Polls closed in Italy late on Sunday in the first of two days of voting on a constitutional referendum over the slimming down of parliament. Voting is also on in local elections expected to favour the right-wing national opposition bloc. Voting continues on Monday, with polls opening at 7 am (0500 GMT) and closing at 3 pm. Results are expected …
Read MoreThe United States set a one-day record with over 1 million coronavirus diagnostic tests being performed, but the country needs 6 million to 10 million a day to bring outbreaks under control, according to various experts. The United States set a one-day record with over 1 million coronavirus diagnostic tests being performed, but the country needs 6 million to 10 …
Read MoreWorld Trade Organization dropped three candidates from the race to be the next Director-General of the body. It also plans to reduce the contestants to two final candidates in the coming weeks. Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala still remained in the race, according to Bloomberg on Friday. Okonjo-Iweala is a former finance minister in Nigeria and former Managing Director of the World …
Read MoreA former model has accused US President Donald Trump of groping and forcibly kissing her in 1997 — the latest allegation made against the Republican incumbent just weeks before he seeks re-election. Amy Dorris told Britain’s The Guardian that Trump sexually assaulted her in his VIP suite at the US Open tennis tournament in New York — claims he denied …
Read MoreUS unveils plan to provide free coronavirus vaccine to ‘every American’ Feds say the goal is to start in January 2021 with 100 million doses, as soon as vaccines achieve FDA approval. While the US waits for one or more COVID-19 vaccines to win approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the federal government released an outline Wednesday detailing how …
Read MoreWilliam H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced Tuesday, CBS News reports. In an obituary, the family credited the patriarch with a “deep commitment to social and economic equity,” noting that …
Read MoreDozens of Western countries on Tuesday voiced concern at Saudi Arabia’s continued detention of women activists and called for those behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be brought to justice. No less than a dozen prominent women’s rights activists were arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2018 as it lifted a ban on women driving cars, a step that …
Read MoreJapanese lawmakers applaud newly-elected Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after he won a vote in parliament [Kim Kyung-Hoon-Reuters] Japan’s parliament on Wednesday elected Yoshihide Suga prime minister, with the former chief cabinet secretary expected to stick closely to policies championed by Shinzo Abe during his record-breaking tenure. Suga, 71, won an easy victory, taking 314 votes of 462 valid ballots cast …
Read MoreU.S Government imposes visa sanctions on Nigerians over electoral violence The US condemns acts of violence, intimidation, or corruption that undermined Nigeria’s democratic process. U.S Government imposes visa sanctions on Nigerians for electoral violence The United States government has imposed visa restrictions on Nigerians for their actions surrounding the November 2019 Kogi and Bayelsa State elections, and in the run …
Read MoreAn ultra-Orthodox minister in Israel’s government resigned yesterday over nationwide lockdown plans to tackle one of the world’s highest coronavirus rates that would affect religious practices over Jewish holidays. Yaakov Litzman stood down as housing minister, protesting at measures that he said will prevent Jews from attending synagogues over their upcoming festivals. Israel is second only to Bahrain for the …
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