Nigeria news today headlines : Saturday 15th August 2020
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COVID-19: North Korea Lifts Lockdown
North Korea ended a three-week lockdown in the city of Kaesong that was sparked by a possible coronavirus case from outside the country, state media reported Friday. The decision came Thursday at a Politburo meeting attended by leader Kim Jong Un, according to the Korean Central News Agency, which also reported a leadership shakeup at …
COVID-19: Police Call For Increase In Vigilance In Angola
General Commander of the National Police, Commissioner Gaspar de Almeida, Wednesday in the commune of Chingo, southwest province of Namibe, urged the staff to redouble the vigilance at border posts, as part of the preventive measures against COVID -19. At the meeting with the local National Police staff, after the inauguration of a Police border …
US Postal Service Warns Against Risk Of Delay For Mail-In Votes
In a letter to Pennsylvania’s top official overseeing the vote, the USPS said that a one-week turnaround for mail-in ballots may not be possible. It comes amid a major slowdown in mail deliveries which critics say is due to policies enacted by a Trump appointee. A record number of people are expected to vote by …
COVID-19: Georgia Decreases Mandatory Quarantine, Self-Isolation Time
Individuals will have to spend 12 days instead of 14 in quarantine or self isolation in Georgia, according to a new decree which comes into force starting August 12, Trendreports via Georgian media. The decree, which is valid through December 30, 2020, also reads that: – Foreign citizens or people entering Tbilisi-controlled territory or individuals who …
Brazil Seeks Clarifications On Allegedly Contaminated Chicken From China
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture is requesting China for clarifications regarding a batch of frozen Brazilian chicken, said to have been contaminated with the novel coronavirus. In a note, the ministry reported no official notification has been issued by the Chinese government, and that it deals with the issue as an “alleged detection” of COVID-19. The …
Kodak Firm Donates Millions To Mysterious Synagogue
Executives at Eastman Kodak, the once prominent film company, find themselves at the center of multiple investigations into possible insider trading after news that the company received a loan from a federal agency to begin manufacturing treatments for the coronavirus that temporarily spiked its stock prices. At the center of the controversy is one mysterious …
Omar Beats Pro-Israel Opponent In Democratic Primaries
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar roundly beat her pro-Israel opponent in the Democratic primaries on Tuesday, making her the official nominee for Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. Omar was challenged by Antone Melton-Meaux, a pro-Israel candidate on whom the pro-Israel lobby had pinned their hopes to defeat the Palestine ally. Omar received 57.4 per cent of 160,938 …
Four Killed In Plane Crash In DR Congo
A small plane has crashed in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all the four people on board, the governor of the South Kivu province said on Friday. Daily Nation newspaper said the crash took place late on Thursday, minutes before landing. The aircraft carried two crew members, two passengers and cargo. …
COVID-19: U.S Recruits Scientists Abroad To Test Vaccine Candidates
The Trump administration’s coronavirus vaccine project is recruiting scientists in South Africa and Latin America to help test possible vaccines in U.S.- backed clinical trials, pledging to ease their countries’ access to any successful products, Reuters has learned. Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive who heads Operation Warp Speed, a multi-billion dollar U.S. collaboration between the federal government and …
Kuwait Budget Deficit Reaches $18bn
Kuwait, facing one of the worst economic crunches in the oil-rich state’s history, posted an actual deficit of $18.44 billion in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the Finance Minister said yesterday. Total revenues fell by over 16 per cent in the fiscal year which ended in March, dropping to 17.22 billion Kuwaiti dinars ($56.3 billion), the …
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