INTERNATIONAL
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Lebanon names billionaire businessman as PM to tackle economic woes
Following consultations with the various parliamentary blocs on Monday, Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, designated a new premier to deal with the country’s economic hardships, ... -
Emperor Naruhito opens Tokyo Olympics, as tennis star Osaka lights cauldron
The Tokyo Olympics were opened on Friday a year behind schedule by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron in ... -
COVID-19: Sweden phases out use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Sweden is gradually phasing out the use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. As the health authority announced on ... -
COVID-19: China rejects 2nd probe of virus origin
China on Thursday rejected a plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) for another probe into the origins of coronavirus, including a hypothesis that ... -
Flood deaths rise to 33 in central China
The death toll following severe flooding in China’s Henan province and its capital Zhengzhou has risen to at least 33. At least eight people ... -
COVID-19: Social Media misinformation ‘killing people’ – Biden
President Joe Biden said on Friday that social media misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccinations is “killing people” and the White House said Facebook needs ... -
US CDC detects first case of Nigerian monkeypox
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed that a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas, making ... -
COVID-19: Spike in cases raises fears of nationwide spread in South Korea
South Korea’s daily Coronavirus cases have continued to rise short of a record high on Thursday, forcing the country to impose stronger restrictions in ... -
RUSSIAN FIGHTER JET escorts U.S. aircraft over Pacific Ocean – Defence Ministry
The MiG-31 fighter jet flew over the Pacific Ocean to escort the U.S. Navy R-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft on Thursday, the Russian National Defense ... -
COVID-19: Russia confirms 25,293 new cases within 24 hours – Centre
Russia registered 25,293 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 5,882,295, the federal response centre said on Thursday. “Over ...
