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World pays heavy price for ‘little unity’ on virus, says UN chief China pledges $2b to fight virus Macron, Merkel to join forces Global health leaders are pushing for an independent review of the response to the Covid-19…

Agency Report China and the U.S. are better off cooperating to end the pandemic for the sake of reviving economy and rebooting industrial production, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday. Zhao said this at a…

Agency Reporter The extremist Islamic State (IS) militants on Friday shot dead six family members in an attack on their house in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a provincial police source said. The attack took…

Agency Reporter U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he does not want to talk to his Chinese counterpart, and mused about ending the world’s largest trading relationship, amid rising tensions about the coronavirus pandemic.…

Agency Reporter Chinese-born Researcher Arrested in US for Spying, Stealing American Scientific Advances A Chinese-born former employee of the Cleveland Clinic was arrested on fraud charges related to $3.6 million in federal grants, the…

Agency Reporter A Lagos-based man, Mr Afobaje Maiyegun, who allegedly battered his spouse and bragged about it on Facebook will be charged to court on Friday. The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) made the…

By Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has clarified that the Madagascar COVID-19 solution will go through standard validation process before it can be considered for use in…

Agency Reporter Malta’s ambassador to Finland has resigned after writing a Facebook post comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler and saying her aim was “to control Europe.” The Maltese Foreign Ministry said Monday that…

Agency Reporter US security agencies are preparing to issue a warning that China’s most skilled hackers and spies are working to steal American research in the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. The…

South Africa has expressed willingness to assist Madagascar to undertake scientific analysis of COVID Organics (CVO), a herbal drink that is said to prevent and cure patients suffering from the novel coronavirus or COVID-19.