The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday, said it detected two cases of a new COVID-19 virus subvariant, BA.2.86, and has issued a risk-assessment summary explaining what is known about it.
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The Russia plane crash that killed Wagner’s boss, Evgueni Prigojine on Wednesday north of Moscow, also killed nine other passengers, including three crew members, that were onboard the plane.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a loan tranche of $7.5 billion for Argentina, in a deal that took four months to negotiate.
The U.S. has approved a 500-million dollar potential sale of weapons to Taiwan to help boost the island’s airspace defence capability.
“If we weren’t engaged, with the Sereral operations then Barkhane, there wouldn’t be, without a doubt, more Mali, more Burkina Faso, I’m not even sure there would still be Niger dixit Manu,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview to the weekly Le Point.
“We have agreed on the matter of expansion. We have a document that we’ve adopted which sets out guidelines and principles, processes for considering countries that wish to become members of BRICS…That’s very positive.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said.
Obtaining German citizenship may become easier in the future according to legislation set to be approved by the German Cabinet on Wednesday.
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are accusing a former Central African Republic militia leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity, in proceedings that began in The Hague on Tuesday.
The BRICS alliance of five emerging economies meets in South Africa starting Tuesday at a summit that is expected to focus on the group’s expansion.