Poet Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US coin
BSS : Poet and activist Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter, in a new version of the coin unveiled by the US Mint on Monday. Angelou,...
International
Poland records 100,000 Covid-linked deaths
BSS : More than 100,000 people have died in Poland from Covid since the start of the pandemic, the government said Monday, as the mortality rate in the country is among the highest in...
50% Europeans on track to contract Omicron: WHO
BSS : More than half of people in Europe are on track to contract the Omicron coronavirus variant in the next two months if infections continue at current rates, the World Health Organization said...
UN wants $5b aid for Afghanistan in 2022
BSS : The United Nations said on Tuesday it needed $5 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2022 to avert a humanitarian catastrophe and offer the ravaged country a future after 40 years of...
Kazakh president fires rare criticism at predecessor after unrest
BSS : Kazakhstan’s President Kassym- Jomart Tokayev issued rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday, and said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the troubled Central Asian country in the next 10 days. The...
UN rights envoy urges halt to attacks on Myanmar town
Reuters :Myanmar’s military must halt attacks on the town of Loikaw and lift a blockade on those trying to flee, a UN human rights investigator said on Monday, as a shaken resident described constant...
Nepal closes schools as Covid-19 cases spike
Reuters :Schools across Nepal will close for nearly three weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases, a government spokesman said on Monday, forcing more than seven million students to stay at home.Nepal reported 841...
UK’s biggest ever prehistoric sea dragon discovered
BBC Online :The fossil of the UK’s biggest ever sea dragon has been discovered by scientists, who are calling it one of the “greatest finds” in paleontological history.The fossil of the ichthyosaur was found...
Iran allegedly smuggling weapons to Yemen: UNO UN
BSS : The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street...
Libya reports 592 new Covid-19 cases
BSS : Libya on Saturday registered 592 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths and 625 recoveries from the disease, according to the Libyan National Center for Disease Control. The center said the total number of...
US, Russia hold high-stakes talks on Ukraine war fears
BSS : The United States and Russia opened talks on Sunday in Geneva on soaring tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow seeking a wide-ranging new security arrangement with the West but facing strong pressure to...
US, NATO take firm line ahead of Russia talks on Ukraine
BSS :The United States said on Friday that a diplomatic solution was possible with Russia but that it would not give in to its demands in talks next week, as NATO warned of real...