By Francesco Guarascio
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said on Thursday.
The bi…
By Francesco GuarascioBRUSSELS (Reuters) -Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their rapid expiry date, a UNICEF official said on Thursday.The figur…
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Trade FocusAllan Majuru
ZIMBABWE’s location at the heart of Southern Africa places the country at a competitive advantage in terms of proximity/speed to markets, hence the adage, Zimbabwe is not landlocked, but land-linked.
The countr…
PRAGUE (AP) — The new Czech government aims to phase out coal in energy production by 2033 while increasing the country’s reliance on nuclear and renewable sources, its policy program published on Friday said.Coal-fired power plants currently generate …
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Workers at Ragati Tea Factory in Nyeri weighing tea leaves, January 11, 2019. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) managed factories will start transporting their produce via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line from …
As the nation’s transportation systems emerged from the COVID-19-imposed lockdowns, it became clear that a certain Rubicon had been crossed, a deeper understanding of transportation’s place in society had been reached, and a vision for the future had b…
For years, big-time drug dealers like Thomas Maher – on the face of it a successful haulier living in a nice Cheshire suburb – could operate with impunity, untouchables laughing at the law.
That all changed in 2021, a year when serious criminals finall…
SIBIU, Romania — (AP) — As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.
Many countries i…
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate 170 round-trip charter flights between the United States and Havana Int’l, Cuba prompting a flurry of objections from US carriers acti…
BAMAKO, MALI — Mali’s military government has denied hiring Russian mercenaries from the controversial Wagner Group, which has been sanctioned by the European Union for rights abuses. France and 15 other Western nations last week condemned what th…
Yannis Michaelides,Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the UAE
Yannis Michaelides Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the UAE, on the opportunities as well as the bilateral relations with the UAE that are beneficial to both nations
The pa…
A female-led reboot of “Doogie Howser” is in development at Disney+, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The new series, titled “Doogie Kealoha, M.D.” is being written by “How I Met Your Mother” and “Fresh Off the Boat” alum Kourt…
Hanover, Germany – Continental has appointed with new heads of its passenger car and truck tire replacement business in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa) and Asia-Pacific regions, with effect from 1 Jan 2022.
Ferdinand Hoyos will manage Continental’…
Five members of human smuggling network that charged $20,000 per person are arrested in the Dominican Republic after being linked to deaths of three of the 56 migrants killed in Mexico truck crashAuthorities in the Dominican Republic arrested five men …