How drugmakers want to help poor countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been trying to persuade Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to join forces with its plan for an African tech transfer hub. A few months ago, Pfizer…
WHO approves world’s first malaria vaccine
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that the world’s first malaria vaccine should be given to children across Africa. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s Africa director said: “Today’s…
India to pay over $300 million to COVID-19 victims
India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia, and it is the second-most populous country in the world after China. As long as democracy…
President Biden addresses the U.N. for the first time
President Joe Biden has addressed the U.N. General Assembly for the first time as president. He talked about U.S diplomacy amid tensions with allies. This is the 76th Session of…
Manny Pacquiao to run for Philippine president
Manny Pacquiao, the famous boxer turned senator in Phillippine has said that he will run for president in the forthcoming 2022 presidential election in the Phillippines. Pacquiao was nominated by…
ISIS leader in Africa killed by France
France has announced that their military has eliminated Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State branch in Africa. France has declared the killing to be a major…
Why the lives of women judges in Afghanistan are in danger
Since the Taliban has asked all women to stop going to work and stay at home, the women who have studied and risen to the position of judges now have…
Taliban finally said the truth about their plans for women
After the Taliban creepily urged women to join the government, they went ahead to form an all-male government without allowing any woman to be part of it. Taliban spokesman Sayed…
How Jail escapees were re-arrested in Israel
Last week, a national manhunt was declared to search for the 6 Palestinian prisoners who escaped from a high-security jail in Israel. Two of the fugitives were reportedly captured in…
Media companies are liable for comments on Facebook
Three major news organizations in Australia contended that they could not be held responsible for comments that people posted on their Facebook news pages. The highest court in Australia ruled…
Afghan women protest against all-male government
China has pledged $31 million in immediate aid to the Taliban government and it seems everybody wants a share of the cake. Some women in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan…
Indonesia prison fire kills 41 people
At least 41 prisoners have died after a fire swept through an overcrowded Tangerang jail in Indonesia. The building, which housed 2,000 inmates, was said to have a maximum capacity…
Man sentenced to five years for spreading COVID-19
According to local media reports, a Vietnamese man identified as Le Van Tri, 28-yr-old, has been sentenced to five years in Vietnam jail for breaking a 21-day quarantine mandate and…
China bans western world rubbish from TV
In order to boost morality in China, the Chinese government has banned most of the ‘rubbish, abnormal esthetics, and unethical things’ which are allowed in the western part of the…
A female teacher did it with her 14-yr-old pupil
Dori Myers, a 29-yr-old female teacher who taught social studies at The New School for Leadership and the Arts in New York, has been arrested for putting her 14-yr-old student’s…
Why New Zealand wants to criminalize terror attack planning
According to the police, the terrorist Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, 32, who stabbed 7 shoppers in an Auckland supermarket was shot by police who were surveilling him. Samsudeen is a…
Japanese Prime Minister Suga resigns
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faced criticism over a coronavirus response seen as too slow and limited and for holding the Olympics despite the public’s health concerns Amid growing criticism…
WHO wants COVID-19 third shot stopped
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned against COVID-19 third shot which is popularly known as booster shots. According to him, some countries are still struggling to access and administer…
Egypt pumps toxic gas into Gaza tunnel
According to Palestinian media, the Egyptian military pumped toxic gas into a smuggling tunnel that stretches from the Gaza Strip to the Sinai peninsula. This led to the death of…
Countries that evacuated people from Afghanistan
After the Taliban took over power, they gave the U.S and their allies a deadline of 31 August 2021 to leave the country. Here is an alphabetical list of the…