Day: December 29, 2020

Ghana opposition party says it will challenge presidential election result

Ghana’s main opposition party said on Tuesday it would formally challenge the outcome of a presidential election won last month by incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo, a rare move in a country where losing candidates typically concede defeat. Akufo-Addo was declared the winner of the December 7 vote with 51.59%, ahead of the opposition National Democratic Party’s… Read More Ghana opposition party says it will challenge presidential election result

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Argentina begins coronavirus vaccination with Sputnik V vaccine

Argentina began to vaccinate its citizens against the coronavirus on Tuesday using 300,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine delivered last week, the government said. Latin America’s third largest economy has been hard hit by COVID-19, logging nearly 1.6 million cases of the disease and 42,868 deaths. Fears of a second wave are growing.… Read More Argentina begins coronavirus vaccination with Sputnik V vaccine

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Russia issues ultimatum to opposition politician Alexei Navalny to return to country or risk imprisonment

Russia’s prison service on Monday gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a last minute ultimatum: Fly back from Germany at once and report at a Moscow office early on Tuesday morning, or be jailed if you return after that deadline. Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s leading critics, was airlifted to Germany for treatment in August… Read More Russia issues ultimatum to opposition politician Alexei Navalny to return to country or risk imprisonment

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Five dead, several injured as earthquake hits central Croatia

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring at least 20, and shook several neighbouring countries, officials and residents said. Rescuers pulled people from the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Petrinja and army troops were sent to the area to help. Tremors were also felt… Read More Five dead, several injured as earthquake hits central Croatia

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Russia slams German officials with travel ban in retaliatory move

Russia said on Tuesday it had added senior German security and intelligence officials to its list of individuals barred from entering the country, in a tit-for-tat response to sanctions imposed on Moscow in October. The European Union imposed sanctions on the head of Russia’s military intelligence, Igor Kostyukov, and on another Russian, accusing them of… Read More Russia slams German officials with travel ban in retaliatory move

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Palestinian militant groups launch rockets into the sea in first joint exercise

An array of Palestinian militant groups launched rockets into the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at the start of what they called their first-ever joint exercise, which Israeli media described as a show of force organised by Iran. Gaza is run by Hamas and also home to other militant groups, including Islamic… Read More Palestinian militant groups launch rockets into the sea in first joint exercise

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