Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 7th September 2020
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Australia To Receive First Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccine In January 2021
Australia will receive the first doses of an AstraZeneca and Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine in January 2021 if trials prove successful, after Canberra agreed a deal to purchase a second potential vaccine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Tuesday. Australia said in August it had signed a preliminary agreement with AstraZeneca for enough doses …
Iran Medical Council Warns Against Reopening Of Schools
Mohammad Reza Zafarqandi, the government-appointed head of Iran’s Medical Council (IMC), has blasted the country’s Ministry of Education for deciding to reopen all schools amidst the coronavirus outbreak. Reprimanding the Ministry for its “sudden U-turn” over reopening schools across Iran, Zafarqandi said that the new decision has raised serious concerns. “The ‘surprising decision’ to reopen …
Czech President Tries To Tamp Down China Anger After Speaker’s Taiwan Trip
President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the Czech Senate to Taiwan, calling the speaker’s trip a “boyish provocation”. Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil grabbed headlines last week when he told Taiwan’s parliament “I am a Taiwanese” in a speech that echoed the late …
British Museum Displays 103 Rarely-seen Hokusai Drawings Online
The British Museum has displayed 103 rarely-seen drawings of the 19th-century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai on its website after adding them into its collection. Hokusai composed the black-and-white drawings in 1829 for an unpublished book titled “Great Picture Book of Everything.” The works mark the turning point of the then 69-year-old painter, who created his …
Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Hold Talks In Lebanon
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah held talks in Beirut with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and his deputy Saleh al-Arouri, reported Anadolu Agency. The talks covered the “latest political and military developments in Palestine, Lebanon and the region,” Hezbollah said in a statement. The two group leaders also discussed “the hazards facing the Palestinian cause, particularly the US …
Trump Launches Attack On Steve Jobs’ Widow
Donald Trump has lashed out at the widow of Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs, whose philanthropy organisation Emerson Collective owns The Atlantic magazine – which reported earlier this week that the president made disparaging comments about dead American military soldiers. The president called on his supporters to “call her, write her, let her know how you feel” …
Germany Uses Novichok As Leverage With Kremlin Over Gas Pipeline
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s top diplomat warned Russia that Germany’s support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline was at risk if the Kremlin doesn’t assist in clarifying the poisoning of dissident Alexey Navalny. It was the first time a cabinet minister in Merkel’s government explicitly linked the fate of the Baltic Sea pipeline to Russia’s …
U.K. Demands Probe Into ‘Pure Gangsterism’ Poisoning Of Navalny
U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Russia has a “case to answer” over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny given its “track record,” and called for the Kremlin’s cooperation with an international investigation. Speaking to the BBC on Sunday, Raab said that while it’s too early to attribute blame, “it’s very difficult to come …
Emirates To Restore Employees’ Full Salaries By October
Emirates airline will restore its employees full salaries starting from October, a spokesperson for the Dubai-carrier told Al Arabiya English on Sunday. This comes as the company continues to ease travel restrictions and resume flights to over 80 destinations that had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Since March the airline has made thousands …
Trump Eyes Re-Election Path Running Through Liberal Stronghold
Donald Trump’s campaign is pouring resources into winning Minnesota, betting that rising public opposition to Black Lives Matter protests will tip an historically Democratic state the president narrowly lost four years ago. Trump won the White House in 2016, in part, on narrow victories in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But he trails former Vice President …
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