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Ghanaian President Nana Akufu-Addo has lifted the ban on social gatherings such as weddings in his country. But he said only 100 people should be at any social gathering. In a national broadcast on Sunday, Akufu-Addo said the minister of religious affairs would issue "specific guidelines" for safe reopening of the places of worship. So far, Ghana has recorded 8,070 COVID-19 cases. While [...]
At least 25 cities in the United States have imposed curfews as protests continue over the death of George Floyd. Floyd, an African-American man, was killed on Monday by some officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). Video clips of the incident on the internet showed where a white police officer was kneeling on the neck of the late Floyd for [...]
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United States President Donald Trump says the country is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO). As its feud with the global body over the coronavirus pandemic worsened, Trump alleged on Friday that China is controlling the WHO despite having far lesser monetary contribution to the organisation. "China has total control over the World Health Organisation despite only paying $40 million [...]
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US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to regulate social media companies. This development is coming a day after the US president threatened to shut down social media. On Tuesday, Trump had tweeted that mail-in ballots were fraudulent but the claim was fact checked by Twitter — an action which peeved the US president. Twitter put a warning on Trump’s tweet: [...]
Amid the global fight against the novel coronavirus, New Zealand has reached a milestone after the last COVID-19 patient was discharged from the Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. Ashley Bloomfield, the country's director-general of health, broke the news during a press briefing on Wednesday. Bloomfield also revealed that the country has not recorded any new case of the novel disease in the last [...]
Four US police officers have been sacked following the death of George Floyd, a black man, who died after his neck was pinned down by one of the officers. The US authorities had on Tuesday initiated investigations into the death of the black American after he was said to have suffocated in Minnesota, with video clips showing a policeman kneeling on his [...]
