Previously, Emirates served a global network spanning over 158 destinations in 84 countries but currently flies to 99 destinations. Dubai-based Emirates airline on Thursday posted its first loss in more than thirty years, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to “a literal standstill”. The Middle East’s largest … Read more
Officials on Thursday confirmed that one local journalist Ilyas Dayee was killed by a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. Dayee was killed after a small bomb attached to his vehicle went off in the provincial capital Lashkargah city, the provincial governor’s spokesman and a local politician told dpa. His brother and two civilians … Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020 Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million of his stock in the US pharmaceutical company on the same day it announced promising results for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Wednesday filings have showed. The company, however, has reportedly said the sale was part of a pre-arranged periodic divestment plan when the stock reaches … Read more
Kamala Harris’s husband has quit his law firm job for a White House role despite claiming he wouldn’t go into politics. Doug Emhoff will leave DLA Piper, where is a partner, by inauguration day on 20 January, according to the Associated Press. Emhoff took a leave of absence from the firm in August when vice … Read more
Joe Biden announces Ron Klain as his Chief Of Staff President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Ron Klain to be his incoming chief of staff, the Biden transition office said in a news release Wednesday, elevating his longtime aide to one of the most powerful positions in the White House. Klain is one of Biden’s most … Read more
Ginimbi Was Called By The Gods Of Ophir, He Became The Sacrifice- Prophetess Ekohotblog, November 11, 2020… Zimbabwean prophetess Mary-Tamar has stated the reason why the late millionaire and socialite, Ginimbi was taken as November sacrifice by the deities of the cult he belonged to. In a post she made on her Facebook page, Mary-Tamar … Read more
NOVEMBER 11, 2020 The announcement follows Pfizer and BioNTech’s which said their vaccine, also undergoing Phase 3 trials, was 90% effective at preventing Covid-19. Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 92% effective, its developers said on Wednesday as the global race heats up over mass vaccination to slow the spread of the pandemic that has … Read more
Sexual Abuse Pope Francis on Wednesday briefly reacted to a report on the Vatican’s investigation of sexual abuse allegations against former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick, calling the issue a “painful case.’’ Pope Francis reiterated his “closeness with victims of any kind of abuse’’ and said the Church was committed to “eradicating this evil’’ in his … Read more
German investigators has announced on Wednesday that they have launched a manhunt for three suspects who made away with 6.5 million euros ($7.6 million) in cash after breaking into a customs office. “The break-in was professionally planned and carried out: three as yet unidentified perpetrators used a drill to get to the vault from an … Read more
“If you’re hot and bothered b/c you fell in love with a fictional straight man played by a real gay one… That’s your work.” Actor Wentworth Miller has put to rest any rumours of a sixth season of Prison Break, sharing on social media that he no longer wants “to play straight characters.” Miller, who … Read more
NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Decades-old tensions between Tehran and Washington deepened after Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a landmark Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed, then reinforced, crippling sanctions. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last week, said that the result of the US election would have “no effect” on Tehran’s policies towards Washington. … Read more
Infection, COVID-19 The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. The remote island country of around 300,000 people had been one of the remaining few COVID-19-free countries in the world. Read Also: BREAKING: Ex-Kaduna Gov, Balarabe Musa Dies At 84 Prime Minister Bob … Read more
Bahraini Prime Minister In Office Since 1971, Dies At 84 Ekohotblog, November 11, 2020 Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, who served as Bahrain’s prime minister since 1971, is dead at the age of 84, the royal court announced on Wednesday. King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman mourned the late premier, who died at the Mayo Clinic … Read more
NOVEMBER 11, 2020 Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister, who had held the post since independence in 1971, died on Wednesday at the age of 84, state media announced. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness… who passed away this morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of … Read more
Film Festival The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has launched the 2020 U.S. Consulate General Lagos Documentary Film Festival. Declaring the festival open, Leonard noted that it was an expression of the U.S. mission’s commitment to strengthen the ties that linked Nigeria and the United States of America. Read Also: Voter Registration … Read more
Mosquitoes Officials of the ministry of Health, in partnership with the Banjul City Council, on Monday declared an indefinite ‘war’ against mosquitoes. The Gambian Minister of Health, Dr Ahmadou Samateh, disclosed this in Banjul when he launched a fogging machine to be used to spray the city of Banjul and other villages and towns in … Read more
Police on Tuesday reported that a radio commentator who survived a 2016 assassination attempt was shot dead in front of his house in the northern Philippines. According to a police report, Virgilio Maganes, 62, was about to enter his house in the town of Villasis when two suspects shot him six times. The police said … Read more
A nurse has today been re-arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill nine others. Lucy Letby, 30, is being grilled in custody following a three year investigation into the death of babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital. The nurse had previously been quizzed by detectives for two days as officers … Read more
Trump Sacks Defense Secretary Mark Esper US President, Donald Trump has sacked Defense Secretary Mark Esper following months of tensions between the two men. Esper had been at odds with Trump on a number of issues, most importantly his insistence at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer that there were … Read more
President-elect, Joe Biden insisted a mask still remains “the most potent weapon” against the virus, and that the vaccine news does not change that urgent reality. The United States recorded its 10 millionth case of the coronavirus on Monday, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. AFP reports that shortly before 1400 GMT Monday … Read more