Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday.Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acqu…
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Shots For Tots: COVID Vaccinations Start for Little US Kids
Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: “Is today vaccine day?”For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes.The nation’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination…
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Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-COVID strategy.China is the last major economy wedded to stampin…
Read moreWitnesses Say More Than 200 Killed in Ethiopia Ethnic Attack
NAIROBI, KENYA — Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, had been killed in an attack in the country’s Oromia region, and they blamed a rebel group, which denied it.It was one of the deadliest such attacks in …
Read moreDRC-Rwanda crisis: DR Congo rejects participation of Rwanda in regional force
KINSHASA, June 19 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The Democratic Republic of Congo does not want Rwanda in a possible regional force on its soil.This is the message from Kinshasa to the British prime minister ahead of a Commonwealth summit in Kigali.In a statement …
Read moreChoice of Commonwealth Secretary-General expected in Kigali
KIGALI, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Heads of Government are expected to decide on the next substantive Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Secretariat in Kigali this week.Although the decision is made by consensus, should the leaders decide not to reapp…
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