Somalia’s Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years’ Rain In 2 Days
23 November, 2020 Comments Off on Somalia’s Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years’ Rain In 2 Days
MTropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday, is the region’s strongest cyclone ever recorded. NOAA Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast System Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall in Somalia on Sunday, is the region’s strongest cyclone ever recorded. NOAA Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast System The strongest tropical cyclone ever measured in […]
Continue reading …Pregnant women haven’t been included in promising COVID vaccine trials
23 November, 2020 Comments Off on Pregnant women haven’t been included in promising COVID vaccine trials
Trials for promising COVID-19 vaccines have so far excluded women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. GETTY IMAGES Early results from two major COVID-19 vaccine trials have sparked hope that the worst of the pandemic may soon be over. But it’s still unclear if or when that relief would extend to pregnant people, who have been excluded […]
Continue reading …AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show UK group is the latest drugmaker to unveil positive interim data in a scientific race to curb a global pandemic.
23 November, 2020 Comments Off on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 90% effective, results show UK group is the latest drugmaker to unveil positive interim data in a scientific race to curb a global pandemic.
Staff at the mAbxience laboratory – chosen by AstraZeneca for its Latin American production of the COVID vaccine – working in the company’s plant in Garin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2020 [Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA] British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford say their jointly-developed vaccine against COVID-19 has shown “an average efficacy of […]
Continue reading …US election 2020: Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote
23 November, 2020 Comments Off on US election 2020: Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote
A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president’s legal team a “national embarrassment”. President Trump has refused to concede the election, making unsubstantiated claims of widespread electoral fraud. Many […]
Continue reading …Putin says he will congratulate Biden on victory when official US presidential results are announced or Trump concedes defeat
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on Putin says he will congratulate Biden on victory when official US presidential results are announced or Trump concedes defeat
© Sputnik/Alexey Nikolskii; REUTERS/Tom Brenner Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that his relationship with likely future US counterpart Joe Biden is off to a rocky start after he didn’t join many other world leaders in congratulating the former vice president. In comments to the Rossiya-1 news channel, Putin said that it would have been […]
Continue reading …Trump campaign appeals loss in Pennsylvania election dispute
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on Trump campaign appeals loss in Pennsylvania election dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump, center, drives a golf cart as he golfs at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday told a judge it was appealing a ruling issued on Saturday that denied its request to halt President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Pennsylvania. […]
Continue reading …Save yourselves’: Ethiopia warns Tigrayans of Mekelle attack Tigray official denies capital has been encircled, saying Ethiopian forces could not ‘move an inch for more than one week’.
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on Save yourselves’: Ethiopia warns Tigrayans of Mekelle attack Tigray official denies capital has been encircled, saying Ethiopian forces could not ‘move an inch for more than one week’.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given forces in the northern Tigray region a three-day ultimatum to surrender before the military begins an offensive on the rebel-held regional capital of Mekelle. “We urge you to surrender peacefully within 72 hours, recognising that you are at the point of no return,” Abiy said in a Twitter […]
Continue reading …Sudan removes reservations on AU charter banning child girl marriage
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on Sudan removes reservations on AU charter banning child girl marriage
November 21, 2020 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan on Saturday announced its adoption of all child rights contained in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) including the prohibition of child marriage. The ACRWC was adopted in 1990 and came into force in 1999. It sets out rights and defines principles for […]
Continue reading …G20 countries to give out 2 bln coronavirus vaccines worldwide, invested $21 bln
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on G20 countries to give out 2 bln coronavirus vaccines worldwide, invested $21 bln
The G20 Leaders’ group photo at the G20 Riyadh Summit. (Twitter: @g20org) G20 countries will distribute two billion doses of a vaccine against the coronavirus worldwide, Germany’s Angela Merkel announced on Saturday during the G20 Riyadh Summit. The 20 biggest economies in the world (G20) contributed to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with over […]
Continue reading …WHO coronavirus envoy warns of third wave, criticizes Europe’s initial response
22 November, 2020 Comments Off on WHO coronavirus envoy warns of third wave, criticizes Europe’s initial response
Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), take a rest outside of the children hospital Kozle in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia, 19 November 2020. (EPA Photo) AWorld Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure […]
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