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German minister sees joint NATO, U.S. departure from Afghanistan

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NATO countries will pull out of Afghanistan together, according to German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer speaking ahead of a NATO meeting in Brussels. “We go in together, we go out together,” Kramp-Karrenbauer told broadcaster ARD on Wednesday morning. The statement came a day

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Angola mine to produce 20,000 carats of diamonds monthly

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2021 0

The Lunhinga mine in Angola’s eastern province of Lunda Norte is expected to produce 20,000 carats of diamonds per month, according to the coordinator of the Lunhinga project. Aderito Gaspar told the press that the mine, located in Xa-cassau commune in the municipality of Lucapa, would double its production from the current 10,000 carats monthly […]

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BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II loses husband Prince Philip

Ihesiulo Grace 9 April 2021 0

Buckingham Palace has announced that Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, died at the age of 99. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the British monarch’s longest-serving royal consort. There were four daughters, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren for the couple. “Her Majesty The

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City Council suspends German Mayor for Skipping COVID-19 Vaccine Queue

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

After it was discovered that he had received a coronavirus vaccine in January despite not being in a priority category, a German mayor was suspended by his own city council. Bernd Wiegand, the mayor of Halle’s central district, was temporarily suspended by a vast majority of 34 councillors late Wednesday. Wiegand, 64, had previously confessed […]

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Ukraine accused of provocations by Putin in phone call with Merkel

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2021 0

During a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of aggressive behavior in eastern Ukraine that was inflaming the situation, according to the Kremlin. The Kremlin said both sides expressed concern about the situation in eastern Ukraine in a readout of the call. According to the Kremlin, […]

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UK offer Under-30s alternative to AstraZeneca jab

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Owing to mounting evidence linking the AstraZeneca vaccine to rare blood clots, the UK’s vaccine advisory body says that under-30s will be given an alternative Covid vaccine to the AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the MHRA, 79 people in the UK had suffered unusual blood clots as a result of vaccination by the end of March, […]

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China issues white paper on poverty alleviation to share experience

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

In a white paper issued Tuesday, China has detailed its rich experience in poverty alleviation from the past century since the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1921. China’s experience is to be shared in an effort to contribute to global poverty reduction, which experts said fully demonstrates China’s pursuit of common […]

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EU regulator to present findings on AstraZeneca, blood clots links

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will present its conclusions on a potential link between blood clots and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine later on Wednesday. The agency started investigating a potential link after reports of blood clots emerged in several countries, with some researchers having found young women to be at particular risk of thrombosis, a potentially […]

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Indonesia sends in more rescue teams, aid to cyclone-devastated areas

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Rescue workers were being flown in as scores of people were still missing on Wednesday after a tropical cyclone devastated several islands in eastern Indonesia, officials said. At least 126 people were killed and 74 missing after floods, landslides and a volcanic avalanche hit a group of islands in East Nusa Tenggara province over the […]

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Pandemic drives Germany to highest deficit in 30yrs: Statistics office

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Germany’s public sector deficit reached 189.2 billion euros (225 billion dollars) in 2020, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the first deficit since 2013 and the highest budget shortfall since German reunification three decades ago. The statement was issued by the Statistics Office on Wednesday. The pandemic, which has so far claimed more than 77,000 lives […]

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Aussie research brings hope to prevent childhood obesity

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

Researchers of Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) have developed and validated a model which could predict if babies were at risk of childhood obesity by the age of eight to nine, the university said on Tuesday. With simple risk factors mostly gathered during routine doctor visits at 12 months of age, the researchers developed the […]

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Bezos, Musk top Forbes billionaire list

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

Forbes’ annual list of the world’s billionaires features a record-breaking 2,755 people, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos leading the list for the fourth year in a row, according to the media group. After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies and threatened the livelihoods of people all over the world, the […]

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UAE’s first nuclear power plant begins operation

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2021 0

The first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates began commercial operations on Tuesday, the Gulf Arab state’s leaders declared on Twitter. The Barakah nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi is the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant, and it’s part of the oil-producing nation’s attempts to diversify its energy mix. “The first megawatt […]

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Putin signs law that could keep him in office until 2036

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that could keep him in office in the Kremlin until 2036, the government said on Monday. The legislation allows him to run for two more six-year terms once his current stint ends in 2024. It follows changes to the constitution last year. Those changes were backed in […]

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Netanyahu faces legal trial amidst political tribulations

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2021 0

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s legal and political woes will be played out concurrently in the president’s residence and at his corruption trial. Netanyahu was ordered to appear in court for the prosecution’s opening statement in three cases involving bribery, fraud, and breach of confidence charges. Meanwhile, following a fourth

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Boeing urges U.S. to separate China trade and human rights

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Agency report Boeing Co has urged the United States to keep human rights and other disputes separate from trade relations with Beijing, and warned European rival Airbus would gain if the U.S. planemaker were locked out of China. Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told an online business forum he believed a major aircraft subsidy dispute with […]

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Biden expected to lift Trump’s ban on temporary foreign workers

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to allow a proclamation from his Republican predecessor that had blocked many temporary foreign workers from coming into the United States to expire on Wednesday, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Democratic president has rolled back many of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies since taking […]

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Queen Elizabeth returns to public duties after lockdown

Ihesiulo Grace 31 March 2021 0

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth carried out her first face-to-face engagement this year on Wednesday, two days after the country’s strict COVID-19 lockdown was eased. The 94-year-old monarch, who has continued to carry out her official duties by videolink since a lockdown was imposed at the start of the year, visited the Air Forces Memorial in Runnymede […]

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U.S. suspends trade with Myanmar until elected govt. returns

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, on Monday announced the immediate suspension of all U.S. trade engagements with Myanmar under the 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, until the return of a democratically elected government. Taking to Twitter, Katherine Tai said, “USTR (United States Trade Representative) will suspend all U.S. trade engagements with

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Giant ship blocking Suez Canal finally freed

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2021 0

The Ever Provided was wedged across the canal for 400 meters (1,300 feet) before salvage crews dislodged her on Monday. It was unclear when the canal would be open to full traffic again. Suez is one of the busiest trading routes in the world, and businesses were forced to reroute ships, resulting in hundreds of […]