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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, | AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The novel coronavirus pandemic is still accelerating and its effects will be felt for decades, the World Health Organization’s director-general told an online conference on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual health forum organised by Dubai authorities that the greatest …

Los Angeles, United States, | AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A man was shot dead and another seriously injured Saturday in a police-free autonomous zone created by protesters in the US city of Seattle, where officers were prevented from accessing the victims, officials said. The area, set up as part …

Paris, France, | AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A citizens’ council set up by President Emmanuel Macron to explore measures for cutting carbon emissions urged the French leader on Sunday to hold a referendum on making the destruction of nature a crime. The “ecocide” proposal topped dozens of ideas presented by …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  A federal judge on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir. “While Bolton’s unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy,” Royce Lamberth, district …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the country in a televised speech on Saturday on the eve of lifting its State of Alarm that “Now it’s time for recovery.” Spain will enter on Sunday what Sanchez calls the “new normality”, with visitor arrivals from the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Saturday that President Donald Trump has fired Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, who refused to step down over unfinished investigations. In a letter to Berman, Barr accused of him choosing “public spectacle over …

London, UK | PL | A stoppage-time strike by Neal Maupay helped Brighton come from behind to earn a 2-1 win over Arsenal and record their first league victory since 28 December. The Gunners started brightly and almost opened the scoring on eight minutes only for Bukayo Saka’s shot to …

ROME, Italy | XINHUA | Ilaria Cappuccioni was so enthusiastic about marrying her boyfriend, Sonny Casimirri, that she was the one to pop the question. The couple was originally scheduled to be married next week, but as Italy emerges from the coronavirus pandemic they decided to delay the ceremony until …

NAIROBI, Kenya | XINHUA | Living in Mathare, one of the largest slums in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Newton Omondi knows that he needs to maintain social distancing, wear a face mask and wash his hands regularly to curb the spread of COVID-19. However, adhering to these measures has been a …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Civilisation has collapsed after a global infection. A gay heroine, backed up by characters drawn from diverse minorities, fights back against warring factions of humanity. As storylines go, the blood-soaked new video game “The Last of Us Part II” dovetails into a troubled contemporary landscape. …