Published by DPA The number of coronavirus infections in South Africa continues to rise and the country is officially in its fourth wave of the pandemic, according to the nation’s health ministry. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported
Published by Reuters By John Irish DOHA (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron held face-to-face talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, becoming the first major Western leader to visit the kingdom since journalist Jamal
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The Israeli spyware maker in the Pegasus surveillance scandal said Friday it was investigating reports the firm’s technology was used to target iPhones of some US diplomats in Africa. Apple has begun alerting people
Published by The Bangkok Post The new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus was discovered last week by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries in southern Africa that have the skills and resources to detect a new
Published by The Bangkok Post The latest Covid variant, Omicron, has dampened the festive mood as the year draws to a close. And despite official warnings from scientists from South Africa and Botswana — two countries where the variant had
Munich, Barcelona’s Champions League group match away at Bayern Munich next week will be played without fans due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the German state of Bavaria, the LaLiga club said on Friday.Barca, second in Group E behind Bayern,…
UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations (UN) Security Council renewed for an additional three months its authorization for states and regional organizations cooperating with Somalia to use all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of the East Afric…
BANJUL, GAMBIA — Election officials started counting marble votes Saturday in Gambia after the polls closed in the country’s first presidential election in decades that did not include former dictator Yahya Jammeh, a milestone seen as a test of democra…
