International

Commodity Prices to Stabilize after Early 2021 Gains, Supported by Global Economic Recovery

April 20, 2021

CMO21a-003Download Path of commodity prices depends on pace of recovery and containment of COVID-19 WASHINGTON, April 20, 2021 – Commodity prices continued [...]

Prince Philip dead: The Duke of Edinburgh dies aged 99

April 9, 2021

Ellen ManningFri, 9 April 2021, Prince Philip has died, the palace confirmed. (Getty) The Duke of Edinburgh has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. Prince [...]

Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, -U.S. study

March 29, 2021

By Ankur Banerjee, Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced the risk of infection by [...]

President of Tanzania, Who Urged Citizens to Pray Away Covid, Has Died

March 18, 2021

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, 61, has passed away, according to the country’s vice president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. She stated, “President John [...]

ASTRAZENECA’S LIFESAVING BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISK OF OF THE SIDE EFFECTS, EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (EMA)

March 17, 2021

BY MARCH 17, 2021 The AstraZeneca vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, was designed to be the workhorse of the global vaccination effort, with [...]

Key Benefits of St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship

March 16, 2021

(photo provided) The beautiful island of St Kitts and Nevis is one of the several Caribbean countries offering investors citizenship. Its citizenship by investment program is [...]

Bach’s IOC re-election coming Wednesday; China offers vaccines for Olympians

March 9, 2021

The 137th Session of the International Olympic Committee will be held by videoconference over three days from Wednesday through Friday of this week, headlined by the [...]

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association celebrates Commonwealth Day 2021 across its 180 Parliaments and Legislatures

March 9, 2021

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is celebrating Commonwealth Day 2021 across the CPA’s nine Regions and over 180 Parliaments and Legislatures. The 2021 [...]

Rich nations ‘hoarding’ a billion doses of excess COVID vaccine

February 21, 2021

Surplus of vaccine doses would be sufficient to vaccinate the entire adult population of Africa, according to campaign group. Anti-poverty group ONE warns wealthy nations [...]

HIV science has advanced but policies-programmes have been slow to #endAIDS

February 9, 2021

Shobha Shukla – CNS HIV science has advanced but policies and programmes have been slow to respond towards ending AIDS, said Mitchell Warren, co-chair of the global [...]