Two members of the US Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one accusing Republicans of refusing to wear masks and mocking those who did during a riot at the legislature last week. In a tweet on Tuesday, Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said she had taken a test after being trapped in a secure … Read more
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo in California have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and are now being kept in quarantine together, the zoo said on Monday. After two gorillas began coughing, faecal samples were tested and the tests indicated an infection, Eko hot blog gathered. The zoo said … Read more
British royal couple Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle have deleted their social media account due to perennial and worsened harassment and cyber bullying, Ekohotblog can report According to UK newspaper, The Sunday Times, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are mortified and frustrated by the deluge of vile comments targeted at them by online … Read more
Pope Francis’ personal doctor, Fabrizio Soccorsi, has died from health complications related to COVID-19. Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reports that the 78-year-old physician died at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, on Saturday. Before his death, he was being treated for an “oncological pathology.” Pope Francis named Soccorsi his personal physician in August 2015, after not renewing the … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, according to a source familiar with the plans. According to CNN, Pence was planning to attend the inauguration, but he was waiting on an invitation. Word of Pence’s intention to watch President-elect Joe Biden take his oath of office in person spread just … Read more
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip received Covid-19 vaccinations on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said, as the country surpassed three million cases since the pandemic began last year. A source told the domestic Press Association news agency that the 94-year-old queen and Philip, 99, were given the injections by a royal household doctor … Read more
Pope Francis has called opposition to the coronavirus vaccine “suicidal denial” urging people to get the jab and saying he would get vaccinated himself next week, AFP reports. “Next week, we will start to do it here (in the Vatican) and I made an appointment, we must do it,” he told Canale 5 in segments … Read more
2-year-old child Survives been run over twice by car A child in Switzerland survived after being driven over twice by a car, police reported on Saturday. A driver was moving his car to a different parking spot in the town of Oberentfelden on Friday evening when he ran over the 2-year-old boy on a small … Read more
United States President-elect, Joe Biden welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he won’t attend the January 20 inauguration, calling it “a good thing.” “I was told on the way over here that he indicated he wasn’t going to show up at the inauguration,” the president-elect told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware. “One of the few … Read more
Former White House Press Secretary,Joe Lockhart, during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, had said Donald Trump lost everything for the republicans after a failed coup. A coup d’état was attempted by Trump supporters to skip the recount and Joe Biden’s inauguration. READ ALSO: I Will Not Attend Biden’s Inauguration, Trump Tweets Joe Lockhart has … Read more
Donald Trump’s Twitter account suspended Twitter has permanently suspended the United States President Donald Trump’s account for inciting violence. The social media network made this known in a blog post titled ‘Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump’ on Friday. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them specifically how they … Read more
United States President, Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will skip Joe Biden’s inauguration in a final, unrepentant act of division as his presidency imploded amid demands that he step aside for the last 12 days in office. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on … Read more
London, Emergency London declared a major incident on Friday because its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed by a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus racing “out of control” across the UK. Britain has the world’s fifth worst official death toll from COVID-19 at over 78,000, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shuttered the … Read more
U.S. reports coronavirus deaths The United States (U.S.) reported more than 4,000 Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in one day for the first time on Thursday, as health systems struggle to cope with the number of sick and dying patients. A total of 4,033 people died in connection with the disease within 24 hours, according to the … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday accused US authorities of treating pro-Trump protesters more leniently than anti-racism demonstrators who were forcibly dispersed by police in Washington last year. “No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday… they wouldn’t have been treated very, very different than the … Read more
The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Vaccination is already under way in some of the world’s wealthiest nations, including the United States, Britain, European Union countries and Canada. AFP reports that Covax, … Read more
Trump denounces Capitol violence Outgoing U.S President Donald Trump said he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem” after a group of his supporters stormed the Capitol and forced a halt to a Congressional joint sitting. Trump said demonstrators “defiled the seat of democracy” and added “to those who broke the law, you will … Read more
Trump, Removal U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, has called for the immediate impeachment of President Donald Trump, saying the president “should not hold office one day longer”. The call came a day after armed Trump supporters breached the Capital Hill in Washington on Wednesday, forcing a lockdown. Congress was certifying the election of Joe … Read more
Elon Musk is officially the wealthiest person on earth. The 49-year-old now has a estimated net worth of $185 billion, overtaking Bezos, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Read also: Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk Tied With Bill Gates As Second World’s Richest Man Musk is a major shareholder of the electric car company, Tesla and … Read more
A rioter who was fatally shot on Wednesday by U.S. Capitol Police when a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol has been identified as a San Diego woman. Thirty-five-year-old Ocean Beach resident, Ashli Babbitt, was in Washington D.C., protesting Trump’s election defeat, according to her brother-in-law, Justin Jackson. Jackson said … Read more