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Mali's transitional president, Bah Ndaw and prime minister, Moctar Ouane have tendered their resignation following their arrest on Monday by the military in what amounts to a second coup in nine months. Agence France-Presse reported…

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have met with the family of George Floyd exactly one year after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.…

William Shakespeare, first man in the world to received approved COVID-19 vaccine, has passed away at 81. Bill, as he was known, made global headlines on so-called V-Day on December 8 when he received Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the…

US biotech firm, Moderna has on Tuesday said trials had shown its COVID-19 vaccine is “highly effective” in adolescents aged 12-17 and the company would seek regulators’ approval in June. CEO Stephane Bancel in a statement said; We are…

Malian soldiers upset with a government reshuffle took the president, prime minister, defence minister to an army camp outside the capital on Monday, officials said, raising fears of a second coup within a year in the crisis-stricken…

Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been found to be highly effective against the coronavirus variant that was first identified in India, according to a study by Public Health England (PHE). The Pfizer vaccine was…

Thirteen people have died and three were seriously injured when a cable car linking Italy’s Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain in the Alps collapsed on Sunday, emergency services said. Stresa-Mottarone cable car takes tourists and…

Organisers of a Chinese ultramarathon have come under scrutiny after extreme weather killed 21 runners during an ultramarathon in northwest China’s rugged mountain terrain, including two of China’s best long-distance runners. They…

European Commission has named Ghana as one of its possible manufacturing hubs of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. A statement signed on Friday by Eugene Arhin, spokesman for the president, said the announcement was made during a two-day…

Princes William and Harry have condemned BBC and journalist Martin Bashir over “the deceitful way” Bashir obtained his explosive TV interview with Princess Diana, their late mother, in which she detailed her troubled marriage to Prince…

Princess Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer has blamed deceptive practices used to secure an explosive TV interview about her troubled marriage to Prince Charles for contributing to her death nearly two years later. Spencer’s comments on…

Israel has approved a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group, Hamas starting as soon as Friday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.  The decision follows the worst hostilities between the two sides in nearly…

Dubai have on Monday eased COVID-19 restrictions, allowing hotels in the regional tourism hub to operate at full capacity and permitting concerts and sports events where all attendees and participants have been vaccinated. It also…

European Union’s foreign ministers will hold urgent video talks on the escalating fighting between Israel and Palestinians on Tuesday, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell in Twitter on Sunday said; In view of the…

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza has destroyed a tower block in the city housing the offices of Al Jazeera and Associated Press (AP) media houses. The building was home to several other media outlets and offices including several internet…