Samsung vice chairman receives 30-month prison term in bribery trial
A South Korean court sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee to two and a half years in prison, […]
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POPE FRANCIS, EX-POPE BENEDICT GET COVID-19 VACCINES
Both Pope Francis and his predecessor, former pope Benedict XVI, have received the coronavirus vaccine, the Vatican said on Thursday. […]
Putin’s rival, Alexey Navalny announces he’ll return to Russia on Sunday, months after he was allegedly poisoned
Russian opposition leader, Alexey Navalny has announced that he plans to return to Russia on Sunday from Germany, where he has […]
China re-affirms its relationship with Africa is rock-solid
Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi has reaffirmed that the friendship between China and Africa remains rock-solid and stable no matter […]
Two off-Duty Virginia Police officers arrested and charged for their roles in the U.S. Capitol riot
Two off-duty police officers in Virginia have been arrested and charged in connection to the deadly breach of the U.S. […]
Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack, six wounded
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six wounded in central Mali on Wednesday after a convoy struck an explosive […]
TikTok Sets All Under-16s’ Accounts To Private
TikTok users aged under-16 will have their accounts automatically set to private, in a new measure to improve child safety. […]
Impeachment: Republicans begin to turn on Trump
A race by Democrats to remove President Donald Trump from office is gathering momentum as some of his fellow Republicans […]
US executes the only woman on federal death row
Lisa Montgomery, the only female inmate on federal death row in the US, has been executed for murder. The 52-year-old was […]
Another Chinese city goes into lockdown amid new COVID-19 threat
China imposed new coronavirus curbs in areas near Beijing on Tuesday, putting 4.9 million people in Langfang city under lockdown […]
Elon Musk falls to second richest person in the world after his fortune falls by nearly $14 Billion in one day
Elon Musk’s position as the wealthiest person in the world was short-lived after his fortune fell by nearly $14 billion […]
Zoo Gorillas Test Positive For Coronavirus And Cough After ‘Catching From Human’
A troop of gorillas in a zoo in the US are thought to be the first primates to have contracted […]
Portugal’s President tests positive for Coronavirus just before election
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal has tested positive for Coronavirus as confirmed in a statement shared on […]
US Department of Homeland Security hires private security for $1.6m for Biden’s inauguration
Ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, the North American country’s Department of Homeland […]
24 million vaccinated Around World
AROUND the world, 24 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered with hundreds of millions more on the way. The […]
15,000 troops set for Biden inauguration as U.S. braces for extremist violence
The National Guard has plans to have up to 15,000 National Guard troops to meet current and future requests for […]
Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy
Twitter announced Monday it has suspended “more than 70,000 accounts” linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory following the attack on […]
Iran To Arrest Trump Over Killing Of Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani
Tehran has applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump in connection with the murder […]