officer of the micro-blogging company after less than two months on the job. Musk tweeted a poll via his verified handle Sunday night asking tweeps to vote on whether he should step down as Twitter’s CEO, adding that he would abide by the poll’s results. He tweeted,...
China Warns US Against Sparking Cold War
Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, said Sunday that the U.S. should “give up on its wishful thinking of changing China” and avoid bringing the two countries to a “new Cold War.” “China has no intention to change, still replace, the United States,” he said, according to the Washington Post. “It is time for the United States to give up...
