Japan is set to give free COVID-19 vaccines to all of its residents under a bill passed on Wednesday, as the nation records soaring numbers of daily cases. The bill, which says the government will cover all vaccine costs for Japan’s 126 million residents, was approved by the upper house of parliament, having passed through … Read more
Mark Meadows, Trump asks status of the emergency vaccine White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is scheduled to meet with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn in the West Wing Tuesday, as President Donald Trump has privately demanded to know why the agency hasn’t granted emergency use for Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine yet, according … Read more
Lebanon, ‘deliberate depression’ Lebanon’s economy is sinking into a “deliberate depression”, the World Bank said Tuesday in a damning report stressing the authorities’ failure to tackle the crisis. The fall 2020 edition of the Lebanon Economic Monitor predicted the economy will have contracted by 19.2 percent this year and projected a debt-to-GDP ratio of 194 … Read more
Prince Harry’s godmother Lady Celia Vestey has died at the age of 71. Lady Vestey was the wife of courtier Sam Vestey, the 3rd Baron, former Master of the Horse to the Queen. She was a close friend of the Queen, 94, and Prince Charles, 72, and was part of their ‘racing circle’. Read Also: … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020 Iran President Hassan Rouhani has blamed Israel and the United States for the murder of nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. He alleged that Israel acted as a “mercenary” for America. Fakhrizadeh was shot near Absard city in Tehran on Friday. In a statement on Saturday, Rouhani said once again, “the evil hands … Read more
Donald Trump President Donald Trump finally confirmed Thursday that he will vacate the White House in January after weeks of plunging America into a dark period of uncertainty where the fate of democracy sometimes seemed to be hanging by a thread but he largely ignored the mounting challenges his successor is facing as he exits. … Read more
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist in Iran has been murdered, state media reported. Fakhrizadeh was shot on Friday as he journeyed in a vehicle near Tehran, the state capital. He was badly injured, doctors could not save him in the hospital. The deceased was head of the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program before it … Read more
Christmas And New Year, in Europe For months now, coronavirus restrictions have dictated where millions of Europeans can travel to and who they can see when they get there. So with Christmas fast approaching, governments are having to make tough decisions on whether to ease restrictions in time for the holiday period. Here’s a breakdown … Read more
Joe Biden, thanksgiving speech US President-elect Joe Biden has called for an end to the “grim season of division”, as the country faces a long, hard winter with Covid-19. In a speech for the Thanksgiving holiday, he said Americans were at war with coronavirus, not each other. Read Also: BREAKING: Diego Maradona Dies Of Heart … Read more
Donald Trump, pardons Michael Flynn US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former top security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. The president said the widely expected act of clemency was his “Great Honor”. Flynn was among former aides to President Trump convicted during a justice department investigation into alleged … Read more
The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of feeling “an almost unbearable grief”. “I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” Meghan said in a piece for the New York Times. She went on to describe how she watched “my … Read more
Biden Presents, security team United States (U.S.) president-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday presented his future national security team to the public, highlighting their decades of experience in public service. Biden stressed that his nominees would help return the U.S. to its position as a global leader following the unpredictable years of the Trump administration, Ekohotblog … Read more
Relaxation People in Britain will be able to celebrate Christmas with other families under a relaxation of Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions for the holiday period. Three households will be allowed to celebrate together as a “Christmas bubble,” the government announced. READ ALSO: PIB Passes 2nd Reading In The House Of Reps The grouping would be exclusive, … Read more
Briefing, Joe Biden The White House has given approval for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to receive the president’s daily intelligence brief “as part of the support to the transition.” A spokesperson in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Read Also: PIB Passes 2nd Reading In … Read more
Achievement, to end HIV/AIDS Uganda is among the 14 countries in the world that have achieved the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) “90-90-90” target to help end the scourge by 2030. A top government official said. Esther Mbayo, minister for the presidency told reporters on Tuesday that Uganda has attained the UNAIDS target of … Read more
EKOHOTBLOG, 25TH NOVEMBER, 2020 President Donald Trump’s legal team has distanced themselves from conservative lawyer, Sidney Powell. Powell, a lawyer recently recommended by Trump himself, may no longer be part of the team after she made multiple incorrect statements about the election voting process. Powell had extended her conspiracy theories and vowed to “blow up” … Read more
Donald Trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for US President-elect Joe Biden to take office The president said he was recommending a key federal agency “do what needs to be done”, even as he vowed to continue contesting the result. The General Services Administration (GSA) said it was acknowledging Mr Biden as … Read more
Burkina Faso generalElections Counting is continuing in Burkina Faso after Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The compilation of the results is being done by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ekohotblog gathered. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has estimated the provisional turnout at between 38 and 40 per cent. Read Also: Akeredolu … Read more
Poverty List China Reports reaching Ekohotblog states that China has achieved the feat of removing all remaining counties from the country’s poverty list. The last nine impoverished counties, all in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, have eliminated absolute poverty, the provincial government announced on Monday. Read Also: Akeredolu Fires Ondo State Attorney General An assessment conducted … Read more
Thousands of people in the Serbian capital Belgrade have been paying their respects to the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church who died after contracting Covid-19 Patriarch Irinej tested positive for coronavirus early this month and died on Friday, aged 90. He has been lying in state ahead of his funeral on Sunday. The Serbian … Read more