Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed 2 million. The grim milestone was disclosed by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Africa has seen more than 48,000 deaths from COVID-19....

The United States surpassed 250,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus Wednesday. The milestone was reached a day after the deadliest day of the pandemic since May, with over 1,700 people dying on Tuesday...

Pfizer Inc. has said a final analysis of clinical-trial data showed its Covid-19 vaccine was 95% effective. The company said it planned to apply for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration...

The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of its latest Ebola epidemic, after the outbreak killed 55 people over the past five months. “I am happy to solemnly declare the end of...

Former United States President, Barack Obama has called on incumbent President Donald Trump to concede defeat in the recent US election. He urged him to put the good of the country above his own ego and...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson went into isolation after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus. In a statement, No. 10 Downing Street said Johnson wasn’t experiencing symptoms but would...

China on Friday became one of the last major countries to congratulate former Vice President Joe Biden on being elected as the U.S. President. Incumbent American President Donald Trump has so far refused...

 Former President of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings has died, Ghanaian media reported on Thursday. Rawlings is suspected to have died from COVID-19 complications at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra....

Dubai-based Emirates Airlines on Thursday posted its first loss in more than three decades, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to a literal standstill. The...

President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in in the country’s presidential election is “an embarrassment”. Joe...

Former President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72, a family member said on Tuesday. “Amadou Toumani Toure died during the night of Monday to Tuesday in Turkey where he had...

Peru’s Congress voted Monday to impeach and oust President Martin Vizcarra over allegations that he took kickbacks from developers while serving as a regional governor in 2014. Vizcarra said he would...

Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating incumbent Donald Trump. Major news networks project Biden has won the key battleground of Pennsylvania, pushing his electoral vote...

US President Donald Trump has made allegations of voter ‘fraud’ in the country’s current presidential election and declared victory for himself even as important battleground states...

At least three people have died and 15 injured in a terror attack in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister, Karl Nehammer announced in a press conference early on Tuesday. Gunmen with computerized weapons...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has provisionally won a third term in office with 94.27% of the vote, the electoral commission announced early on Tuesday, after an election boycotted by the opposition. “Thus...

President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has gone into self-isolation, his office announced on Wednesday morning. He took the decision after a guest he had attended a dinner with on Saturday tested...

Hundreds of protesters in Philadelphia have marched through the city for a second night, demanding racial justice after police fatally shot a black man. Demonstrators marched to a city police station...

The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court which is seen by many Americans as a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the presidential election. Republicans overcame...

The US space agency has revealed conclusive evidence of water on the Moon. Casey Honniball at Nasa’s ASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and colleagues have detected a chemical signature that...