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United States President JOE BIDEN has laid out a sweeping investment plan for jobs, education and social care in his first speech to a joint session of Congress. Speaking on the eve of his 100th day in office, the Democrat pitched 4-trillion-dollars in spending, the largest overhaul of US benefits since the 1960s. He called […]
Malawi’s Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional. The court said the death penalty was against international human rights standards, meaning that life sentence will be the highest punishment in Malawi. The Malawi Human Rights Commission described the ruling as progress: The ruling noted there had been no executions in the country […]
Somalia’s president has moved to ease tensions in the capital, Mogadishu, by calling for fresh presidential polls. MOHAMED ABDULLAHI MOHAMED, better known by his nickname FARMAJO, said he will no longer seek a two-year extension to his term in office. He had controversially approved the move last week after disagreements over how to hold elections. […]
France has detained seven former members of far-left Italian militant groups, including the Red Brigades. The seven, and three other Italians still being sought, had been convicted of terrorism charges in Italy dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. France had offered left-wing radicals protection from extradition under a controversial policy. Italy’s Prime Minister MARIO […]
The death toll from India’s coronavirus pandemic has surged past two hundred thousand, the country’s deadliest day. Reports indicate that shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff worsened the situation leading to the record number of new infections. The second wave of infections has seen at least 300,000 people test positive each day for […]
More than half of Americans have approved of President Joe Biden after nearly 100 days on the job. According to Reuters/Ipsos polling, the level of support would help Democrats push for infrastructure spending and other big-ticket items on Biden’s agenda. The national opinion poll of over four thousand four hundred adults from April 12-16 found […]
India has reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for a second day. The news cases topped 330,000 new cases, even as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by patients and plagued by accidents. The health ministry said deaths in the past 24 hours also jumped to a record 2,263, while officials […]
United States pharmaceutical company Pfizer says it has identified counterfeit versions of its coronavirus vaccine in Mexico and Poland. It said the doses were seized by authorities in the two countries and confirmed by tests to be fake. Pfizer said in Mexico, they had false labels, while the substance in Poland was believed to be […]
Amnesty International says Eritrean troops have killed three people and injured at least 19 others during an unprovoked attack on civilians in Ethiopia. Witnesses told Amnesty that the soldiers were passing through Adwa in the Tigray region when they suddenly opened fire on people near the town’s bus station. They said Eritrean soldiers were shooting […]
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully. The move is expected to delay the country’s vaccination programme by several weeks. Drug watchdog the European Medicines Agency last week announced a possible link with clots but said the risk […]
