Fears of an outbreak of deadly respiratory illness as WHO asks China for details of new infection
The WHO said it had asked for additional epidemiologic and clinical information as well as laboratory results from the reported outbreaks among children, through the International Health Regulations mechanism.
New National Basketball Association stores open in South Africa’s Cape Town, Durban cities
Both stores, which will be operated by Shesha, will feature an extensive range of officially licensed NBA merchandise for youth and adults, including current and former player jerseys, apparel, headwear, footwear, sporting goods, toys and collectibles from major brands such as Nike, Mitchell & Ness, New Era and Wilson. The stores will also feature a customization area where fans can personalize NBA jerseys.
In the past sanctions deterred coups in Africa, there’s growing evidence they no longer work
A trend in the current third wave of coups is that sanctions did not prevent repeated overthrows in Sudan, Mali and Burkina Faso. Nor have they deterred the unlawful assumption of power by soldiers in Guinea, Niger, Chad and Gabon. Several of these countries have yet to restore constitutional order or revert to the status quo, meaning coup-makers are driving the transition agendas. The latest example is Mali, where presidential elections planned for February 2004 have been postponed.
White House, Qatari officials share details of how Israel-Hamas hostage deal was reached
The US continuously pushed Hamas, with Qatar and Egypt acting as critical intermediaries. All the while, President Joe Biden and other senior US officials assured distraught family members of hostages through emotional Zooms and in-person meetings that they were doing everything they could to secure their loved ones’ release.
Life and death: Neither incidental nor coincidental, but cyclically interconnected
Do good when you can and avoid being and doing evil. Know our collective destiny, whether rich or poor, powerful or powerless, strong or week, literate or illiterate, educated or educated is to enter the death component.
Journalist remembers JFK assassination 60 years later as US marked death that rocked democracy
On the day of the assassination, Simpson had originally been assigned to attend an evening fundraising dinner for Kennedy in Austin. With time on her hands before she needed to leave Dallas, she was sent to watch the presidential motorcade, but she wasn’t near Dealey Plaza.
Timekeepers no more: Jehovah’s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking evangelism hours
The Governing Body now accepts that even in the final countdown to Armageddon, nonbelievers might still accept the truth and be saved. That reverses a previous understanding that, once an apocalyptic Great Tribulation gets underway, it would be too late.
Cigna Healthcare partners with AAR Insurance to underwrite health services in East Africa
In addition to global health services, the partnership offers various other benefits, including an employee assistance programme, telehealth services, clinical care for critical illnesses, mental health solutions and access to an online well-being solution
Kenyan authorities warn fake HIV drugs are circulation despite crackdown on counterfeits
Truvada is used in treating HIV and as a preexposure prophylaxis for people at high risk, including those with multiple sexual partners and those who share needles while injecting drugs.
Dire straits: Uncertainty in money markets forces Kenya to focus funding strategy on concessional loans
On Monday the World Bank said it foresaw $12 billion of financial support to Kenya over the next three years. The IMF last week reached a staff-level agreement with Kenya, unlocking access to a $682 million funding tranche and boosting its lending programme by $938 million.
