Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, a school official said on Monday.It is the latest in a wave of mass abductions of schoolchildren and students."The k
A new batch of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Thai capital of Bangkok on Sunday, giving support to the Southeast Asian country's battle against its
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Click arrows to view gallery The extreme heat wave hitting the Northwest of the United States is beginning to lift Wednesday in Seattle, Washington and Po
The weather system is breaking records for high temperatures in the United States and Canada, with more than 100 deaths so far.
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Thailand will launch the third phase of a co-payment program from July as part of the government's relief measures to help those affected by the pandemic, an official s
Alejandro Romero (C), nicknamed Kaku, of Paraguay, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal against Bolivia during their Copa America match in Goiania, Brazil, June 14, 2021. /CFP The
The recent wave of ransomware attacks across the US may also be brought up during the talks, as the American authorities repeatedly claimed that some of the hackers beh
The shipment of Sinopharm vaccines are the first Chinese donation of the COVID-19 vaccine Afghanistan has received. /VCG A batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived
The Rand Merchant Bank/Bureau of Economic Research (RMB/BER) Business Confidence Index released on Wednesday showed that business confidence increased by 15 points to 50 in South Africa in the se
Japan plans to finish vaccinating all citizens who have applied for shots by October-November, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said during a debate between party leaders on Wednesday.The debate was the
The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,925,978 on Monday as various amid a World Health Organization (WHO) warning that the continent's healthcare systems are "far from ready" to co
A train station in Nairobi, Kenya. /VCG Kenya's COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 3,300 mark on Monday as the country continues its fight against the pandemic.Health minister Mutahi Kagwe anno
FILE PHOTO: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni /Getty Ugandan President on Sunday ordered the closure of schools for 42 days starting Monday as the country as part of tighter measures introduce
FILE PHOTO: A local isolation ward for patients with COVID-19 in Machakos, Kenya. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose to 172,491 on Sunday as the country's ministry of health
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