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Amazon to hike fees for Spanish users

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

Amazon will raise fees for Spanish companies using its platform by three per cent from April after the government imposed a digital tax, a company document seen by Reuters showed. An Amazon spokesman confirmed the so-called Google tax, which Spain began charging on revenues of large digital

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YouTube enables HDR support on Xbox consoles

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

YouTube is finally enabling HDR support on Microsoft’s Xbox consoles. The HDR support works across existing Xbox One devices and new consoles like the Xbox Series X and Series S. As long as you have a TV or monitor capable of displaying HDR videos, the YouTube app will now automatically switch to output HDR content. […]

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Biden speaks to leaders of Britain, Canada, Mexico

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2021 0

United States President Joe Biden spoke with leaders of Canada, Britain, and Mexico in his first presidential calls since being inaugurated on January 20. In his first call to a European leader, Biden discussed the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), climate change, and security with Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson tweeted that it was “great” to […]

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Eli Lilly claims its drug can prevent COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 24 January 2021 0

Sharon Isaalah, Lagos Drug maker, Eli Lilly has said its antibody drug can prevent COVID-19 illness in residents and staffers of nursing homes and other long-term care locations. It’s the first major study to show such a treatment may prevent illness in a group that has been devastated by the pandemic. Residents and staffers who […]

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How whales help cool earth through carbon sequestration

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2021 0

Seeing a whale stranded on a beach often provokes a strong reaction. It can make people curious – beached whales can do strange things, like explode. It can also be upsetting to witness a creature so magnificent in water reduced to lifeless blubber on land. What rarely registers however, is the lost opportunity for carbon […]

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Congress to deliver Donald Trump impeachment charge on Monday

Ihesiulo Grace 23 January 2021 0

The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, rejecting the upper legislative chamber’s Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s request for a delay. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who displaced McConnell as the chamber’s leader after

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U.S to join global initiative to share vaccines

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2021 0

The United States will join a UN-led effort to share COVID-19 vaccines fairly between richer and poorer countries, United President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, Anthony Fauci, announced. Biden would issue a directive on joining the so-called Covax initiative on Thursday, Fauci told an online meeting of the World Health Organisation (WHO), executive board. The […]

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Biden issues orders undoing key Trump policies on first day in office

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2021 0

United States President Joe Biden used his first day in office to issue a raft of executive orders undoing some of his predecessor Donald Trump’s marquee policies on climate change and immigration. Among the 17 executive orders and presidential actions Biden signed on Wednesday were moves to rejoin the Paris climate accord, end a travel […]

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Pakistan to receive 500,000 vaccine doses as gift from China

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2021 0

Pakistan is set to receive half a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from its neighbour and ally China this January . A top official said on Thursday, despite doubts about the efficacy of Beijing’s product. “I want to give the nation the good news that China has promised to immediately provide 500,000 doses of vaccine […]

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New era in USA as Biden, Harris take charge

Ihesiulo Grace 21 January 2021 0

United States of America entered another era yesterday as Joe Biden was sworn in as the country’s 46th president, in a ceremony administered by Chief Justice, John Roberts. Moments earlier, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president, becoming the first woman to hold the office. She is of African-American and Indian descent. The ceremony […]

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Biden’s Secretary of State-nominee says U.S. embassy remains in Jerusalem

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2021 0

U.S. Secretary of State nominee, Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is committed to keeping the American embassy in Jerusalem, media reports said on Wednesday. Blinken gave the assurance during his confirmation hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, according to the reports. READ ALSO: ‘Biden will block Trump’s plan to lift travel […]

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Ice Cream Tests Positive For Coronavirus In China

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2021 0

About 4,836 boxes of the ice cream have been contaminated Authorities to place the company’s 1,662 employees under quarantine Authorities in China say they have discovered vestige of the virulent COVID-19 in ice cream produced by a company in Tianjin municipality located in north-eastern part of the Asian country. Local Chinese media reports that at […]

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Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases unlikely to cause large-scale infection- Health official

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2021 0

Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases are unlikely to cause large-scale infection as long as the public takes protective measures, a Chinese health official said on Wednesday. Feng Zijian, Deputy Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told a press conference that asymptomatic COVID-19 patients carry a small amount of the virus and are less […]

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Biden nominates former diplomat Bill Burns CIA director

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2021 0

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced the nomination of former career diplomat William Burns as Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the Biden-Harris transition team said in a statement. Burns is a career diplomat who served in the U.S. Foreign Service for 33 years and holds the highest rank in the service, according to the […]

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Washington violence a consequence of Trump actions – President Rowhani

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2021 0

The violence that struck the U.S. Congress was a consequence of President Donald Trump’s actions during his four-year term, Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said on Thursday. “What is happening in the U.S. shows the considerable damage to this great country’s image that this person (Trump) has caused,” Rowhani said on state television. READ ALSO: Iran […]

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Iran applies to Interpol for arrest of Trump over Soleimani’s killing

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2021 0

Tehran has applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant for United States President Donald Trump in connection with the murder of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani a year ago. Iran’s justice spokesman Gholam Hossein Ismaili disclosed this on state television on Tuesday “In this regard, we have filed a ‘red notice’ at Interpol against […]

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Aliens exist, Trump, Israel knows about it, security chief claims

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2020 0

A former Israeli space security chief, Haim Eshed, has alleged the existence of a ‘Galactic Federation’ and accused the President of the United States, Donald Trump of being aware of the fact, Daily Times gathered. There have been debates about the existence of security aliens. Eshed, 87, claimed that America and Israel have been dealing […]

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AU, ECOWAS calls for free, free, credible Ghana elections

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2020 0

The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) joint mission have called for a violent free election in the forthcoming Ghana December 7 polls, calling on the Electoral Commission to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols, Daily Times gathered. This imploration was made by the mission in a statement by […]

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Meet the power couple that discovered the COVID-19 vaccine

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2020 0

Turkish-German power couple and scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci who have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases have discovered the cure for COVID-19, Daily Times gathered. The Covid-19 Vaccine with the claim of 90% effectiveness was discovered in BioNTech, a laboratory set up by the couple in the central German […]

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‘No-surrender’ Trump makes first public appearance post-election

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2020 0

US President Donald Trump makes his first official post-election appearance Wednesday for what should be a moment of national unity to mark Veteran’s Day, now marred by his refusal to acknowledge Joe Biden’s win. The president visited Arlington National Cemetery around 11:00 am, four days after US media projected his Democratic rival would take the […]