January 1, 2021

Germany 2021: Fighting COVID and replacing Angela Merkel

What will define Germany in 2021? The fight against the coronavirus pandemic? Or rather the political battles as the country faces several elections — and the task to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel.…

4 years ago

News·World

Europe kicks off COVID vaccination drive to end pandemic

European Union nations have begun mass vaccinations in an effort to put an end to the health crisis. Outside the EU, the UK, Switzerland and Serbia have already started inoculations.…

4 years ago

News·World

South Africa tightens Covid-19 restrictions to level 3

In tonight's edition: President Cyril Ramaphosa announces a new ban on alcohol sales and says mask-wearing will be mandatory in public after South Africa became the continent's first to record one million…

4 years ago

Africa·News

World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic

Confetti fluttered on to frontline workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks burst above eerily quiet landmarks from Puerta del Sol to Copacabana beach, as the world ushered in the New Year…

4 years ago

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UK fisheries unhappy with EU trade deal

British fishers are less than delighted about Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, even though he said that as a result of the agreement they will be able to catch and eat "prodigious quantities…

4 years ago

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Ikhana calls for funding of grassroots sports

Ikhana calls for funding of grassroots sports…

4 years ago

Sport

Mali charges former PM with coup attempt

Authorities in Mali have charged six figures, including former Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, with trying to stage a coup.…

4 years ago

Africa·News

Goodbye 2020: World kicks off varying New Year’s celebrations

Cities in Oceania and Asia welcome the new year, with different apporaches to festivities taken depending on the current status of Covid-19 in a territory. Crowds pack Auckland, Wuhan, Pyongyang and Taipei,…

4 years ago

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Coronavirus: WHO approves emergency use of BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine

The World Health Organization has granted its first emergency use validation to BioNTech-Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. That should allow countries to speed up regulatory approval.…

4 years ago

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Yemen: Saudi-led coalition strikes capital after Aden attacks

The warplanes struck targets in Sanaa a day after explosions and gunfire hit an airport in the southern port city of Aden. The Saudi-led coalition blamed the attack on Iran-aligned rebels.…

4 years ago

News·World

January 01, 2021

Germany 2021: Fighting COVID and replacing Angela Merkel

Europe kicks off COVID vaccination drive to end pandemic

South Africa tightens Covid-19 restrictions to level 3

World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic

UK fisheries unhappy with EU trade deal

Ikhana calls for funding of grassroots sports

Mali charges former PM with coup attempt

Goodbye 2020: World kicks off varying New Year’s celebrations

Coronavirus: WHO approves emergency use of BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine

Yemen: Saudi-led coalition strikes capital after Aden attacks

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