ShareBy Aluta News Sept 20, 2021 London on Monday opened two new Northern line stations, which is the underground’s first major expansion in the century. London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, says the services will play a major role in the capital’s recovery from the pandemic by supporting thousands of new jobs,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 20, 2021 The United States’ known death toll from COVID-19 would surpass the number of dead from the Spanish Flu within the next few days or so, according to the side-by-side numbers. Though a direct comparison between the raw numbers did not give the whole story,Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 20, 2021 Taiwan has threatened to take China to the World Trade Organisation over a Chinese ban on the import of custard and wax apples. Chinese customs authorities made the announcement of the ban on Saturday that China would, from Monday, ban the import of custardContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 20, 2021 Authorities have evacuated about 5,000 people from villages in the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma as lava spews from an erupting volcano, local officials said. The 15-meter high lava flow has already swallowed 20 houses in the village of El Paso and sectionsContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 17, 2021 Sri Lanka’s Health Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella said the nationwide quarantine curfew which had come into effect from August had been extended till Oct. 1 to curb the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The minister made the announcement on Friday after a meeting withContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 17, 2021 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition. The imposition of the sanctions is the bloc’s toughest response yet to a run of military takeovers. The move was agreedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 16, 2021 Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte’s legal counsel, says the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction to investigate killings under the “war on drugs” campaign of the administration. Chief presidential legal counsel, said on Thursday that Salvador Panelo, added that the ICC’s decision to openContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 16, 2021 More than 634,000 Afghans have been displaced by conflicts in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan, said on Thursday. A total of 634,800 people had been verified as having been displaced by conflicts as of Sept.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 15, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said the COVID-19 pandemic had proved to be the most challenging period the world had seen, as the 75th session of the General Assembly closed to usher in the 76th session, the UN correspondent of the News AgencyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Sept 14, 2021 The Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan has congratulated the country with the new government, Taliban (banned in Russia as a terrorist organisation) spokesman Mohammad Naeem said on Tuesday. “Foreign Minister of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ Taliban-led government Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Chinese ambassadorContinue Reading
