Key points: What we know so far about post-Brexit trade deal
25 December, 2020 Comments Off on Key points: What we know so far about post-Brexit trade deal
The European Union and Britain on Thursday agreed a post-Brexit trade deal after almost ten months of tortuous negotiations to govern ties when the UK exits the single market. Here is what we know so far about the 2,000-page accord – still yet to be published – that covers areas from fishing to future competition after […]
Continue reading …Watch A Marine Corps F-35B Fire Its Gun Pod While Flying Off The Coast Of Somalia Marine F-35Bs are on call to provide close air support in support of the withdrawal of American troops out of Somalia.
24 December, 2020 Comments Off on Watch A Marine Corps F-35B Fire Its Gun Pod While Flying Off The Coast Of Somalia Marine F-35Bs are on call to provide close air support in support of the withdrawal of American troops out of Somalia.
The U.S. Navy has released a video of U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters conducting flight operations from the deck of the Wasp class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, including a clip of one of the jets conducting live-fire training with its 25mm underbelly gun pod. Makin Island and the F-35Bs onboard, as well as other elements of its Amphibious […]
Continue reading …Boris claims Brexit deal victory that ‘takes back control and UK’s destiny’
24 December, 2020 Comments Off on Boris claims Brexit deal victory that ‘takes back control and UK’s destiny’
Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK has finally secured a post-trade Brexit deal with the European Union after more than four years of negotiations. Speaking today, the Prime Minister celebrated the agreement, moments after sharing a photo of himself giving a thumbs up on Twitter. Boris Johnson has confirmed the UK has secured a Brexit […]
Continue reading …Good news for vaccines? Covid-19 immunity lasts for at least eight months, Australian researchers say
24 December, 2020 Comments Off on Good news for vaccines? Covid-19 immunity lasts for at least eight months, Australian researchers say
People who build immunity against the coronavirus virus enjoy long-term protection from the illness, researchers in Australia have concluded, suggesting that vaccines could be effective for long periods of time. Melbourne’s Monash University announced that a team of researchers found that antibodies guard against reinfection for at least eight months. © REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo Their paper, published in […]
Continue reading …Ethiopian military ‘kills 42 people involved in deadly attack’ State-affiliated Fana TV reported weapons were also seized from men accused of killing over 100 people on Wednesday.
24 December, 2020 Comments Off on Ethiopian military ‘kills 42 people involved in deadly attack’ State-affiliated Fana TV reported weapons were also seized from men accused of killing over 100 people on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the country’s human rights commission said gunmen killed more than 100 people in a dawn attack in the village of Bekoji, Benishangul-Gumuz. KEEP READING Gunmen kill dozens in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz: Rights bodyEthiopia conflict ‘spiralling out of control’: UN Ethiopia offers reward for intel on fugitive Tigrayan leaders Ethiopia’s military has killed 42 armed […]
Continue reading …What you need to know about the new variant of coronavirus in the UK
23 December, 2020 Comments Off on What you need to know about the new variant of coronavirus in the UK
Many countries have closed their borders to people leaving the UK due to the rapid spread within the country of a new variant of the coronavirus that might be more transmissible. Meanwhile, South Africa is also reporting the spread of another new variant. Here’s what you need to know. UK health secretary Matt Hancock hosts […]
Continue reading …COVID variant is likely in most European countries already, says expert
23 December, 2020 Comments Off on COVID variant is likely in most European countries already, says expert
Goods vans wanting to return to Europe are parked along the seafront whilst the Port of Dover remains closed in southern England Copyright Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo An expert in the United Kingdom has said that the new variant of coronavirus is likely already in most if not all European countries. Neil Ferguson, the Director at MRC Centre […]
Continue reading …Egypt to sue Ethiopia over economic losses caused by Tigray unrest
23 December, 2020 Comments Off on Egypt to sue Ethiopia over economic losses caused by Tigray unrest
Egypt plans to file an international lawsuit in an effort to protect Egyptian investments in Ethiopia which have been negatively affected by the unrest in the Tigray region of the country, an official has said. Ethiopians call for the end of the government’s military actions in the northern Tigray region in front of the US […]
Continue reading …Al Shabaab Claims Beheading of Local Chief in Kenya
23 December, 2020 Comments Off on Al Shabaab Claims Beheading of Local Chief in Kenya
The Al Shabaab militant group abducted and beheaded the chief of a clutch of villages in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, the Islamists and local police sources said Wednesday. A Somali soldier in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Photo: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP Omar Adan Buul, the head of the Gumarey sub-location in Wajir county, was […]
Continue reading …Rouhani: Trump’s fate will be no better than Saddam Hussein’s
23 December, 2020 Comments Off on Rouhani: Trump’s fate will be no better than Saddam Hussein’s
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani predicts the fate of Donald Trump, who is on his way out from the White House, will be no better than that of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. “We’ve had two lunatics in [our] history, one was Saddam who imposed a military war on us and the other lunatic is […]
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