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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice “for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.” © Niklas Elmehed, Comité Nobel Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and Briton Michael Houghton won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery […]

The WHO emergency expert said the pandemic will ‘continue to evolve’ but said the world had the tools to help suppress transmission of the coronavirus and save lives [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters] The WHO emergency expert said the pandemic will ‘continue to evolve’ but said the world had the tools to help suppress transmission of the […]

Working for Donald Trump has never been easy. The president’s staffers get fired and insulted by tweet. They get blamed for the president’s own failures. They get screamed at in the Oval Office. Scores of them have ended up subpoenaed, fined or even sentenced to prison. Now, the president’s staff has been dragooned into a […]

The aftermath of recent shelling during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the disputed region’s main city of Stepanakert [Karo Sahakyan /AFP via Armenian Government]  As Armenia and Azerbaijan continue their clash over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region for a second week, both countries have blamed each other for […]

Donald Trump’s waved to supporters gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as he took a quick drive   –   Copyright  A Donald Trump has been criticised for taking a drive to wave at cheering supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated for coronavirus. The US president, who was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical […]

Zakia Hussen Ahmed became the first Brigadier General and  Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force in 2018. What you need to know: Zakia Hussein Ahmed was the first  woman appointed Brigadier General and Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) ranks her as one of the best players […]

US President Donald Trump released a video on Twitter from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19   –   Copyright  Donald Trump/Twitte Donald Trump has released a video on Twitter, apparently from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19, in which he says “I’m starting to feel good, what happens over the next period of […]

October 3, 2020 (JUBA) – Sudan’s transitional authority and armed groups on Saturday signed the final peace agreement and vowed to work together for peace implementation and democratic reforms. The Sudanese government, Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF and Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM-MM) signed a comprehensive peace agreement in Juba after a year of […]

A still image taken from a video released on Sept. 29, 2020, by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense shows Azerbaijani artillery being fired at enemy positions deployed in the illegally occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region. (EPA / Azerbaijan Defense Ministry / Handout)  Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the rightful owner of the illegally occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region, have intensified […]

Donald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital. US President Donald Trump was moved to the Walter Reed Medical Center, a military hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, for treatment after testing positive for COVID-19. The White House doctor said the president was “fatigued, but in good spirits”. He is being treated with […]