Month: June 2021

June 30, 2021 No Responses

Uganda Approves Herbal Treatment for COVID-19

The World Health Organization has expressed concern about Uganda's approval of a locally made herbal treatment for COVID-19 amid a third wave of cases. The WHO has not approved the substance for COVID-19 treatment, but Ugandan pharmacists say they hav...
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June 30, 2021 No Responses

Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, People ‘Falling Like Leaves’

The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help us, the letter said, stamped and signed by a local official. At least 125 people already have starved to death. Trapped in one of the m...
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June 29, 2021 No Responses

President of Turkmenistan attends grand opening ceremony of Arkadag Hotel

Today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has attended the grand opening of the fashionable Arkadag Hotel, built in the south of the white marble-clad capital of Turkmenistan, which grows more and more beautiful.Spectacular musical performances began ...
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June 29, 2021 No Responses

Festive concert in honor of Turkmen nation’s Arkadag

Today, the capital has hosted a festive concert by performing artists in front of the Älem Cultural and Entertainment Center to mark President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov’s birthday. The President of Turkmenistan is a prominent public and political figu...
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June 28, 2021 No Responses

China Flyby Prompts Malaysia to Modernize Air Force

TAIPEI – Pressure from China over a festering maritime sovereignty dispute has added momentum to Malaysia’s drive for a more modern air force including the purchase of 36 new aircraft, analysts believe. Malaysia’s Ministry of Defense issued a not...
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June 28, 2021 No Responses

Former Apple Daily Staffer Arrested at Hong Kong Airport – Reports

Local news outlets in Hong Kong say a former columnist at the now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper has been arrested while trying to leave the city. Hong Kong police issued a report saying a 57-year-old man, whose name was not released, had...
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June 28, 2021 No Responses

Criminal Hearings Resume for Myanmar’s Deposed Leader

Three separate hearings on criminal charges brought against deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi took place Monday in the capital, Naypyitaw. Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, told journalists the first hearing involved two witnesses testifying on charges...
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June 28, 2021 No Responses

US ‘Looks Forward’ to Trade Talks with Taiwan Amid China’s Objection

The United States said it looks forward to this week’s trade talks with Taiwan as the two economies continue to strengthen bilateral trade ties, despite China’s objection. After a five-year pause, the U.S. and Taiwan will resume talks under the Tr...
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June 27, 2021 No Responses

WHO Chief: Corona Delta Variant ‘Spreading Rapidly’

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in at least 85 countries and “is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far . . . and i...
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