The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is expected to ask US President Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond August 31. This will enable the evacuation flights to continue in order to rescue displaced Afghans. The UK prime minister is set to make his request at an emergency meeting of the world’s leaders from the G7 countries on ...
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The Coronavirus pandemic has set off a wave of scams around the globe ranging from sophisticated ones to the downright strange. All of these scams are encircled around bogus doses and fake vaccine passes as well as criminal cremations. Here are some of the topmost outrageous and nefarious frauds from the past few months. ‘Vaccination is optional.’ The French government ...
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Japanese authorities have advised a big number of settlers to evacuate on Friday as ‘unprecedented’ levels of torrential rains hit western Japan. This increased the risk of floods and landslides according to the weather agency in the country. They forecast the downpours to continue for several days over a large swathe of the country from the northern Tohoku region to ...
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Zambians voted in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and Covid-19. 16 presidential candidates are vying for the country’s top job. However, the frontrunners are incumbent Edgar Lungu, 64, and his old nemesis and business tycoon Hakainde Hichilema, 59. The two are facing off at the polls for the third time. Hichilema, who is ...
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Her excellency, Samia Suluhu Hassan has narrated the disbelief everyone has in her leadership because she is a woman. She revealed that even her own government workers doubted her competence for this position. “Even some of my government workers dismissed me at first as just another woman, but they soon accepted my leadership. But this is not just in Africa, ...
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