Category: Foreign
ECOWAS lifts post-coup sanctions on Mali
West African leaders have lifted punishing sanctions imposed on Mali following a military coup in August that overthrew embattled President Ibrahim Bo [...]
Chinese robot performs bladder surgery using 5G
Professor Niu Haitao with the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University in east China’s Shandong Province successfully completed a long distance surge [...]
Trump gets discharged, returns to White House, removes mask
President Donald Trump checked out of hospital Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reac [...]
Trump, wife, Melania test positive for coronavirus
President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have both tested positive for the coronavirus, an extraordinary development coming months into a globa [...]
SA president cuts minister’s salary over misuse of air force plane
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, has cut the salary of Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, the country’s defence minister, over the misuse of the cou [...]
Mali swears in Bah Ndaw as new interim president
Retired colonel and former defence minister Bah Ndaw has been sworn in as Mali’s interim president, more than a month after a military coup overthrew [...]
Vietnam police bust ring selling recycled condoms
Police authorities in Vietnam have reportedly confiscated an estimated total of 345,000 used condoms which had been cleaned up for resale as new [...]
UK to seize $39m from lawyer who helped Ibori launder money
The United Kingdom has intensified efforts to seize more than $39 million from a convicted lawyer who it said helped former Delta State Governor Jame [...]
UN must hold China accountable for COVID-19 – Trump
US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that China must be held accountable by the world for its actions over the Co [...]
Italy votes to remove one in three lawmakers to save cost
Italians have voted to reduce one-third of the country’s lawmakers in order to save cost. Almost 70 percent of the citizens voted in favour of the mov [...]