✳ It is Mbappe versus Messi ⚽ FINAL 🏆 France 🇫🇷 3 Argentina 🇦🇷 3 (Extra time) Doha, Qatar | QNA | Argentina will face defending champion France in the FIFA World Cup 2022 final at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 18. Defending champions France have made their way back to the …
Read More »Analysis: Where the World Cup will be won and lost
🌟 #FIFAWorldCup 2022 ✳ TODAY – FINAL ⚽ Argentina vs France 6pm Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The World Cup final pits the two best teams in the World together and consequently we can expect a close match on Sunday in the Lusail Stadium when France take on Argentina. Small margins will decide who lifts …
Read More »UN launches 10-year survival plan for indigenous languages at risk
United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The United Nations on Friday launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to help them survive, and protect them from extinction. Preserving their languages is “not only important for them, but for all humanity,” said UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi. “With each indigenous language …
Read More »2022: Year of record Israeli violence in occupied West Bank
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have made 2022 the deadliest in this area since the United Nations started systematically documenting fatalities in 2005, a group of UN experts said Thursday. Altogether 150 Palestinians have …
Read More »FIFA President Infantino: We will ‘revisit’ format of 2026 World Cup
Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed on Friday that the organization will reconsider the format for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico. The 2026 tournament will see the number of teams expanded from 32 to 48, and it had originally …
Read More »Study finds Ebola vaccine regimens safe, immunogenic in adults, children
Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Two randomized, placebo-controlled trials evaluating three Ebola vaccine administration strategies in adults and children found that all the regimens were safe in both age groups, according to a newly published study. The study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, enrolled volunteers at …
Read More »Santos sacked as Portugal coach
Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Fernando Santos became the latest victim of failing to live up to World Cup expectations after he was sacked as Portugal coach on Thursday. Although the 68-year-old had been under contract until after the 2024 European Championships, the Portuguese Football Federation said in a statement announcing his …
Read More »UN counter-terrorism chief calls for integrated approach to tackling terrorism
United Nations | Xinhua | UN Undersecretary-General Vladimir Voronkov said on Thursday that addressing the complex conditions driving terrorism requires multi-faceted and integrated responses. Whole-of-society approaches should be community-based, conflict- and gender-sensitive. Engaging a multitude of stakeholders is indispensable for devising such strategies, Voronkov told the UN Security Council in a …
Read More »US govt releases new group of JFK assassination documents
Washington, USA | Xinhua | The U.S. government released on Thursday a new group of records related to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy (JFK). The National Archives posted more than 13,000 documents containing newly released information subject to legislation passed by Congress in 1992. With Thursday’s release, …
Read More »Will Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris visit Uganda next year?
Washington, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | US President Joe Biden has left African presidents guessing which sub-Saharan Africa countries he will visit first next year. “I’m looking forward to seeing you in your home countries,” Biden told the ongoing summit of African leaders. “We’re all going to be seeing …
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