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Former US President Donald Trump in an interview with national Radio NPR said he was in favor of vaccination against covid-19 but against all forms of its imposition. Mr Trump on Wednesday said he is opposed to any obligation to have a vaccine against Covid-19, while recommending to be vaccinated. …

Italian authorities arrested on Monday a nurse, accused of administering fake doses of Covid-19 vaccine to antivax patients, at a vaccination center in Ancona. The man, who got rid of the contents of the syringes instead of injecting it into the arm of the patients, was denounced by a doctor …

American rapper Kanye West plans to go to Russia, where he has links with friends of former US president Donald Trump, to give concerts and meet Vladimir Putin, the website Billboard reported, citing his entourage. According to his relatives, the musician is in negotiations to conduct business with the Azerbaijani-Russian …

Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates, for seven days. The suspension is effective from Monday this week. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), says this was done to reciprocate a ban on Kenyan passenger flights to UAE. The ban will not affect cargo …

US President Joe Biden in phone conversation with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed concern over deaths of civilians in this country in the Horn of Africa. This follows reports that more than 50 displaced people were killed in an air strike in north-west Tigray on Friday. A White House …

The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Turkey, David Satterfield will replace Jeffrey Feltman as the U.S special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Feltman, a veteran U.S. diplomat, assumed the post in April and quickly found himself in the middle of two …

U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post this month after more than nine months in the job, Reuters reports. David Satterfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Turkey, will take up the role, the report say. Feltman, a veteran U.S. diplomat, assumed …

Torrential rains in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, killed at least 18 and injured some 286 others, where 58 municipalities were flooded and 35,000 displaced, since November, local authorities said on Sunday. According to the Civil Protection of Bahia (Sudec), in addition to these 18 deaths, two people remain …

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Tuesday that citizens over 60 and medical staff would be entitled to a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, after consulting with a panel of experts. “The citizens of Israel were the first in the world to receive the third dose of the …

The head of the United States Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIAID), Anthony Fauci, warned on Sunday that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was “rampant” across the world and called for vaccination. “This virus is extraordinary, all over the world the number of cases is doubling every two or three …