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Tiger Woods Hospitalized After Car Crash

By Web News February 23, 2021 35 0

Los Angeles County Sheriffs have confirmed that Golf Pro, Tiger Woods was involved in a single car crash on Tuesday morning. The confirmation is contained in a statement. Woods was removed using the ‘jaws of life’ and the car sustained major damage, according to the statement. There was no other person involved in the crash, […]Read More...

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Myanmar coup: Strikes, more protests on Monday

By Web News February 22, 2021 57 0

Most businesses are closed in troubled Myanmar in a general strike that has been called on Monday to oppose the military coup of February 1. Early in the day, protesters had already gathered in their thousands, despite a veiled threat from the junta that confrontation could lead to deaths. Three weeks since the coup, the […]Read More...

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10 Years on, New Zealand Remembers Christchurch Earthquake

By Web News February 22, 2021 47 0

The people of New Zealand are marking ten years since an earthquake struck its South Island city of Christchurch, killing 185 persons and injuring thousands more. At 12:51 pm on February 22, 2011, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck close to Christchurch city at a depth of 5 km. Although not as strong as a magnitude […]Read More...

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Youtube Terminates 3000 Channels In Russia, China Clampdown

By Web News February 17, 2021 48 0

YouTube has taken down almost 3000 channels and accounts deemed to part of separate Chinese and Russian state coordinated influence operations. The vast majority of the work involved the removal of 2946 YouTube channels deemed to be part of a Chinese influence operation, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group director, Shane Huntley. “These channels mostly […]Read More...

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Ghana President, Lumumba Ocansey For African Migration Summit

By Web News February 16, 2021 89 0

All is set for the maiden African Migration Summit in Ghana as participants have been urged to register at africanmigrationsummit.org , African leaders, Journalists, stakeholders, institutions and migration advocates beyond the continent would be converging at the Accra International Conference Center, Ghana between February 25-26 for the event. The summit billed to Read More...

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PMB, Prominent Nigerians Felicitate with Okonjo-Iweala

By Web News February 16, 2021 45 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with former Minister of Finance and Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her election as Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO. This was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in Abuja. According to the statement, “As […]Read More...

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S/Korea To Buy COVID-19 Vaccines For 23 Million People

By Web News February 16, 2021 38 0

South Korea has concluded plans to purchase coronavirus vaccines for 23 million more people. Prime Minister  Chung Sye-kyun announced the plans on Tuesday, a day after the government said delays and efficacy concerns meant fewer people would be vaccinated in the first quarter of the year. The deals include Novavax vaccines for 20 million people […]Read More...

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Passenger Barge Mishap Kills Dozens In DRC

By Web News February 16, 2021 36 0

At least sixty people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following the crash of a passenger barge on the River Congo. Eyewitnesses said the barge, which was carrying more than 700 passengers, became shipwrecked at night. Confirming the incident in a twitter post on Monday, DRC’s Humanitarian Affairs Minister  Steve Mbikayi said […]Read More...

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UK PM Calls For Global Treaty On Pandemics

By Web News February 16, 2021 50 0

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says world powers should clinch a global treaty on pandemics to ensure proper transparency, following the novel coronavirus outbreak which originated in China. Mr. Johnson told a news conference in London on Monday that he would be keen to agree a global treaty on pandemics, where countries agreed to share […]Read More...

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Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Becomes First Woman, African To Lead WTO

By Web News February 15, 2021 52 0

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday to head the leading international trade body as it seeks to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs. Okonjo-Iweala, 66, was appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organization by representatives of the 164 member countries, according to a statement from the Read More...