ShareBy Aluta News July 15, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, will receive the Olympic Laurel at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games on July 23, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. The 81-year-old Yunus is to be the second recipient of the Laurel, aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 15, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the spread of COVID-19’s Delta variant, along with increased social mobility and the inconsistent use of proven public health measures was driving increases in both case numbers and deaths. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus stated thisContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 13, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a dialogue with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but without discussing issues that are useless to talk about, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Putin’s article on Ukraine was published by the Kremlin on Monday. InContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 13, 2021 The death toll following a fire at hospital housing coronavirus patients in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province has risen to 58, Iraqi medical sources said on Tuesday. Provincial health department spokesman Ammar Bashar said 58 people died after the blaze erupted at Imam al-Hussein hospitalContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 12, 2021 An AU Country Review Mission (CRM) on the second Peer Review process has urged Nigeria to serve as motivator in governance to other African countries. Prof. Janneh Abdoulie, the Lead Panelist on AU CRM, made the call on Monday, in Abuja, at a townContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 12, 2021 Egyptian parliament on Monday approved legal amendments expanding the government’s ability to sack civil servants with suspected links to terrorist groups without prior disciplinary action. A parliamentary source said the move was described by state media as a major step in a campaign toContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 12, 2021 European Union (EU) foreign affairs ministers are expected to formally approve a military training mission to Mozambique and potentially endorse sanctions against Lebanese officials during a meeting on Monday. The bloc’s defence ministers agreed to deploy troops in Mozambique in May, a move thatContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 12, 2021 Haiti’s national police on Sunday announced the arrest of the suspected mastermind in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. A Haitian doctor living in the U.S. state of Florida was arrested, police chief Leon Charles said at a news conference. The suspected killers calledContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 9, 2021 The Czech Republic will in future allow women to choose for themselves whether they want to use the female or male form of their surnames. The legislation, which gives the go ahead for women to choose either form on identification cards or other officialContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 9, 2021 An officer of London’s Metropolitan Police on Friday pleaded guilty to murdering Sarah Everard, in a case that has caused widespread shock and outrage across Britain. Wayne Couzens, 48, had kidnapped Ms Everard in a hire car as she walked home alone from aContinue Reading