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Coronavirus: EU chief says it’s time to ‘think about mandatory vaccination’
It is time for the European Union to “think about mandatory vaccination” against Covid-19, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on...
Coronavirus: Hong Kong has not done enough to fight the next infection wave, health...
Hong Kong has not done enough to prepare for a fifth wave of Covid-19, including adopting digital contact-tracing systems to detect and prevent...
Hong Kong needs poverty chief to help solve problems faced by city’s poor, says...
A major pro-establishment union has called on the Hong Kong government to eliminate poverty by appointing a commissioner to revamp the city’s existing...
US-China cold war could split world in two, UN chief Antonio Guterres says
Warning of a potential new cold war, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair their “completely...
Hong Kong lawmakers take financial services chief to task over fund that supported anti-government...
Hong Kong’s financial services chief has dismissed lawmakers’ suggestions he did not act quickly enough against a fund set up to help anti-government...
US defence chief Lloyd Austin has yet to speak with Chinese counterpart, Pentagon says
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has yet to speak with his Chinese counterpart, a Pentagon spokesman said, as the two sides wrangle over...
Hong Kong’s HK$5,000 voucher scheme set to open for registration next month, says finance...
Hongkongers can start registering for HK$5,000 (US$645) worth of spending vouchers in July provided testing of the scheme’s operating systems goes smoothly, the...
Hong Kong health chief Sophia Chan says medical sector not being ignored over controversial...
Hong Kong’s health minister has denied the medical sector’s concerns are being ignored over a controversial proposal to allow doctors trained elsewhere to...
Coronavirus: pandemic is ‘a long way from over’, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Confusion and complacency in addressing Covid-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in...
US defence chief Austin makes unannounced Afghanistan visit | Taliban News
Austin expected to meet President Ghani and other senior government officials.US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Kabul on his first trip to...
‘We’re attentive’ – PSG chief Leonardo responds to Messi and Ronaldo links
The man in charge of transfers at Parc des Princes has weighed in on the possibility of a sensational double swoop for...
UK finance chief Rishi Sunak to provide £5 billion in grants to pandemic-hit businesses...
British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce £5 billion (US$7 billion) of additional grants to help businesses hit hard by pandemic lockdowns in...
Donald Trump supporters want to ‘blow up’ US Capitol during Joe Biden speech, police...
Donald Trump supporters who launched a deadly assault on the US Capitol last month have indicated they want to “blow up” the building...
Hong Kong education chief insists regular coronavirus testing for teachers is not a condition...
Hong Kong’s education chief has stressed that regular testing of school staff for Covid-19 will not be a prerequisite for the full resumption...
BREAKING: President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari dies of Coronavirus
Head of states, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari has reportedly died of the novel Coronavirus.
This was made known via a tweet...
Jilted husband allegedly burns Ekiti chief alive for ‘snatching his wife’
The Ekiti State police has arrested a Tiv man identified simply as Sunday, after being linked to the death of 35-year-old Onibedo of Ilotin...
Update: UCH Chief Medical Director, Prof Otegbayo tests negative for coronavirus, days after testing...
The Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Prof. Otegbayo Jesse, has tested negative for coronavirus, just days after testing positive...
Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari reportedly test positive to Coronavirus, Buhari tests negative
President, Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has reportedly tested positive to coronavirus.
A new report by ThisDay has it that Kyari who recently...