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The World Bank has approved a loan of 454.4 million euros ($474.4 million) to help South Africa fund COVID-19 vaccine purchases, the bank and South Africa's National Treasury said in a statement. South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus ..
At least 50 civilians were killed last week in armed attacks targeting the village of Sitenga, north of Burkina Faso. Government spokesman in Burkina Faso Lionel Bilgo said, "The army has so far found 50 bodies" after the ...
Elon Musk will speak to Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) employees this week for the first time at a company-wide meeting since launching his $44 billion bid in April, a source said on Monday, citing an email from Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to staff. ..
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted the congressional inquiry into the Capitol riot as a "Kangaroo Court". In a 12-page statement, he said the investigation was designed to distract Americans from the "disaster" of Dem..
All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible.
All crew rescued; ship was carrying load beyond its limits An overladen ship crammed with thousands of sheep capsized Sunday off Sudan’s Red Sea coast drowning the animals on board but with all crew surviving, port officials said. The liv..
Kuwaiti authorities have ordered the arrest of an unspecified number of expatriates who had organised a sit-in protest against recent derogatory remarks made by the spokespersons of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party about the Prophet Mohamm..
The daily average cases of COVID-19 spiked by 30.4% for June 6 to 12, from the previous seven-day period, the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday (June 13). New COVID cases detected jumped from an average of 185 per da..
Indian police shot dead two protesters and arrested more than 130 others during street rallies sparked by a ruling party official's remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, authorities told AFP Saturday (Jun 11). The two teenagers were killed in Ra..