(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday after a video emerged of his senior aides joking about holding a Christmas party at Downing Street last year when social gatherings were banned under Covid rules. The government has been accused repeatedly of hypocrisy over breaches of lockdown rules and in a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two people were killed and three injured in a shooting in a public services center in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. Earlier in the day, a police source told Sputnik that two people were killed during the shooting. “A tragedy occurred in the Ryazansky public services center. “As a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday has rejected the western media reports alleging that Russia intends to invade Ukraine. The West has now labeled Russia as if it is planning an attack on Ukraine, the Belarusian leader said. “You need a reason to beat Russia, so they put a label on it, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Kingdom on Saturday night announced the imposition of travel restriction on citizens of Nigeria following an increase in the number of cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the world. This was disclosed by the UK’s Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid, via his official Twitter account . […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has pledged to support developing countries with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, which will be mainly distributed through the COVAX vaccine platform. The German authority is currently working to ensure the fair and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines around the world. Germany is a strong supporter of COVAX […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Technology giant, Google, on Wednesday announced it will not accept political advertisements on all its platforms related to next year’s elections in the Philippines to choose a successor for President Rodrigo Duterte. “In connection with the 2022 Philippine national and local elections, election advertisements will not be allowed to run in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) says it still ‘not sure whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta variant. WHO, in a statement on Sunday, said that its experts, researchers in South Africa and around the world are currently conducting studies to better understand Omicron. The UN health agency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, two people died and tens of thousands were left without power, as Storm Arwen brought strong winds across many parts of the United Kingdom, with gusts of up to 100 miles per hour (160 kph). One man died in Northern Ireland’s County Antrim when his car was struck by a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Belgium has confirmed the detection within its territory, of the new B.1.1.529 Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant causing many states to shut their borders with southern African countries. Speaking at a news conference with Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke said that someone had tested positive for the variant in Belgium. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Officials on Tuesday said over 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria. The officials said seven people leapt from the burning bus and were rushed to hospital in Sofia and they are currently in stable condition. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), has expressed its concern over the current shortage of skilled workers in Germany. The association said the European nation is struggling to find skilled workers, adding that staffing shortages are increasingly becoming a problem for German companies. The DIHK, which is a key […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German government approved the export of nearly four billion euros ($4.5 billion) worth of armaments in the first 10 months of 2021, according to information provided by the Economic Affairs Ministry. The value of weapons and other defence items exported by Germany between Jan. 1 and Nov. 3 equalled 3.78 billion […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two people were hospitalised in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Saturday after they were seriously injured when police fired shots during a violent protest against COVID-19 measures, authorities said. Crowds of several hundred rioters torched cars, set off fireworks and threw rocks at the Police during the protests on Friday evening. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bank robbers seem to be a dying breed in Germany, the number of robberies at banks, savings institutions and post offices have dropped by 95 per cent over the past three decades. This is according to a 1993 report, in which the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) counted 1,623 robberies of “financial […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns. This is in the run-up to Christmas and stirring debate over whether vaccines alone are enough to tame COVID-19. Europe accounts for more than half of the average seven-day infections globally and about half of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) says shortage of at least one billion syringes “could occur”, if manufacturing does not pick up based on global demand for syringes. WHO said that based on a scenario where around seven billion people would need two doses of Coronavirus vaccine between now and 2023, a shortage of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged young people to continue to agitate and canvass for climate protection. Merkel said the protests of young people for more ambition in climate protection are justified. She made the observation during an interview with Deutsche Welle on Sunday, ahead of the start of the hot […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A search team has found the bodies of three French climbers who had been missing near Mount Everest, police said on Monday. The bodies were found midday on Sunday by a team of the Nepal National Mountain Guides Association on Mingbo Eiger, a peak where the French climbers went missing before they […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has announced its resolve to become the 32nd charter member of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use. The GLF is dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday, called on the international community to raise awareness about tsunami threats and share innovative approaches to decreasing risks. The UN chief said this in a message marking World Tsunami Awareness Day. “We can build on the progress achieved, ranging from better outreach to tsunami-exposed communities […]