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2021

First sitting US congressman dies after Covid diagnosis

Ron WrightA Republican congressman from Texas who was being treated for Covid-19 has died, his office said Monday, the first sitting member to lose his life after battling the coronavirus. House of Representatives lawmaker Ron Wright, 67, who had also suffered from cancer in recent years, died Sunday in a Dallas hospital, where he and his wife were taken after catching the virus. His death comes after House member-elect Luke Letlow lost his life on December 29 to the disease, just days before the 41-year-old Republican was to be sworn in. Wright announced on January 21 that he had tested…

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Moussa Faki Mahamat re-elected as African Union Commission chairperson

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Chairman of African Union Moussa Faki Mahamat PHOTO: African Union CommissionMoussa Faki Mahamat has won a second term as the head of the African Union’s (AU) executive body at the opening of a two-day virtual summit expected to focus on the continent’s pandemic response. The former Chadian prime minister, who ran unopposed, received support from 51 of 55 member states, officials said. “Deeply humbled by the overwhelming and historic vote of confidence,” Faki tweeted. He also congratulated Monique Nsanzabaganwa, deputy governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, on her election as his deputy. Under new rules, a chairperson and deputy…

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India glacier disaster leaves 26 dead, workers hunt for survivors

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Indian army and rescue teams stand outside the entrance of a tunnel blocked with mud and debris during rescue operations in Tapovan of Chamoli district on February 8, 2021 following a flash flood thought to have been caused when a glacier burst on February 7. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)Emergency workers in India on Monday raced against time to dig through mud and rocks choking a Himalayan tunnel after a devastating flash flood — thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off — killed at least 26 people. More than 170 others were listed as…

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2021

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166,000 Death Record: Mexican president Dragged for not wearing face mask… says he’s beaten COVID-19

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily press conference at the Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, on February 8, 2021. – Lopez Obrador resumed his official activities at his morning conference on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, which was diagnosed on January 24. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he had overcome the coronavirus as he resumed his daily news conference after more than two weeks in isolation. “I thank all Mexicans, men and women, who worried about my illness because of my Covid infection. Fortunately, I got…

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2021

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As vote looms, Catalan separatism loses its spark

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Laura Borras, “Junts per Catalunya” party (Together For Catalonia) candidate for the up-coming Catalonia regional elections, gives a speech during a campaign meeting in Vic on February 7, 2021. – Regional elections in Spain’s Catalonia will be held on February 14, in a vote that could help settle a years-long separatist crisis. The vote will come more than three years after the region staged a failed bid for independence in 2017 which plunged Spain its worst political crisis in decades. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) As has happened every night for over a year, dozens of protesters demanding independence…

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2021

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Africa records 27% decline in COVID-19 cases, 8% deaths

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Group faults lack PPEs, training for drivers conveying safety equipment Latest figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicated that COVID-19 cases and deaths declined globally in the last one week. According to ‘COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, African reported 108,000 cases and about 4,600 deaths, 27 per cent decrease in cases and eight per cent decline in deaths compared to the previous week. The report, based on WHO data, showed that as of January 31, 2021, cases decreased for two consecutive weeks. South Africa reported 44,397 new cases, 74.9 new cases per 100,000 population and 44 per cent decrease, Nigeria…

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Attempted coup foiled in Haiti

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Protesters clash with Haitian police on February 7, 2021 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti to demand the resignation of president Jovenel Moïse, who seeks to extend his term of office until February 2022, which according to the constitution ends this February 7. – Haitian authorities said Sunday they had foiled an attempt to murder President Jovenel Moise and overthrow the government, as a dispute rages over when his term ends.<br />The plot was an “attempted coup d’etat,” according to justice minister Rockefeller Vincent, with authorities saying at least 23 people have been arrested, including a top judge and an official from…

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2021

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Incessant killing: South African women turn to guns to fight rape, murder scourge

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South African women gather at the lower end of a shooting range as they take part in a training organised by the women empowerment group Girls on Fire, in Midrand, on February 07, 2021. – Gun Owners of South Africa’s (GOSA) Girls on Fire campaign was created in 2015 to coincide with the 16 days of Activism from the United Nations.<br />For the dozens of women part of this campaign learning how to master a firearm is a way of protecting themselves in a country where a woman is murdered every three hours. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) …

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Saudi says intercepted armed drone launched by Yemen rebels

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Saudi Arabia intercepted an armed drone launched towards the kingdom by Yemen’s Huthis, state media said Sunday, a day after the US moved to delist the rebels as a terrorist group. The Saudi-led military coalition “intercepted and destroyed an armed drone,” said spokesman Turki al-Maliki in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. “It was launched systematically and deliberately by the terrorist Huthi militia to target civilians and civilian objects in the south of the region.” The incident was not immediately claimed by the Iran-backed Huthis. The US State Department on Friday said it had formally notified Congress…

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COVID-19 Vaccine: Drama in US, as 22yrs-old None Registered Student Nurse Injects self, friends *Says Drugs about to expire

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The student CEO of a company tasked with distributing coronavirus vaccines in Philadelphia admitted Thursday that he had given some doses to friends, sparking anger in the US where the rollout of shots has been sluggish.Philadelphia’s local government employed Philly Fighting Covid, a group founded by 22-year-old Andrei Doroshin last year, to distribute thousands of Covid-19 vaccines across the eastern US city. The group was a major player in Philadelphia’s coronavirus fight, first by participating in testing and then in early January by organizing the city’s first major vaccination center. Philly Fighting Covid vaccinated nearly 7,000 people, mostly frontline health…