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Lesotho’s new prime minister Moeketsi Majoro sworn in

Moeketsi Majoro was sworn in as Lesotho’s new prime minister on Wednesday, a day after his predecessor resigned under pressure over a scandal involving the killing of his wife. Majoro, who was previously finance minister, took the oath at the king’s palace

May 20, 2020

South Sudan says records its first coronavirus death

Africa·Senegal

South Sudan records its first coronavirus death

JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Thursday it had registered its first coronavirus death, according to a statement from the president’s office, although the identity and other details of the victim were not given. As of Thursday the young African country

May 15, 2020

Breaking News·United Kingdom

Coronavirus may “never go away,” WHO official says

The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to

May 14, 2020

Africa·Breaking News

President says one person infected 533 with coronavirus at Ghana fish factory

A worker at a fish-processing factory in Ghana’s Atlantic seafront city of Tema infected 533 other workers at the facility with the coronavirus, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a broadcast late on Sunday. Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo addresses the

May 11, 2020

Breaking News·Europe

Italy tops 30,000 coronavirus deaths, new cases edge down

ROME (Reuters) – Italy on Friday became the third country in the world to record 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, reporting 243 new fatalities compared with a daily tally of 274 the day before. Italy’s total death toll from COVID-19 since its

May 8, 2020

Breaking News

7.2 Magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck in the Banda Sea, off Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 117 km (73 miles), EMSC said. The U.S. Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude

May 6, 2020

Africa·Breaking News

Lesotho parliament moves closer to forcing PM Thabane out of office

MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho lawmakers and South African mediators said on Saturday that legislation awaiting assent from the king will see Prime Minister Thabane, suspected of killing his ex-wife, leave office soon, ending a crisis that has engulfed the mountain kingdom for

May 2, 2020

Breaking News·United States

President Donald Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do anything they can” to make him lose his re-election bid in November. In an interview with Reuters in the Oval

April 30, 2020

Breaking News·United States

U.S. passes a million coronavirus cases while states roll back restrictions

The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases topped 1 million on Tuesday – representing a third of the global total – even as some states eased restrictions in the face of an economy battered by the pandemic. With President Donald Trump’s economic

April 28, 2020

Breaking News·China

Coronavirus: China says all Wuhan patients have been discharged

Shanghai – The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases in its hospitals, a health official told reporters on Sunday. The novel coronavirus is believed to have originated in a wet market in Wuhan

April 26, 2020

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