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Kazakh prosecutors claim 225 people dead in unrest

Violent unrest in Kazakhstan has left 225 people dead, authorities announced Saturday, representing a dramatic increase over previous tolls."During the state of emergen

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Kenya says borders well secured from Indian COVID-19 strain

FILE PHOTO: Cabinet Secretary for Health in Kenya, Mr. Mutahi Kagwe addressing the press at a past event./Ministry of Health Kenya's Ministry of Health has on Friday responded to concerns from

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TV series pays tribute to country's role model

As a tribute to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party of China, the 35-episode television series Wang Jinxi the 'Iron Man' began production on April 25.Born in a poor p

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Over 3.5 million have so far recovered from COVID19 in Africa

Since the first coronavirus case was recorded on the African continent early last year, over 3.5 million people have recovered from the outbreak in Africa. As of Friday the Africa Centers for Dis

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Suspected Islamists kill 10 villagers in eastern Congo

Attackers killed around 10 people in an overnight raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities and the army said on Tuesday, blaming fighters from a Ugandan Islami

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Stray elephants kill ranger in northern Uganda

Stray elephants have killed a game ranger in the northern Ugandan district of Nwoya, state-owned conservation agency Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said on Monday. /AFP Stray elephants have k

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New York City to close schools, businesses in areas hit by Covid-19

FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a past press conference. /Getty Images Non-essential businesses and public and private schools in nine areas in New York are to be clos

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DaVinci Kitchen is building a robotic pasta-making kiosk

The robotics industry is having a major moment amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s true that category has been an exciting target for investments for a number of years now, but labor i

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Trump boasts about his handling of COVID-19, citing misleading data

President Trump speaks at a news conference at the White House on August 11, 2020. /AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed that the U.S. is handling the coronavirus pandemic better

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Nigeria's FM tests positive for COVID-19

Nigeria's foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Sunday confirmed he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Onyeama said via Twitter that following the development, he was heading for i

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Pelosi urges Fed to allow universities access lending facility

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Nancy Pelosi (L2, front) leaves the Congressional Auditorium during a break in the House Democrats' organizational caucus meetings in Washington, November 28, 2018. /VCG The S

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Germany's COVID-19 cases close to 100,000: RKI

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Germany increased by 3,834 within one day to 99,225, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Tuesday. "The number of newly reported cases is somewhat lower, b

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Trump administration expected to extend European travel ban

Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The Trump administration is expected to extend the travel ban to the United States from European countries to include the United Kingdom and Ireland."We're loo

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Polish team not to play CEV Champions League match in Italy

The Polish team Jastrzebski Wegiel informed on Monday that they won't go to Italy for the quarterfinal match of the men's volleyball CEV Champions League due to concerns over the novel coronavirus e

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Leipzig apologizes to Japanese fans in relation to coronavirus

Fierce fight between Leipzig (in white and red) and Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, March 1, 2020. /VCG German soccer club Leipzig apologized

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Leipzig apologizes to Japanese fans in relation to coronavirus

Fierce fight between Leipzig (in white and red) and Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, March 1, 2020. /VCG German soccer club Leipzig apologized

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Black History Month: Black and white wealth gaps persist

02:47 The U.S. civil rights movement has made hard-won gains for African Americans the last few decades.Unfortunately, racism and societal inequities persist. That's especially true fo