Covid-19: Latest global developments
PARIS, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: VACCINES: Poorer countries will begin to…
Covid-19: IMF chief says 62% of lending has gone to 21 countries in Latin America
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty-two percent of the International Monetary Fund’s lending in response to the coronavirus pandemic has…
Nigeria: More than 300 schoolboys released after mass kidnapping
Boarding school children return home after the abduction of students by gunmen at the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara…
Overdose drug deaths in US rise during Covid-19
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled a rise in fatal drug overdoses in the United States,…
Covid-19: Africa confronts a second wave as new cases emerges in east, north and south regions
PRETORIA, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After being relatively spared bycoronavirus, Africa is bracing for the pandemic’s second wave, noting how…
126 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast: UNHCR
TRIPOLI, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR) said that 126 illegal immigrants were rescuedand returned…
Update: Super cyclone levels Fiji villages
SUVA, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Super cyclone Yasa flattened entirevillages as it tore through Fiji, aid agencies said Friday, with…
Sec of State Pompeo seeks to soothe Turkey after US sanctions
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Top US diplomat Mike Pompeo has assured his Turkish counterpart that American sanctions imposed on…
Covid-19: European leaders in self-quarantine after contact with French Pres Macron who tests positive for covid
European Council president Charles Michel, French president Emmanuel Macron, OECD secretary general Angel Gurria, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez and…
Covid-19: International tourist arrivals fall by 72 pct in first 10 months, says UNWTO
Tourists at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, capital of Kenya MADRID, Dec 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations World Tourism…