ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 More evidence is emerging that the Omicron Coronavirus variant is affecting the upper respiratory tract, causing milder symptoms than previous variants, a World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday. “We are seeing more and more studies pointing out that Omicron is infecting the upperContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 OPEC+ will likely stick to its planned increase in oil output for February when it meets on Tuesday as sources say the group expects only a short-lived impact on demand from the Omicron coronavirus variant. OPEC+, which groups producers from the Organization of theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 Mexico said it received 131,448 asylum applications in 2021, the country’s national refugee care agency said. The number of applications nearly doubled the record set in 2019, Andres Ramirez Silva, the general coordinator of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (Comar) said on Twitter.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 4, 2022 Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, was taken to hospital in São Paulo on Monday with a suspected intestinal blockage. The 66-year-old was admitted for treatment after complaining of “abdominal discomfort,” the government said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the g1 news website, heContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 3, 2021 The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Mr Haitham Al-Ghais as the organisation’s Secretary General effective Aug. 1. OPEC made the appointment at a Special Meeting on Monday held via video conference, which was chaired by president Jean-Richard Itoua, Congo’s MinisterContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 3, 2022 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, on Monday expressed regret over Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to step down. According to news agencies, Hamdok resigned after another day of mass protests that rocked the capital of the country, Khartoum. AfterContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 2, 2022 Britain has reported another 162,572 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period. This brings the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 13.1 million, according to official figures released late on Saturday. Britain also reported a further 154 coronavirus-related deaths. The totalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Dec. 31, 2021 A conference in Mali charged with recommending a timetable for democratic elections following a military coup said that polls scheduled for February should be delayed by between six months and five years in part because of security issues. Mali’s transitional government initially agreed toContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Dec. 31, 2021 Ethiopia registered 4,998 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 415,443 as of Thursday evening, the Health Ministry said. The ministry reported 10 new COVID-19-related deaths and 321 recoveries, bringing the national counts to 6,926 and 354,495 respectively.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Dec. 28, 2021 Turkey’s annual inflation rate is expected to have hit 30.6 per cent in December, according to a Reuters poll. The rate is breaching the 30 per cent level for the first time since 2003 as prices rose due to record lira volatility. The 30.6Continue Reading
