Section: South Africa
Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 39.82 million, death toll exceeds 1.1 million
By Lynx Insight ServiceWashington – More than 39.82 million people have been reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 1 110 571 have died, according to a Reuters tally.Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.Interactive...
Twitter briefly restricts Donald Trump campaign account, Republicans decry company’s actions
Elizabeth Culliford and Nandita BoseUS President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign’s Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday, causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused social media companies of acting like “speech police” and vowing to hold Twitter responsible.Twitter temporarily blocked the...
News24.com | WATCH | Death toll climbs to 23 from Ukraine military plane crash
The death toll climbed to 23 on Saturday from the crash of a Ukrainian air force plane carrying mostly cadets in the east of the country, emergency services said. …read more Source::...
Ukraine plane crash death toll rises to 26, one survivor reported
Moscow— Searchers combing the area where a Ukrainian military aircraft crashed found two more bodies Saturday, bringing the death toll to 26. One person survived.The plane, a twin-turboprop Antonov-26 belonging to the Ukrainian air force, was carrying a crew of seven and 20 cadets of a military aviation school when it crashed and burst into...
Worldwide coronavirus cases stands at 32.34 million as death toll reaches 983 486
By Lynx Insight ServiceWashington – More than 32.34 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 983 486 have died, according to a Reuters tally.Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.The following...
News24.com | At least 20 dead in Ukraine military plane crash
Ukraine’s interior ministry on Friday said at least 20 people were killed when a military plane crash landed in the Kharkiv region in the east of the country. …read more Source::...
More than 200 women detained at anti-Lukashenko protest in Minsk
Kyiv, Ukraine — Police in the capital of Belarus cracked down sharply Saturday on a women’s protest march demanding the authoritarian president’s resignation, arresting more than 200 including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest that have roiled the country. More than 2 000 women took part in the march...
Belarus protest leader Maria Kolesnikova threatened with expulsion ‘alive or in bits’
Moscow – Belarus opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova said security officers put a bag over her head and threatened to kill her when they tried to forcibly deport her to Ukraine earlier this week, according to a statement filed by her lawyer on Thursday.Kolesnikova, one of the most prominent leaders of month-long protests against the...
Another prominent opposition leader detained in Belarus
By Yuras KaramanauKyiv, Ukraine – Belarusian authorities on Wednesday detained one of the last leading members of an opposition council who remained free, moving methodically to end a month of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.Lawyer Maxim Znak, a member of the Coordination Council created by the opposition to...
Belarus protest leader detained at border as Lukashenko rejects dialogue
By Pavel PolityukKyiv – Prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was detained by Belarusian authorities, a border official said, after thwarting what a Ukrainian government minister described as an attempt to expel her from Belarus.The Interfax Ukraine news agency said the activist had deliberately ripped up her passport so that...
