Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 22nd June 2020
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Japan’s Consumer Price Index Falls For 2nd Time
Japan’s core consumer price index fell for a second straight month in May, reinforcing deflation expectations and raising the challenge for policymakers battling to revive an economy reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. The data will likely complicate the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) job of restoring growth and inflation, with a raft of recent indicators suggesting …
Coronavirus Cases Top 2.5 Million Mark In Europe
Europe has recorded more than 2.5 million coronavirus cases since the outbreak of the pandemic, with more than half the total accounted for by Russia, Britain, Spain and Italy, according to a tally from official sources complied by AFP as of Saturday. With some 2,500,091 cases including 192,158 deaths, Europe is the worst affected continent …
Spain Reopens Its Borders To British Tourists
Traffic flowed again across Spain’s border with France on Sunday as the last of the strict Spanish coronavirus restrictions introduced in March were eased. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced earlier this month that Madrid would remove border checks with most of its EU member partner states from June 21 as efforts to control the pandemic appeared …
UAE Conducts 48,000 COVID-19 Tests
In line with the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s plans to increase the number of COVID-19 tests throughout the country for the early detection of infections, particularly among those who had prior contact with infected individuals, the Ministry has conducted 48,000 additional tests. Testing resulted in the detection of 392 new cases among various …
1 Killed, 11 Injured In Minneapolis Shooting
One man has been killed and 11 people suffered non-life-threatening wounds in a shooting in Minneapolis, police there said early Sunday. Minneapolis police had first said 10 people had been shot with “various severity levels of injuries,” but revised their total upward in a tweet posted just after 3 a.m. The man died at the hospital, …
UK To Set Out Lockdown Easing Measures This Week
The U.K. government will spell out its plans to further ease lockdown measures this week, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, as the number of virus cases and deaths continue to decline. “This week we will announce further details of the measures that we can take to relieve some of the national lockdown measures at …
Yemen Separatists Seize Socotra Island From Saudi-backed Government
Yemeni separatists have seized control of the island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea, deposing its governor and driving out the forces of the Saudi-backed government, which condemned the action as a coup. The Southern Transitional Council (STC) declared self-rule in the south of the country in April, complicating UN efforts to forge a permanent ceasefire in …
Football Legend Ahmed Radhi Dies Of COVID-19
Iraqi football legend Ahmed Radhi died Sunday from complications linked to COVID-19, the health ministry said, just hours before he was to be flown for treatment in Jordan.Radhi, 56, scored what remains Iraq’s only World Cup finals goal in 1986 against Belgium.He had been hospitalized last week in Baghdad after testing positive for coronavirus but …
BoE Prepares More Crisis-fighting Stimulus
The Bank of England, confronted by Britain’s collapsing coronavirus-ravaged economy, will later Thursday reveal the outcome of its latest monetary policy meeting, with analysts predicting more stimulus. The British central bank has been at the forefront of economic fire-fighting over this year’s deadly COVID-19 emergency — and could expand its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus in …
Jimmy Kimmel Set To Take Time Off From Hosting
immy Kimmel tells viewers that he is taking the rest of the summer off from hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” so he can spend more time with his family. The late-night talk show host made the announcement before Thursday’s episode, and explained why he deserves the time off after hosting for over a decade. In a clip shared on his Instagram, …
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