Yangon, Feb 9 (AFP/APP):Protesters started rallying across Myanmar's largest city of Yangon on Tuesday, defying warnings from the military threatening "action" against large gatherings. Since the junta staged a coup
Johannesburg, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):South African health experts have suggested vaccinating several thousand people with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to assess whether it protects against severe cases of a virus variant that
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 8 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world was far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on
Khartoum, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced Monday a new cabinet bringing in seven ex-rebel chiefs as ministers, following a peace deal in October aimed to end decades
Geneva, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):The World Health Organization and its Covax partners cautioned Monday against dismissing AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine after several setbacks, insisting it remained an important, life-saving tool. The AstraZeneca
Moscow, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):Moscow is prepared for "constructive" work with Libya's newly selected interim leaders, the Russian foreign ministry said Monday. In a statement it said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Moscow, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):Russia recorded a dramatic increase in mortality in 2020 fuelled by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new official figures released Monday that showed more than 162,000 virus-related
Rabat, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):At least 24 people died after heavy rain flooded an illegal underground textile workshop at a private house in the Moroccan port city of Tangiers, the state
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that ensuring food security, promoting agriculture sector and helping farmers to get fair return of their produce was the foremost
Washington, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):A Republican congressman from Texas who was being treated for Covid-19 has died, his office said Monday, the first sitting member to lose his life after battling