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Boris Johnson is being urged to test teachers and pupils weekly once they return to school (Picture: PA/ Getty) Boris urged to give teachers and pupils weekly coronavirus tests as schools reopen View 3 comments Lucy MiddletonMonday 10 Aug 2020 6:54 am Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger […]

The Trump administration is gambling that a new generation of fast, cheap coronavirus tests can bring the U.S. outbreak under control. The challenge now is getting enough of these tests to pursue that strategy. The rapid antigen tests, which hunt for proteins on the virus’ surface, give results in less than 30 minutes. They are […]

MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) – The Central Election Commission of Belarus has announced preliminary results of Belarus’ presidential election. The incumbent president Aleksandr Lukashenko got 80.23% of the votes, BelTA has learned. According to the preliminary information, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was the candidate of choice for 9.9% of voters. Anna Kanopatskaya received 1.68% of the votes, […]

The German Epidemic Preparedness Team, on behalf of the Government of Germany, has donated SARS-CoV-2 extraction and test kits, capable of conducting 1.3 million tests, to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). A first batch of the test kits was handed over today to the Africa CDC by Heiko Nitzschke, Chargé […]

NEW YORK – As the Trump administration is threatening to ban popular apps including TikTok and WeChat, “the United States may lose in Trump’s war,” warned an expert. Wei Shangjin, professor of finance and economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs, said forcing TikTok to be sold […]

MMinister of Information Manal Abdel Samad during an official meeting at the Grand Serail government headquarters in the capital Beirut, on April 24, 2020   –   Copyright  AFP PHOTO / HO / DALATI AND NOHRA Lebanon’s information minister Manal Abdel Samad announced on Sunday she is stepping down amid violent protests erupted after a blast that killed over 150 […]

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech during a press conference in Beirut on August 6, 2020, two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital.   | Photo Credit: AFP  The conference aimed to mobilise funding from Europe, the U.S. and regional states to provide medicine, care, food, and housing. French President Emmanuel Macron […]

Thousands of Lebanese prepared Saturday for a major protest against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. Two days after a landmark visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, diplomatic activity intensified in Beirut to organise international support for the disaster-hit country ahead […]

Security forces fire tear gas at demonstrators during a protest near the parliament in Beirut on August 8, 2020. © Thaier Al-Sudani, Reuters Lebanese riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to break through a barrier to get to the parliament building in central Beirut on Saturday as new protests erupted against the political leadership […]

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A huge blast rocked a military base in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu near a stadium on Saturday, killing at least eight people and injuring 14, emergency workers said, and the militant group al Shabaab claimed responsiblity. Soldiers opened fire after the explosion which sent clouds of smoke into the sky, said Halima Abdisalan, […]