Nobel Prize winner Ressa says her award for ‘all journalists
BSS :Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on Saturday said her Nobel Peace Prize was for “all journalists around the world”, as she vowed to continue...
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Latin America’s Covid death toll surpasses 1.5 m
BSS :Latin America’s death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 1.5 million Friday, according to an AFP tally drawn from official figures. The toll is at least...
US officials decline to prosecute a white police officer
BSS :US authorities said Friday they will not bring federal criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back...
Over 100 dead or missing boat capsizes in DR Congo
BSS :More than 100 people are dead or missing in the sinking of a boat on the Congo river, provincial authorities in the Democratic Republic...
Iran’s first president Abolhassan Banisadr dies
BSS :Iran’s first president after the 1979 Islamic revolution, Abolhassan Banisadr, died in a Paris hospital on Saturday aged 88, the official news agency IRNA...
Fiji to be reopened to foreign travellers
BSS : Fiji will ease Covid-19 restrictions and announce its reopening for international travel after the country hit a vaccination milestone on Saturday.Changes to the...
Two killed in Syria as Israel missile strikes
BSS :An Israeli missile strike on an airbase in central Syria has killed two Damascus-allied foreign fighters and wounded several Syrian service personnel, a Britain-based...
Seven die in gas explosion at Zimbabwe gold mine
Reuters :Seven people, including six foreign nationals, died when some gas cylinders exploded at the SAS gold mine in Zimbabwe’s Mazowe district on Thursday, police...
Four killed in US small plane crash
BSS :All four people aboard were killed Friday after a small plane crashed and burst into flames near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. media reported citing authorities....
Chile prosecutors to investigate President
Reuters :Chile’s public prosecutor said on Friday it would open an investigation into the sale of a mining project involving the family of President Sebastian...
China’s president vows reunification with Taiwan
Reuters :Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to realise peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan, though did not directly mention the use of force after a...
Brazil passes 600,000 COVID deaths, vaccines offer hope
Reuters :Brazil became the second country in the world to pass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, a dark milestone for a government that has been...