Views: 2 Hundreds of mourners stood in long queues on Thursday, some singing, others carrying flowers and writing on tribute books in memory of Tutu – who requested to be buried in a cheap coffin and didn’t want a lavish funeral. Image:Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s simple pine coffin has been returned to a morgue ahead of […]
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Views: 2 (Bloomberg) — New treatments for early Covid-19 are now beginning to arrive at pharmacies in New York and elsewhere but remain in short supply, according to a representative of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.“I know patients who have actually gotten outpatient prescriptions in New York City” of Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid, Aaron Glatt,
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Views: 3 Elections brought significant changes in 2021: E.U. stalwart Angela Merkel ended her 16-year leadership of Germany, Chile elected a millennial socialist; and Hondurans chose their first female president. But in 2022 leadership of major states on every inhabited continent will be contested in the thick of two global crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and
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Views: 3 Cristiano Ronaldo scored his eighth goal of the season and made another for Scott McTominay as Manchester United beat Burnley 3-1 at Old Trafford, climbing to sixth. Burnley’s Chris Wood headed a good chance wide on four minutes and that miss proved costly just four minutes later as Ronaldo teed up McTominay, who
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Views: 5 Authorities in Iowa have arrested a man who was found during a traffic stop to be carrying a rifle and a “hit list” that included President Biden and Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, The Los Angeles Times reported. © (carlballou/iStock) Armed man with ‘hit list’ including Biden, Fauci arrested in Iowa
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Views: 2 President Joe Biden told Russian president Vladimir Putin that the US and its allies “will respond decisively” if Russian takes action to escalate its invasion of Ukraine. The two leaders spoke for roughly 50 minutes on Thursday afternoon in a phone call convened at Mr Putin’s request. A senior administration official said the
Views: 5 African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries to apply now for the 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on tefconnect.com LAGOS, Nigeria, December 30, 2021/ — The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) (www.TonyElumeluFoundation.org), the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries, has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on www.TEFConnect.com. African entrepreneurs with business
Views: 2 FIFA is the only governing body that looks after and cares about the entire world ZURICH, Switzerland, December 30, 2021/ — Gianni Infantino addresses football family with hopes for 2022; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President looks forward to “celebration of football and social inclusion” in Qatar; Mr Infantino calls for solidarity to protect football’s future Wherever you are in
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Views: 9 Malawians are mourning the death of former First Lady Anne Muluzi who succumbed to cancer at a Kenyan hospital on Tuesday. In a statement on Wednesday, the Office of the President and Cabinet said Muluzi, aged 69, died at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. “She died on Tuesday 28th December 2021 at Aga
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Views: 4 The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to review its case seeking to end the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. Earlier this month, three Republican-appointed judges for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court rejected the White House’s appeal to allow an end the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain
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