Funke Akindele was arrested for throwing a birthday party during the lockdown in Lagos, police say. A popular Nigerian actress has been arraigned in court for throwing a birthday party during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country’s commercial capital, Lagos. Funke Akindele, a Nollywood film star popularly known as Jenifa, and her husband pleaded guilty in […]
Read moreJohnson was stable overnight in intensive care and is in good spirits as he fights coronavirus, says UK PM’s spokesman. London, United Kingdom – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is battling worsening coronavirus symptoms, was stable during his first night in an intensive care unit at a London hospital, the PM’s spokesman said on Tuesday. “The prime minister has […]
Read moreMedics accuse the government of failing to put in place measures to protect health practitioners across the country. Medics in Zimbabwe have warned there is a “dire shortage” of ventilators, oxygen tanks, biohazard suits and N95 face masks for healthcare professionals fighting the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights complained about inadequate screening of people […]
Read moreKids can’t wait. That is the sobering message from the Zebra Child Protection Centre in its new PSA. The video, made in collaboration with Child Advocacy Centres of Alberta, reminds Albertans that for children at risk, home is not always a safe place. The Zebra Child Protection Centre, which serves Edmonton and the surrounding area through advocacy and child […]
Read moreExperts believe actual tally of cases is much higher than current numbers due to country’s limited testing capacity. Six weeks after registering its first coronavirus case, Somalia on Monday had confirmed 480 infections out of 764 people tested for COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease that has disrupted life worldwide. The figures, given to Al Jazeera by Dr Abdirizak Yusuf […]
Read moreBRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police, days after his justice minister quit and accused the president of meddling in law enforcement, triggering talk of impeachment and a criminal investigation approved by the Supreme Court. The government’s official gazette confirmed the appointment of new federal police chief Alexandre Ramagem, […]
Read moreA California official who cursed, drank and threw his cat during a Zoom meeting has resigned from his post, amid growing calls for city leaders to throw the book at him over the incident. Vallejo, Calif., city planner Chris Platzer stepped down from the job on Saturday over the incident, which occurred during an online meeting with the city’s planning […]
Read moreATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday restrictions on citizens’ movements would be lifted and more shops allowed to reopen from May 4 in a gradual easing of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Greece has so far registered 2,566 coronavirus cases including 138 deaths, much fewer than many other European […]
Read moreChelsea, 40, was 12 years old when her father Bill Clinton became US President and grew up in the White House. In Ronald Kessler’s 2010 book ‘In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect’, one agent recalled Chelsea to be a very well behaved teenager. He said she […]
Read more(Reuters) – Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) warned of a $2.1 billion hit to its 2020 revenue on Tuesday as social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hammer sales of medically administered drugs including its blockbuster Keytruda treatment. Roughly 66% of its revenue comes from such drugs that need a patient to visit a doctor’s office, the […]
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