Russia has announced that it is expelling two Dutch diplomats from the country in response to a “provocative” decision by the Netherlands in December to remove two Russian embassy staff over spying allegations. Moscow summoned Dutch charge d’affaires Joost Reintjes, the foreign ministry said in a statement, telling him that two Dutch diplomats had two […]
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ZTN Correspondent President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump (74) falls into the highest risk category for serious complications from the disease, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans and more than 1 million people worldwide. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and […]
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The United States has slapped sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday revealed that the head of the ICC’s Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Phakiso Mochochoko had also been blacklisted under sanctions authorised by […]
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ZTN Sports Carlos Sainz insists he is having no second thoughts about his Ferrari move, despite the team’s alarming start to the season. Sainz’s dream transfer was confirmed before the new season back in May, with the Mclaren driver to replace Sebastian Vettel in red in 2021. While Ferrari were one of the favourites for […]
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ZTN Sports Frank Lampard has said new signings Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech could train away from the Chelsea first-team squad to ensure they are ready for the start of next season. Ziyech and Werner are set to officially join Chelsea on Wednesday from Ajax and RB Leipzig respectively but are ineligible for the rest […]
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A Zimbabwean journalist based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, Selbin Kabote, has been selected to be a judge for the prestigious One World Media Awards this year.Selbin, who works for charity Migrant Voice as a Media Lab Project Worker, is one of four judges in the ‘Refugee Reporting’ category at the annual event. Established in 1998, […]
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World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned against easing the Covid-19 control measures too quickly, saying the pandemic accelerates fast but decelerates much more slowly. Tedros told a virtual news conference from Geneva, Switzerland, that control measures should be lifted slowly and not all at once. “While Covid-19 accelerates very fast, it […]
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OPINION Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu After every cataclysmic event, one tends to think that the world will never be the same. This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such turning points almost all being painful. For years we have been warned that a pandemic could be […]
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The German Football League (DFL) held a meeting on Tuesday, setting a new minimum age of 16 for players in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. The change will take effect from the 2020-21 season. No team could be happier than Borussia Dortmund to hear that because it paved the way for Youssoufa Moukoko, a German-Cameroonian […]
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China will step up assistance to Namibia and other African countries in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Namibian President Hage Geingob in a telephone conversation on Friday. Xi said China will continue to share its experience in COVID-19 prevention and control with African countries and enhance health cooperation, adding that the […]
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