By Aluta News Oct. 19, 2021 Russia said on Tuesday it would fine U.S. tech giant, Google, a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal. This is Moscow’s strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms. The communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, said GoogleContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 18, 2021 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has presented its 2022 draft budget with mechanisms to ensure peace and security, good governance and economic development as priority. The draft budget of the Parliament was presented during its Second Extraordinary Session to considerContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 16, 2021 Dr Sidie Tunis, Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, has assured that the Community’s institutions remain committed to promoting the principles of human rights, democracy, rule of law, transparency, accountability, and good governance in the sub-region. Tunis made this known on Saturday at the closing of theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 15, 2021 The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 28 pips to 6.4386 against the U.S. dollar on Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise orContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 15, 2021 The outgoing German Chancellor, Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc fell to a new low in an opinion poll published on Friday following their disastrous showing in the elections in September. As the focus turned to winners of the election, the Social Democrats (SPD) are currentlyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 15, 2021 An explosion struck at Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, leaving several people dead and wounded, the Taliban said on Friday. Taliban special forces have arrived at the scene to find out how the blast was carried out and to “punish theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The proposed members of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) were selectedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 13, 2021 The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana to champion its drive to achieve direct election of members into the parliament. Dr Sidie Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, made the announcement during theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 13, 2021 President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana have cautioned incumbent Presidents of ECOWAS Countries against holding on to power beyond constitutional provisions, a phenomenon he noted is the major cause of political instability in the Sub-region. Akufo-Addo made the call on Wednesday during the opening ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 13, 2021 The Vietnamese Government has decided to cancel lockdowns applied for the past year and a half after the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) slumped in the third quarter. In a directive posted on the government’s website Wednesday, the government requested that all provincial authorities temporarily suspendContinue Reading