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A North Korean soldier deployed to the Sino-North Korean border as part of efforts to seal the border against COVID-19 recently defected across the border with his weapon and ammo, Daily NK has learned. In a phone conversation with Daily NK on Tuesday, a source in Yanggang Province said a soldier with the Seventh Corps […]

 At least 26 people were killed and 60 more wounded in an attack on Aden International Airport, shortly after a plane carrying a newly formed government for Yemen arrived from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, a Yemeni health official said. Dust rises after explosions hit Aden International Airport shortly after the arrival of the newly formed […]

A wreckage of the Ambulance An ambulance rushing a pregnant woman to the hospital was on Tuesday night, December 29, attacked by extremist Alshabab terrorists – leaving one person dead.  The extremists laid ambush on an ambulance transporting an expectant Kenyan woman and her husband to the hospital. Photographs seen by Kenyans.co.ke and taken by security officers at […]

v December 29, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – The official spokesman of the Ethiopian foreign ministry threatened on Tuesday to retaliate against Sudanese cross border attacks in what he termed as Ethiopian territories but he later stated his government keenness to reach a negotiated settlement with Sudan. “If Sudan does not stop expanding into Ethiopian territories, Ethiopia […]

Both coronavirus vaccines have been deemed safe for people with allergies to food and medicine (Picture: AFP) People with allergies to food and medicine can be given the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/Astra-Zeneca vaccines, the UK’s medicine watchdog has confirmed. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) told a Wednesday morning press briefing that both vaccines […]

TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, was unveiled and injected into three volunteers during a ceremony on Tuesday. TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, was unveiled and injected into three volunteers during a ceremony on Tuesday. The first phase of the human trial […]

China’s CDC has completed a national epidemiological survey of COVID-19 serum and found that the Chinese population had a low infection rate, which experts say demonstrates China’s success in bringing the epidemic under control and lays a solid foundation for carrying out mass vaccinations uniformly. A medical worker conducts a nucleic acid test on a […]

And after the three-tier system was suddenly changed to a four-tier system, a potential fifth tier isn’t off the cards. Tier four measures have banned all socialising except with one other household outdoors, with non-essential shops closed and stay at home orders. A potential ‘tier five’ would go even further. The UK yesterday recorded its […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on December 28 2020 that SA will be moving back to an adjusted level 3 of the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.image: GCIS SA will go into lockdown level 3 with immediate effect from midnight, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday. He said this would be done to curb the […]

Experts say you’ll likely need to continue wearing a mask and maintaining physical distance from others in public for several months to come, even after you get the COVID-19 vaccine. d3sign/Getty Images Although people have begun to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, experts say we’re facing a long road with the virus. It will […]