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US removes Sudan from ‘state sponsors of terror’ list: Embassy
By: News24Wire 14th December 2020 The United States has formally removed Sudan’s designation as a “state sponsor of terrorism”, 27 years after putting the country on its blacklist.... →
US advisory panel endorses Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
By: News24Wire 11th December 2020 A United States government advisory panel has endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, a critical step towards the vaccine’s final approval... →
Number of displaced people globally tops 80m in 2020 – UN
By: News24Wire 9th December 2020 Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the coronavirus pandemic, violence and persecution have continued to force people from their... →
Oxford Covid-19 vaccine shows 70% efficacy, peer-review results published
By: Sane Dhlamini 9th December 2020 The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca researchers have presented an analysis of Phase 3 trials of their Covid-19 vaccine, which has been shown... →
Wits, York University to develop AI Covid-19 project
By: Sane Dhlamini 3rd December 2020 The University of the Witwatersrand has teamed up with York University, in Canada to undertake an artificial intelligence project that will be used... →
OECD sees global economy turning the corner on coronavirus crisis
By: News24Wire 1st December 2020 The outlook for the global economy is improving despite a second wave of coronavirus outbreaks in many countries as vaccines emerge and a... →
Pompeo voices 'grave concern' about ongoing Tigray hostilities
By: Reuters 1st December 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced grave concern about ongoing hostilities in the northerly Tigray region of Ethiopia during a telephone call... →
Xi Jinping congratulates Biden, hopes for ‘win-win’ China-US ties
By: News24Wire 26th November 2020 Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden for his election victory earlier this month and expressed hope for... →