
Vice President Harris blazes a trail as a new dawn breaks in trouble US
Friday, 22 January 2021 00:54As President Joe Biden has stamped his own mark on the Oval Office with furnishings reflecting his own tastes and politics Kamala Harris smashed through one of America's highest glass ceilings as...

Internet service returns following Ugandan elections
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:57Ugandans are celebrating the resumption of internet services after a shutdown was imposed ahead of the recent election. However, social media platforms remain blocked and are only accessible using...

Law enforcer Yogananda appointed Acting Chief of US Capitol Police
Saturday, 16 January 2021 03:35Yogananda Pittman, a senior-ranking female law enforcement officer and HBCU graduate, has made history after her recent appointment as the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police...

WHO team in China to probe Covid origin
Saturday, 16 January 2021 02:41A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) officials has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start its investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. It comes after months of...

Major UK communications and security systems integrator opens new engineering hub in India
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 03:41Leading communications, safety, and security systems integrator, Optilan, have just announced the official opening of its new office in Mumbai, India. One the UK’s major communications specialists...

U.S. Travel blasts disruptions at Capitol Hill
Sunday, 10 January 2021 04:04U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement: “We are profoundly heartbroken by the disturbing actions at the U.S. Capitol that are being viewed around the...

Nigeria to get Covid vaccine by end of January
Friday, 08 January 2021 02:49Nigeria expects to get its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of this month as part of its plan to inoculate 40% of the population this year and a further 30% next year, the head of the...

US Oil and Gas Rigs in Operation Drop By 60% amid Pandemic
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 03:00The pandemic has drastically decreased demand for oil and gas globally and some producers have been forced to act. New data shows that as the demand dropped, most oil and gas rigs were shut down....

PM says regional Covid rules may get tougher
Monday, 04 January 2021 04:14UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that regional restrictions in England are "probably about to get tougher" to curb rising Covid infections. He said stronger measures may be required in...

How a dancing doctor and a surprise cake cheered up India
Sunday, 03 January 2021 02:34As Covid-19 dominated headlines, there were some social media moments in India that cheered people amid the gloom, Karan Puri, an elderly resident of Panchkula, in the northern Indian state of...

2021 seen in with New Year's fireworks and light show
Saturday, 02 January 2021 04:31As revellers were not able to ring in the New Year in the usual way because of the coronavirus pandemic, in seeing off 2020, 2021 was celebrated with a fireworks and light display over London that...

CHTA President Predicts Rapid Return of Caribbean Tourism
Friday, 01 January 2021 03:58Pablo Torres, the president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), predicted the Caribbean will see a return of tourism to the region, “faster than many parts of the world,” thanks...

EU starts mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'
Monday, 28 December 2020 03:13The EU has begun a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc's top official says is a "touching moment of unity". European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the...

Anton Wilhelm Amo
Sunday, 27 December 2020 00:04As one of the millions of slaves who were dragged away from their African homeland, the story of Anton Wilhelm Amo, who hailed from Axim in the Western region of Ghana, is one to behold. From...

Report says Chinese economy will overtake US by 2028
Saturday, 26 December 2020 23:58A report says China will overtake the US to become the world's largest economy by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast. The UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)...

Increasing number of countries ban UK arrivals
Friday, 25 December 2020 03:34More than 40 countries have banned UK arrivals because of concerns about the spread of a new variant of coronavirus. Flights from the UK are being suspended to countries across the world including...