New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Thursday that he has authorized the Assembly Judiciary Committee to start an "impeachment investigation" into sexual misconduct allegations agains
Twitter on Wednesday said it was "deeply concerned by increased attempts to block and throttle online public conversation" after Russia said it was slowing down the speed of the platform for an alleg
South Korea has agreed to a 13.9 percent increase in its contribution to the cost of hosting some 28,500 U.S. troops for 2021, the biggest annual rise in nearly two decades, its foreign ministry said
Ukraine has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac, Ukraine's health ministry said on Tuesday.Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Lekhim sought approval for the Sinovac's vaccine las
China aims to expand its gross domestic product (GDP) by over six percent in 2021, with more efforts on reform, innovation and high-quality development, according to a government work report submitte
Scores of students were abducted by gunmen who stormed an all-girl school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara on early Friday, Xinhua reported citing a local official. Source(s): Xinhua News
The skyline of Burkina Faso's capital Ougadougou. /VCG Burkina Faso's government has announced to mobilize 4,000 doses of anthrax vaccines for free immunization to curb the spread of the disea
Ten people were killed and 47 others injured late Tuesday in a rocket propelled grenade attack by Boko Haram militants on two communities in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeast Nigeria
U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday aimed at addressing a global semiconductor chip shortage that has forced U.S. automakers and other manufacturers to cut production a
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday to go ahead with sanctions on four senior Russian officials in response to the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, two EU diplomats said, al
The European Union (EU) is ready to impose sanctions against Myanmar military officers, EU foreign ministers said Monday.The ministers said the EU stands ready to adopt restrictive measures targeting
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was injected on Sunday with the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, as the nation started its inoculation program a
Senegal received its first delivery on Wednesday of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines.The 200,000 doses, enough to vaccinate 100,000 people, arrived on a chartered Air Senegal flight from Beijing t
Italy's antitrust regulator announced Wednesday a new fine of 7 million euros (about $8.45 million) against Facebook for misleading conduct on data protection.According to the Italian Competition Aut
An unknown number of people are feared dead and others injured after a suicide bomber drove into a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital city, on Saturday, according to local police and witnesse
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Andres Arauz said on Sunday he had won the day's presidential election, beating his nearest rival Guillermo Lasso by a two-to-one margin.Arauz did not say whether he
Guyana on Thursday abruptly terminated an agreement with Taiwan to open an office in the South American nation after Chinese Foreign Ministry asked the country to correct its "mistake."Guyana's forei
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