ShareBy Aluta News Aug 10, 2021 A South African court on Tuesday postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against former president Jacob Zuma to Sept. 9, following his hospitalisation. High Court Judge Piet Koen granted the postponement and also ordered Zuma’s team to produce a medical report by Aug. 20, andContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 7, 2021 The U.S. embassy in Kabul on Saturday called on American citizens to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible due to the security issues in the country. According to a statement, the American staff of the embassy in Kabul that can work remotely had alreadyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 6, 2021 The Taliban movement (banned as a terrorist organisation in Russia) captured Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan’s south-western province of Nimruz, Hasht e-Subh media outlet reported on Friday, citing local residents. The militants reportedly seized control over Zaranj’s airport and the provincial administration building. ThisContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 6, 2021 CNN has dismissed three employees for entering its New York headquarters without being vaccinated for protection against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a memo from the cable news network’s president. “In the past week, we have been made aware of three employees who wereContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 6, 2021 The united States (U.S.) employers added 943,000 jobs in July, the Labour Department announced on Friday. The figure was higher than previous forecasts, while the unemployment rate stood at 5.4 per cent in a job market still underperforming 17 months into the coronavirus pandemic.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 5, 2021 Germany and France said they would give COVID-19 vaccine boosters from September, disregarding an appeal by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to hold off until more people are vaccinated across the globe. The decision to press ahead with booster shots despite the strongest statementContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 5, 2021 The latest resurgence of COVID-19 in China could be effectively contained in a short time, if response measures were strictly enforced, a health official said on Thursday. “The COVID-19 pandemic in China is controllable now,’’ said He Qinghua. Qinghua, a senior official with theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 4, 2021 Russia registered 22,589 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,010 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,356,784, the federal response centre said on Wednesday. “Over the past day, 22,589 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 2,048Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 4, 2021 US President Joe Biden has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investigation found that he had sexually harassed 11 women. Biden, at a White House press conference on Tuesday, said he believed the prominent democrat should resign. When askedContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Aug 3, 2021 A helicopter belonging to the Indian army on Tuesday crashed in a dam in the northern state of Punjab, local media reports said. So far there have been no immediate reports of any casualty in the crash. The helicopter crashed in Ranjit Sagar DamContinue Reading