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COVID-19 vaccines will be here for the long-term, and could become part of the annual range of booster shots offered, leading vaccine makers predicted on Monday. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer are each working on new versions of their jabs geared towards tackling the Omicron variant, company bosses said. Speaking at the […]
Apple will require retail and corporate employees to provide proof of a COVID-19 booster shot starting January 24, unvaccinated employees or those who haven’t submitted proof of vaccination will need negative COVID-19 tests to enter Apple workplaces. “Due to waning efficacy of the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines and the emergence of highly transmissible […]
Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday. Keita’s rule was riddled with lots of controversies and criticism especially from the opposition before he was toppled through a coup in 2020. In the weeks before the 2020 coup, he had been struggling with protests […]
The Authorities in Burkina Faso has arrested a total of fifteen people in involvement in an attempt to destabilize Institutions. The group includes one senior Army Officer as well as soldiers. The announcement was made by the Defence Minister Colonel Major Aimé Simpore, on Thursday. This legal action which was decided by the Military […]
Hollywood couple, Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet, have announced their separation after four years of marriage and 16 years of knowing each other. This was announced in a joint statement signed ‘J & L’, which they shared on their individual Instagram pages on Thursday. The announcement read, “We have all felt the squeeze […]
A Japanese woman is giving up her child and suing her sperm donor after she learned he lied about his ethnicity and educational background. The woman, a Tokyo resident in her 30s, shares a child with her husband and was seeking to have a second child. But after learning her partner had a […]
United States on Wednesday has imposed sanctions on five North Koreans linked to the country’s ballistic missile program, a day after Pyongyang carried out what it said was the launch of a hypersonic missile. The Treasury Department said the five North Koreans being sanctioned were “responsible for procuring goods for the DPRK’s (North […]
Taiwanese rescuers on Wednesday located the wreckage of a F-16V jet that crashed into the sea a day before, less than two months after the island launched the first squadron of its most advanced fighters. The jet disappeared from radar screens around half an hour after taking off for a routine training mission from […]
Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo says he suffered facial injuries when he was assaulted by a gang of burglars who “tried to hurt” his family. The Portugal international posted a picture on Instagram on Thursday evening, which showed a cut above his right eye. The 27-year-old full-back did not say where the attack took […]
Billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., Elon Musk, says he will be paying over $11 billion for taxes this year. Musk disclosed this in a tweet on Monday, confirming to the public his exact tax bills. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Musk tweeted. Due to massive bills […]
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