Home » Archives by category » Opinion (Page 56)

Ten percent of world’s population may have had COVID-19, WHO says The UN health agency says ‘majority of the world remains at risk’, calls for collective action against the pandemic.

Comments Off on Ten percent of world’s population may have had COVID-19, WHO says The UN health agency says ‘majority of the world remains at risk’, calls for collective action against the pandemic.
Ten percent of world’s population may have had COVID-19, WHO says The UN health agency says ‘majority of the world remains at risk’, calls for collective action against the pandemic.

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 […]

Continue reading …

Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus Even as Trump proclaimed, “Now I’m better,” some aides fretted — once again — about the perils of being in Trump’s orbit.

Comments Off on Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus Even as Trump proclaimed, “Now I’m better,” some aides fretted — once again — about the perils of being in Trump’s orbit.
Working for Trump: Tweet-firings, subpoenas and now coronavirus Even as Trump proclaimed, “Now I’m better,” some aides fretted — once again — about the perils of being in Trump’s orbit.

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 […]

Continue reading …

Nagorno-Karabakh: Key cities targeted in Armenian, Azeri shelling Each side has accused the other of targeting civilian areas, as the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh escalates.

Comments Off on Nagorno-Karabakh: Key cities targeted in Armenian, Azeri shelling Each side has accused the other of targeting civilian areas, as the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh escalates.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Key cities targeted in Armenian, Azeri shelling Each side has accused the other of targeting civilian areas, as the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh escalates.

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 […]

Continue reading …

Trump leaves hospital in much criticised drive-by amid COVID-19 treatment

Comments Off on Trump leaves hospital in much criticised drive-by amid COVID-19 treatment
Trump leaves hospital in much criticised drive-by amid COVID-19 treatment

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 […]

Continue reading …

Zakia Hussen Ahmed became the first Brigadier General and  Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force in 2018.

Comments Off on Zakia Hussen Ahmed became the first Brigadier General and  Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force in 2018.
Zakia Hussen Ahmed became the first Brigadier General and  Deputy Police Commissioner of the Somali Police Force in 2018.

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 […]

Continue reading …

Next couple of days the real test’ says Trump in video from hospital

Comments Off on Next couple of days the real test’ says Trump in video from hospital
Next couple of days the real test’ says Trump in video from hospital

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 […]

Continue reading …

Sudan’s peace partners pledge to work together for successful implementation

Comments Off on Sudan’s peace partners pledge to work together for successful implementation
Sudan’s peace partners pledge to work together for successful implementation

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 […]

Continue reading …

Azerbaijan retaliates against Armenian separatists after rocket fired from Stepanakert

Comments Off on Azerbaijan retaliates against Armenian separatists after rocket fired from Stepanakert
Azerbaijan retaliates against Armenian separatists after rocket fired from Stepanakert

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 […]

Continue reading …

Trump in hospital; campaign chief positive for COVID-19 – Live Donald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital.

Comments Off on Trump in hospital; campaign chief positive for COVID-19 – Live Donald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital.
Trump in hospital; campaign chief positive for COVID-19 – Live Donald Trump is undergoing remdesevir treatment at the Walter Reed military hospital.

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 […]

Continue reading …

Macron outlines plan to fight ‘Islamist separatism’ in France

Comments Off on Macron outlines plan to fight ‘Islamist separatism’ in France
Macron outlines plan to fight ‘Islamist separatism’ in France

 French President E,mmanuel Macron outlines his strategy to fight “Islamist separatism” in a speech near Paris on October 2, 2020. © Ludovic Marin REUTERS French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said his government will unveil a proposed law to fight “Islamist separatism” later this year, a particularly sensitive issue in a country strongly attached to secularism.  In […]

Continue reading …