Archive for January 8th, 2022
The Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, has been pushing Mali’s military government to allow elections by February.This week, the group sent a mediator, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, to deliver a message ahead of a summ...
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January 8, 2022 Web Desk
National, Politics
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Global food prices reached a 10-year high in 2021, rising by an average of 28 percent compared to the previous year, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization said. The FAO’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international pric...
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January 8, 2022 Web Desk
General
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More than 2.6 mln coronavirus cases were registered around the world in the last 24 hours, which is the highest daily rate for the entire pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. Thus, the organization reported about 296,496,809 cases a...
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January 8, 2022 Web Desk
Health Services, Medical
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The total number of COVID-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week.In the past seven days, 34 countries have recorded the...
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January 8, 2022 Web Desk
Health Services
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A case of African swine fever has been detected in a wild boar in Italy, news agency ANSA said Friday, raising fears of a blow to the country’s meat industry. Highly transmissible and fatal for pig populations, African swine fever (ASF) does not prese...
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January 8, 2022 Web Desk
Health Services
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