The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, on Friday lauded China’s determination and concrete actions taken to deal with climate change. Stiell made the remarks during a meeting with the Chinese delegation to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UNFCCC being […]
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his visiting U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, on Friday discussed a number of regional and international issues, the Egyptian Presidency said in a statement. Meeting on the sidelines of the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Egypt’s Red Sea […]
Malawi, on Tuesday, received a consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) for a single-dose reactive campaign to the Cholera outbreak. The recent outbreak has killed over 200 people since the country reported the first case in March. A joint statement released by the WHO, UNICEF and Malawi G“vernment said the OCV […]
Zimbabwe’s first satellite, ZimSat-1, was successfully launched into space on Monday, state-run Herald newspaper reported on Tuesday. ZimSat-1, a nanosatellite, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Launch Facility in Virginia on board the Cygnus NG-18, an uncrewed spacecraft that provides commercial cargo resupply […]
The first urban airspaces, in which drones would be able to fly beyond the pilot’s line of sight, could be in place by autumn 2023, experts have said. An EU framework regulation opens up the possibility of so-called U-spaces as early as the end of January next year. The legislative processes in Germany would, however, […]
British businesses fear a gloomy Christmas ahead, as almost half of the households plan to cut festive spending due to the soaring cost of living and sales are already falling sharply in inflation-adjusted terms. Payments processor, Barclaycard, said 48 per cent of people it surveyed over Oct. 21-24 plan to spend less this Christmas, with […]
Botswana has won its bid to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process (KP), the grouping that certifies that diamonds are not used to fund rebel groups. But its members remain divided over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The KP, a coalition of governments, the diamond industry and civil society representatives, said in a statement […]
Malawi’s cholera outbreak death toll hit 200 as of Saturday with cumulative reported cases at 6,720 since the first case was reported in March in the south-eastern border district of Machinga. Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, disclosed this in her latest update on the outbreak, saying all the country’s 28 districts, including Likoma Island, […]
Somalia’s army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in heavy clashes in the central Hiran region, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, days after twin bombings killed at least 120 people in the capital. Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda franchise, claimed responsibility for two car bombs that blew up outside the Education […]
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said on Friday that primary schools in the Indian capital would be closed, following increasing levels of air pollution. Kejriwal said the schools would be closed from Saturday. “We’re taking all steps to control the situation. Meanwhile, we are shutting down all primary schools in Delhi from tomorrow,” the […]