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The United States will join a UN-led effort to share COVID-19 vaccines fairly between richer and poorer countries, U.S. President Joe Biden’s medical advisor Anthony Fauci announced.Biden would issue a directive on joining the so-called…

Top Republican in Congress Mitch Mcconnell on Tuesday explicitly blamed outgoing President Donald Trump for the violent mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol this month.“The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other…

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said there was no direct evidence of “kill/capture teams” attempting to kidnap lawmakers during riots at the U.S. Capitol.Attorney Michael Sherwin made the statement after a separate U.S.…

Nicole Young has said that her estranged husband, Dr Dre pointed a gun at her head two times during their 25-year-old marriage.The couple, who got married in 1996, are presently enmeshed in an acrimonious divorce process.In court…

A UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission report has named Apple, BMW, Huawei and other global brands benefitting from the forced labour of Uyghur Muslims in communist China.According to the report, the popular sportswear maker,…

Ten fellow Republicans voted in support of outgoing President Donald Trump’s second impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.This, analysts say, further highlights the division in the party over Trump’s refusal to…

US President Donald Trump has entered the history books as the first American president to be impeached twice.Trump set the record after the House of Representatives impeached him on Wednesday, citing "incitement of insurrection".…

Customers that fail to wear their face masks in compliance with COVID-19 protocols risk forfeiting their bank accounts, British multinational investment bank, HSBC has warned.A spokesman for the bank, Jackie Uhi, said on Wednesday that…

A Bulgarian national, Rossen G. Iossifov, who was convicted by a federal jury for his role in a transnational and multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud American victims was sentenced on Tuesday to 121 months in prison.Acting Assistant…

Senator Roy Blunt, (R-Mo.) and member of the Senate GOP leadership, says plans to remove President Donald Trump from office will not see the light of day.He stated this on Friday amid rising calls for the president's ouster since his…

Model and actress, Emily Ratajkowski is unimpressed by Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that US President Donald Trump has been handed an indefinite ban from the platform.The billionaire techpreneur announced the ban in a…

US President Donald Trump will not be attending his successor, Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, becoming the fourth president not to do so.Trump made the announcement in a tweet on Friday."To all of those who have asked, I…

A 47-year-old American man, Jason Roy Hutchinson, has been arrested in Brazil for paying the mother of an underage girl in order to sleep with the daughter.Hutchinson was arrested by Brazilian police in Rio de Janeiro as he was sleeping…

U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, has called for the immediate impeachment of President Donald Trump, saying the president “should not hold office one day longer”. The call came a day after armed Trump supporters breached the…

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg says the social media giant is suspending US President Donald Trump's account indefinitely.He disclosed this Thursday afternoon, saying that the President has been using the platform to incite his…

A woman shot by law enforcement agents as pro-Trump protesters besieged the Capitol Building on Wednesday has been pronounced dead.Metropolitan Police Department spokesman, Dustin Sternbeck made the announcement.“Yes, the adult…

U.S. President Donald Trump told his supporters “to go home now” hours after they stormed the U.S. Capitol.“I know your pain, I know your hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us,” Trump said in a one-minute video posted on…

An unidentified woman was shot by a law enforcement agent on Wednesday as pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol Building.The Capitol Building is the meeting place of the United States Congress and the seat of the legislative branch…

Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York on Tuesday,  said 30 per cent of medical personnel in the city’s public hospital system declined COVID-19 vaccines. Addressing newsmen, de Blasio said the vaccine hesitancy by health workers was largely…

A Milan-based appeals court on Tuesday ordered Facebook to pay 3.83 million Euros ($4.70 million) in damages to an Italian software development company for copying an app, a court document seen by Reuters showed.The judges said the U.S.…

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned Chinese companies operating in Nigeria to strictly obey the labour laws of the country as well as local customs.Wang who is in Nigeria on a working visit gave the…

No fewer than 602 journalists in 59 countries died of the novel coronavirus in 2020, the Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), said on Tuesday.“More than 600 journalists died of COVID-19 pandemic in…

A female Portuguese health worker, Sonia Acevedo, has died on New Year's day, two days after taking Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.The 41-year-old's employers at the Portuguese Institute of Oncology, where she had worked in paediatrics for…

A middle-aged couple and their three children were found dead on Saturday morning inside their house in Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County, Central Kenya.They were suspected to have died due to inhaling of carbon monoxide.Phineas…

An Indian man Tammu Raghavaiah attacked his parents, killed his mother instantly and fatally wounded his father in a fit of rage, police said on Wednesday.Tammu attacked his parents with a log, furious with them for sending away his…

The U.S. has “strongly” condemned the “sham prosecution and conviction” of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan by the Chinese government. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, who conveyed the U.S. position in a statement on Tuesday, called for…

American actor and martial artist, Michael Jai White has penned an emotional 30th birthday message to his son, Devin Michael White.The actor, 53, took to Facebook to share the message late Monday.Michael Jai White, who starred as…

Chief Scientific Adviser of US COVID-19 vaccine watchdog, Operation Warp Speed, Dr. Moncef Slaoui says the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is causing allergic reactions at a rate that is higher than 'what one could expect from' other vaccines.…

In 2020, the world thinks it has seen the worst that there could be no thanks to COVID-19 but it may have to have a rethink if the predictions of late Bulgarian mystic, Baba Vanga, are to be believed.The blind mystic became a cult hero…

Chinese authorities on Saturday released rules on foreign investment security review to safeguard national security while spurring foreign investment, Chinese authorities said in a statement.The rules, jointly released by the…