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IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, MPs have been told. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different local authorities had recorded Covid infections caused by the new variant. He said the World Health Organization had been notified and UK […]

The head of the United States coronavirus vaccine programme expressed an optimistic outlook for the largest inoculation drive in the country’s history on Monday, as the first doses of a vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech were shipped across the country Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply […]

Over three hundred children are reported to be still missing, with many feared abducted, after armed gunmen stormed the all boys Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina state, late Friday evening (local time). UNICEF/Christine NesbittA child runs in a field in a village in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria.  In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António […]

Image:The president says he will get vaccinated at the ‘appropriate time’ Donald Trump is reversing a decision for senior White House officials to be among the first in the US to receive the newly approved coronavirus vaccine. In a tweet, the president – who spent three nights in hospital with COVID-19 in October – said “people working in the White House […]

    Russia successfully test launched its first post-Soviet rocket for the second time in six years following delays and glitches, Russia’s Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, announced Monday.  Launches of the Angara, Russia’s first post-Soviet rocket have been beset with delays and glitches over the years. A vital part of President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to revive the space industry, […]

The electoral college is due to meet on Monday to choose Joe Biden formally as the next US president, despite the current president’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election results. President-elect Joe Biden speaking in Delaware earlier this month   –   Copyright  AP Photo The electoral college is due to meet on Monday to choose Joe Biden formally as […]

 An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah has been hit by an unidentified “external source” that caused a fire and an explosion, a shipping company said, suggesting another vessel has come under attack off the kingdom amid its years-long war in Yemen. An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia’s port city […]

Ethiopia has issued arrest warrants for more than 40 former senior military officers in connection with the conflict in the restive northern Tigray region. This is according to a statement issued by the Federal Police Commission on Friday night. Ethiopian soldiers rest at the 5th Battalion of the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Army in […]

Shops selling non-essential goods, hair-salons and schools in Germany will close from Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, to halt an “exponential growth” in new coronavirus infections in Europe’s biggest economy. The partial lockdown will apply until January 10th, with companies also urged to allow employees to work from home or offer extended company holidays, under […]

North Korea is currently planning an event involving soldiers and civilians in the capital Pyongyang to glorify the Eighth Party Congress in January, Daily NK has learned. Soldiers have already begun rehearsing for the event, while Pyongyang residents and university students will reportedly begin rehearsing from the middle of December. A source in Pyongyang told […]