Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 19th September 2020
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Thousands Test Positive For Bacterial Disease In North-West China
Thousands of people in north-west China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines last year. Health officials in Lanzhou city said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a disease often caused by close contact with infected animals or animal products that can bring about fevers, …
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COVID-19: EU Seals Second Vaccine Deal As WHO Scheme Deadline Looms
Friday’s agreement confirms an announcement made on July 31 by the two companies and follows an earlier deal between the EU and AstraZeneca for up to 400 million shots. In return for the right to the doses, the European Commission will finance part of the upfront costs faced by vaccine producers. The vaccine doses themselves …
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EU To Purchase Sanofi, GSK COVID-19 Vaccine
The European Union agreed an advance purchase agreement with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline for the companies’ potential Covid-19 vaccine. According to a tweet from European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, she would be hosting the signature of the contract. It would be the second such agreement inked by the bloc. In return for the right to the agreed amount of doses, …
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Dutch Govt Holds Syria Accountable For Torture
The Dutch government announced Friday it is holding Syria responsible under international law for “gross human rights violations,” in a process that could ultimately trigger a case at the United Nations’ highest court. The Dutch initiative, invoking the U.N. Convention against Torture, is the latest attempt to hold President Bashar Assad’s government accountable amid widespread reports it …
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4 Migrants Dead, 5 Rescued Off Algeria’s Mostaganem
The bodies of four migrants that drowned while seeking to reach Europe onboard a makeshift boat were recovered off the coast of Mostaganem in northwestern Algeria, reported state news agency APS. Five others were rescued. The boat used by this group of migrants, all Algerian nationals, capsized 90 km east of Mostaganem, APS said without …
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EU Unveils Plan To Combat Racism, Increase Diversity
The European Commission presented a series of measures Friday aimed at tackling structural racism and discrimination, acknowledging a blatant lack of diversity among the European Union’s institutions. The bloc’s executive arm set out its action plan for the next five years, which includes strengthening the current legal framework, recruiting an anti-racism coordinator and increasing the …
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Germany To Send Observers For Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections
Germany will send 37 observers for Georgia’s October 31 parliamentary elections in the coming days, said German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch, Trend reports via Georgian media. According to him, the rest will visit the country by the end of September “These elections are very important as it follows the constitutional amendments that changed the electoral system …
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Beijing Promises More Troops For UN Peacekeeping Missions
China says it will increase the number of troops it provides for United Nations peacekeeping missions, as the People’s Liberation Army marks 30 years of involvement in such operations. The PLA would “continue to build the 8,000-troop peacekeeping standby force and maintain a high level of preparedness,” according to a white paper released on Friday titled: “China’s Armed Forces: …
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China To Operate Regular Space Flights By 2045 – Report
China aims to set up a space programme operating thousands of flights a year and carrying tens of thousands of tons of cargo and passengers by 2045, state news agency Xinhua quoted an official as saying on Friday. China is trying to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space …
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