Libya: GNA says Sirte offensive launched as Haftar backs truce Air raids carried out on Sirte by GNA forces as they reject Egypt-proposed ceasefire initiative.
7 June, 2020 Comments Off on Libya: GNA says Sirte offensive launched as Haftar backs truce Air raids carried out on Sirte by GNA forces as they reject Egypt-proposed ceasefire initiative.
Fighters loyal to the GNA ride in pick-up trucks mounted with turrets along a road in the Qasr bin Ghashir district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli [Mahmud Turkia/AFP] Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-recognised government said they launched an offensive on Saturday to seize the strategic city of Sirte, as renegade commander Khalifa Haftar backed […]
Continue reading …Highlights from white paper on China’s fight against COVID-19
7 June, 2020 Comments Off on Highlights from white paper on China’s fight against COVID-19
A press conference is held on the publication of a white paper on China’s fight against COVID-19 by the State Council Information Office in Beijing on June 7, 2020. [Photo by Zou Hong/chinadaily.com.cn] China publishes white paper on fight against COVID-19 (full text) BEIJING – China on Sunday issued a white paper on the country’s battle […]
Continue reading …Coronavirus death toll rises to 40,465 after another 204 people die in UK
7 June, 2020 Comments Off on Coronavirus death toll rises to 40,465 after another 204 people die in UK
The UK has the second highest recorded coronavirus death toll in the world after the US The UK has the second highest recorded coronavirus death toll in the world after the US Another 204 people have died of coronavirus in the UK, bringing the total figure to 40,465, the Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed. […]
Continue reading …‘Enough is enough’: Thousands descend on D.C. for largest George Floyd protest yet The outpouring of anger over an African American man’s death in police custody hasn’t subsided in Washington or across the nation.
7 June, 2020 Comments Off on ‘Enough is enough’: Thousands descend on D.C. for largest George Floyd protest yet The outpouring of anger over an African American man’s death in police custody hasn’t subsided in Washington or across the nation.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd’s death in police custody, a capstone on a defining week for a city — and nation — that has grappled with widespread outrage over racial injustice, police brutality and the politics accompanying them. Demonstrators from about a dozen […]
Continue reading …Withdrawn drug study adds more politics, distrust to coronavirus science Hydroxychloroquine retraction stirs partisan response.
6 June, 2020 Comments Off on Withdrawn drug study adds more politics, distrust to coronavirus science Hydroxychloroquine retraction stirs partisan response.
Hydroxychloroquine pills. | AP Photo/John Locher | John Locher/AP Photo The withdrawal of a high-profile study panning a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a potential coronavirus cure comes at a precarious moment. Public faith in scientific expertise is already politicized and even coronavirus drugs are seen through a partisan prism.The prestigious medical […]
Continue reading …French forces kill al Qaeda’s North Africa chief in Mali, defence minister says
6 June, 2020 Comments Off on French forces kill al Qaeda’s North Africa chief in Mali, defence minister says
Abdelmalek Droukdel, aka Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the head of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), seen here in a screen grab from a propaganda video released by the group. © Screen grab French forces have killed the leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France’s Defence […]
Continue reading …Coronavirus latest: Wear mask in public, WHO’s new advice
6 June, 2020 Comments Off on Coronavirus latest: Wear mask in public, WHO’s new advice
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, May 18, 2020 – Copyright CHRISTOPHER BLACK / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / AFP The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday broadened its recommendations for the use of masks during the coronavirus pandemic.It is now advising that in areas where the virus is spreading people should wear fabric masks when social distancing is not possible, such […]
Continue reading …Covid-19 pandemic ‘under control’ in France, government adviser says
5 June, 2020 Comments Off on Covid-19 pandemic ‘under control’ in France, government adviser says
A drawing representing Covid-19. AFP – JOEL SAGET The Covid-19 pandemic is now “under control” in France, the head of the government’s scientific advisory council said Friday, as the country cautiously lifts a lockdown imposed in March. “We can reasonably say the virus is currently under control,” Jean-François Delfraissy told France Inter radio. “The virus is still circulating, […]
Continue reading …Libyan Army liberates Tarhuna city from Haftar’s forces, eyes Sirte and oil fields next
5 June, 2020 Comments Off on Libyan Army liberates Tarhuna city from Haftar’s forces, eyes Sirte and oil fields next
Fighters loyal to the U.N.-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) celebrate together in the Qasr bin Ghashir district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on June 4, 2020 (AFP Photo) The Libyan army liberated Tarhuna shortly after entering the city center and taking over Al-Dawoon district in the east from the militia of warlord […]
Continue reading …Trump tweets a letter calling protesters ‘terrorists’ The letter from his former lawyer John Dowd appears addressed to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who had called out Trump on using the military against demonstrators.
5 June, 2020 Comments Off on Trump tweets a letter calling protesters ‘terrorists’ The letter from his former lawyer John Dowd appears addressed to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who had called out Trump on using the military against demonstrators.
President Donald Trump tweeted out a letter Thursday that referred to a group of protesters as “terrorists,” following their violent ouster from a park near the White House earlier this week. The letter is signed by Trump’s former lawyer John Dowd and addressed to “Jim” in a probable reference to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. It lambasted […]
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