Category: World News
#Africa: CNN Marketplace Africa programme interviews APO Group Founder Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard
PRESS RELEASE This is the first time CNN Marketplace Africa has featured the communications industry in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (ANN)- APO Group Founder and Chairman Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard is making a guest appearance on CNN’s Marketplace Africa (https://cnn.it/38oNYr2) on Friday 6
Turkey destroys scores of Syrian army targets incl airport, air defences and tanks
Ankara(ANN)-Turkey said on Sunday it had destroyed air defence systems, more than 100 tanks and downed two planes belonging to the Syrian army as part of an operation it launched after an air strike killed dozens of its soldiers last
#Coronavirus New cases of unknown origin found on US West Coast
Washington (ANN)-US health officials in California, Oregon and Washington state worried about the novel coronavirus spreading through West Coast communities after confirming three patients were infected by unknown means. The patients — an older Northern California woman with chronic health
#Coronavirus causes global stock market downturn
New York(ANN)-#Coronavirus causes global stock market downturn, the Losses on Wall Street deepened Friday morning following a bruising open, as global markets were poised to conclude their worst week since 2008 with another rout. About 1510 GMT, the Dow Jones
Iran’s ex-ambassador to Vatican dies of coronavirus
Tehran(ANN)-Iran’s former ambassador to the Vatican and prominent cleric Hadi Khosrowshahi died of coronavirus, local media reported on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. According to the semiofficial Tasnim News Agency, the 81-year-old cleric died at a hospital in Iran. Earlier in
Iran raps international inaction on repeated Israeli crimes against Palestinians
Tehran(ANN)- Iran has denounced the Israeli regime’s attacks on civilians and targets of the resistance front in Gaza and Syria, criticizing the international community’s inaction on Tel Aviv’s repeated atrocities in Palestine and its violation of the neighboring countries’ sovereignty.
Kuwait suspends flights to Iran over coronavirus outbreak
Kuwait City (ANN)-Kuwaiti Airways has suspended all its flights to Iran since Friday after reports of an outbreak of coronavirus in the country, QNA reported. In a statement, the airways confirmed: “Based on directions of the ministry of health and
#Saudi Arabia accuses Turkey of supporting #extremist militias in three Arab countries
Riyadh(ANN)-Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adel Al-Jubeir, confirmed that the kingdom opposes what he described as “Turkey’s incursion into Syria, and its support for extremist militias in Libya and Somalia.” Al-Jubeir stated in a press conference on the sidelines of
CAPE TOWN: Invest in Africa: Africa Oil & Power (AOP) Events Drive Cross-Border Energy Trade and Investment
PRESS RELEASE As the expanding natural gas and power sectors drive growth across the continent, Africa Oil & Power presents a series of events that target global and African investors CAPE TOWN, South Africa(ANN) — Africa Oil & Power (https://AfricaOilandPower.com/)
AU Summit: African leaders call for action to end malnutrition by 2025
PRESS RELEASE AU Leaders acknowledged the scope of the challenge but sounded a note of optimism ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, (ANN)- African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition