A live TV debate between the candidates for vice-president ahead of next month’s US election has seen fierce clashes over the coronavirus pandemic. Democrat Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday called on countries to resist “vaccine nationalism”, as the international community continues to seek a vaccine against COVID-19. WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia will cooperate with any future President of the United States “who the American people will put their trust in.” Putin said recent

Sri Lankan Authorities on Wednesday widened a curfew and warned of legal action against those evading treatment for COVID-19 after reporting a growing cluster centered around a garment factory in

Ethiopian lawmakers have passed a resolution for the federal government to sever relations and contact with leaders of the northern Tigray region. The decision, announced on Tuesday by Ethiopia’s upper

Siemens delivered 3,000 personal masks to Sudan’s Ministry of Health last month to assist in the battle against Covid-19, the company’s latest humanitarian investment initiative aimed at improving living standards

Economic recovery in Latin America from the COVID-19 pandemic will be slower than previously believed. This is according to Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin

American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash, best known for the 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now, has died at the aged of 80. Nash, who had been in declining health, died

US Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Senator Kamala Harris, are poised to meet later on Wednesday for a debate that will offer different visions for a

A court in Kenya has found two men guilty of helping Islamist militants attack a shopping mall in 2013. Militants burst into the luxury Westgate shopping centre in Kenya’s capital,

Nigeria again won another international legal battle as the US-based International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute has ordered Inter Ocean Oil Company to pay the federal government $660,129.87 as

US President Donald Trump has said he is ending negotiations over a Covid-19 relief bill, and will only resume talks after the election. He predicted he would win next month’s

Nigeria’s candidate for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been selected as one of the two female candidates to proceed to

Gambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Momodou Tangara, has said that the federal government of Nigeria saved his country’s judiciary from collapse. Tangara disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he

The Nigerian government has ordered a comprehensive investigation into a report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) that revealed N2.67bn (about $6.5m) school feeding funds

A former Nigerian Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd). has been accused of destroying the country’s federal system of government, which has led to the current agitation for a

Covid-19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump, with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected.  Miller, who has been self-isolating for the

In a major reshuffling of its movie calendar, Warner Bros. has announced the postponement of some of its hotly-anticipated films, including ‘The Batman’ and ‘Dune.’ It’s yet another setback for

In order to ensure easy and direct access to Emirates’ rich content and other services, the Middle-eastern airline has launched a suite of connectivity options for its trade partners around

Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to make every move necessary to ensure Nigeria’s candidate at the keenly contested position of Director General of World Trade